Reflex Giant Extra
01-02-2006 | 01:12 PM
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Reflex Giant Extra
Can anyone point me to a good extra download. I have been to the rc-sim site but cannot figure out how to download anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated
01-10-2006 | 08:29 AM
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RE: Reflex Giant Extra
I have been to the rc-sim site but cannot figure out how to download anything.
01-10-2006 | 01:00 PM
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RE: Reflex Giant Extra
Hello Plastic,
Give this a try. Worked for me.
Reflex /Radios for Dummies
You mentioned downloading models. That's fairly easy. There is a link under the ? menu to the Reflex site. On the menu to the left, there is a link to download models. Pick the one you want to download and click on the buy button. You'll notice that the price is free. Go to check out and go through checkout until you see the download links at the bottom of the page. Click download for the model you chose and save it to your hard drive. It's a Zipped file. Double click on the file name and you'll be able to unzip the files. I then went to the program files directory on my hard drive, went to find Reflex, then the helicopters directory. I created a new folder for my downloaded model and copied the files that I unzipped into the new folder. When you bring up the models menu in the simulator the new folder will show up and your new model will be in it. It worked fine for me.
To set up a memory space on the Transmitter, on mine I have a selector switch on the right bottom of my radio. I push this in and turn the radio on. It takes you to a system menu that allows you to select several memory spaces for several models. I think my radio has about 30 or so. Your manual for your radio should explain how to do this. I couldn't find a 2610 radio on JR's site. I found a 6102 or X10. I'm not sure how to get into the system menu on your radio.
Hope this helps. Let me know your progress.
The first thing I did was to set up a model on the radio just for the simulator. The only option that I set up was the PPM since my reciever is SPCM. I left everything else at default. The other thing that I have on my radio is a DSC (Direct Servo Control) port on the back. I think this is the same as a trainer port. When I plug the simulator into this port it automatically turns the radio on even with the radio's switch in the off position. I leave this off, it seems if I turn the radio switch on it stops the signal going to the simulator.
Next, I started the simulator and clicked on the "?" on the right of the simulator. It goes through several steps if you click on the "Quick Start". The first step is to connect the radio, this is where I plug the simulator into the DSC port. The next step is to set up the radio. I made a memory location for the simulator set to PPM. I also checked to make sure the swash plate was set for a single servo as the direction said. (I did the radio setup step before I plugged the radio into the simulator) Next I calibrated center which is under the radio menu. Just center all controls on the radio and click on center. If my radio was on with the simulator plugged in it wouldn't work and it asked me to turn the radio on, when I turned it off, it worked. Once I had the controls centered I went to the next step which was to assign the channels. This is also found under the radio menu. I set them up just as they are shown in step 4 in the Quick Start. Pay attention to the + and - signs at the end of the channel assignment rows. These determine which way the helicopter moves with each control movement on your radio. I skipped the ones for the airplane in the center since I don't have an airplane. You'll also notice that the throttle and pitch are both on the same channel. Once the assignments were done, I moved my mouse over the bottom where it says center all controls in the Quick Start. This took me through an exercise for each channel and had me move the proper control on the radio for each. I don't know if this changed any of the + and - signs or not. If I remember correctly I had to change one of them because it moved the simulator in the wrong direction for the input from the radio. I then selected the a model and started the simulator.
I went through most of the models to see how they flew. I pretty much crashed them all. Some were easier to fly than others. I then found the Hover training under the simulator menu. This was very helpful since hovering one of these things is much harder than I expected. I'm now between two and three controls at once. It'll take a while I suspect. I don't know how much difference there is between the JR 9303 and your radio. PM me back and I'll do what I can to try and get you to the point I'm at at least.
CHAKA
Give this a try. Worked for me.
Reflex /Radios for Dummies
You mentioned downloading models. That's fairly easy. There is a link under the ? menu to the Reflex site. On the menu to the left, there is a link to download models. Pick the one you want to download and click on the buy button. You'll notice that the price is free. Go to check out and go through checkout until you see the download links at the bottom of the page. Click download for the model you chose and save it to your hard drive. It's a Zipped file. Double click on the file name and you'll be able to unzip the files. I then went to the program files directory on my hard drive, went to find Reflex, then the helicopters directory. I created a new folder for my downloaded model and copied the files that I unzipped into the new folder. When you bring up the models menu in the simulator the new folder will show up and your new model will be in it. It worked fine for me.
To set up a memory space on the Transmitter, on mine I have a selector switch on the right bottom of my radio. I push this in and turn the radio on. It takes you to a system menu that allows you to select several memory spaces for several models. I think my radio has about 30 or so. Your manual for your radio should explain how to do this. I couldn't find a 2610 radio on JR's site. I found a 6102 or X10. I'm not sure how to get into the system menu on your radio.
Hope this helps. Let me know your progress.
The first thing I did was to set up a model on the radio just for the simulator. The only option that I set up was the PPM since my reciever is SPCM. I left everything else at default. The other thing that I have on my radio is a DSC (Direct Servo Control) port on the back. I think this is the same as a trainer port. When I plug the simulator into this port it automatically turns the radio on even with the radio's switch in the off position. I leave this off, it seems if I turn the radio switch on it stops the signal going to the simulator.
Next, I started the simulator and clicked on the "?" on the right of the simulator. It goes through several steps if you click on the "Quick Start". The first step is to connect the radio, this is where I plug the simulator into the DSC port. The next step is to set up the radio. I made a memory location for the simulator set to PPM. I also checked to make sure the swash plate was set for a single servo as the direction said. (I did the radio setup step before I plugged the radio into the simulator) Next I calibrated center which is under the radio menu. Just center all controls on the radio and click on center. If my radio was on with the simulator plugged in it wouldn't work and it asked me to turn the radio on, when I turned it off, it worked. Once I had the controls centered I went to the next step which was to assign the channels. This is also found under the radio menu. I set them up just as they are shown in step 4 in the Quick Start. Pay attention to the + and - signs at the end of the channel assignment rows. These determine which way the helicopter moves with each control movement on your radio. I skipped the ones for the airplane in the center since I don't have an airplane. You'll also notice that the throttle and pitch are both on the same channel. Once the assignments were done, I moved my mouse over the bottom where it says center all controls in the Quick Start. This took me through an exercise for each channel and had me move the proper control on the radio for each. I don't know if this changed any of the + and - signs or not. If I remember correctly I had to change one of them because it moved the simulator in the wrong direction for the input from the radio. I then selected the a model and started the simulator.
I went through most of the models to see how they flew. I pretty much crashed them all. Some were easier to fly than others. I then found the Hover training under the simulator menu. This was very helpful since hovering one of these things is much harder than I expected. I'm now between two and three controls at once. It'll take a while I suspect. I don't know how much difference there is between the JR 9303 and your radio. PM me back and I'll do what I can to try and get you to the point I'm at at least.
CHAKA
