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| Setting up the World Tour ProNet | | | IMPORTANT! | | If you are the designated Pilot / Mechanic for your zone, it is very important for you to read thru these setup procedures, as the ProNet is quite different than either the Piccolo Pro or the Hornet. Overall, if you have any doubts, email Dana to clarify any points, or to get hints that can help your flights to be successful. I'd recommend that you use training gear for the first hover, to make sure you have the expo's, sensitivities, and servo directions lined up. This machine can be very quick. You should also be aware of initializing the tail before your wind up the Main, if you are a pure Hornet Driver. This setup is geared to LiPoly ETec 1200's. The connector to the battery is assumed to be a mini Dean's, with the Positive terminal on the battery extended as the male spike. Please check before connecting power, that your polarity is correct, or you could fry the ESC's. | | Should you have to change the Rx to match the frequencies on your Continent, this is how the servos were initially set up on my JR ProPo Tx and the Berg5 Rx, on channel 50. The Rx can work with both Futuba had JR on 72mhz, with a jumper change. For reference, Channel 1 is throttle, 2 is Aileron (Starboard Servo), 3 is Elevator (Aft server), 4 is Rudder (the CSM200) and 6 is Pitch (Port Servo). Short answer: 2, 3 and 4 are reversed. This assumes the brown signal wire to the CSM200 from the GWS tail ESC is up, not down. | | I |  | | The physical linkages are set up so that mid travel on the servos is 0 pitch on the F/G Hornet blades. Please honour this arrangement, as most of the Pilots will be expecting this setup. The objective on the 120 degree swash is to have symmetrical travel in both directions so that we end up with +/- 13 degrees of pitch. Do Not level the arms with the horizon to get 0 pitch. Rather, you want each link and arm to form a right angle at 0 pitch, as you see here on the Aileron Servo. You will do this with your sub trims, with the front roll trim (your flying trim) - centered. If you do this, you will get the correct geometry for symmetrical pitch. | | This is the corresponding 0 pitch position for the Pitch server (Port Side- Channel 6) after you get your sub trim adjusted, with the front trim for roll centered. Note the right angle formed by the arm and the linkage. | |  |  | | Again, on the elevator servo, adjust the sub trim on Channel 3 so that the angle between the servo arm and the linkage is also 90 degrees. Even though this looks odd, the travels and crank angles are such that the CPM 120 TX software will do a perfect job of lifting and lowering the swash plate in a fixed plane perfectly, thanks to the fact that the cosine of an angle and its 180 degree offset are the same. | | This is where I ended up on the JR setup for the sub trim settings for Alieron (Channel 2) and Elevator (Channel 3). The max, FYI, is around -/- 250 for the allowable sub trim adjustments. R is right, and U is Up, in this case. | |  |  | | And this is where the Pitch (Channel 6) ended up.. Left 78 out of 250. The important point is not the values, rather it is to get the three swash servos centered at 0 Collective Pitch, and the arms/linkage angles synchronized at 90 degrees. If you do that at the outset, the rest will fall out the bottom automatically. These are only a guide for your own Tx. | | Having done the above, you now need to turn to the Swash Mix on your Tx. Because of the reversed nature of the setup above, you need to set the cyclic's in the reverse (backwards) zone. In my case I set up minus 75% for both. The pitch ends up staying in the positive, because, (if you are following us) the servos are reversed, so no need to flip the swash pitch. It is highly recommended that you activate the Expo on the Swash, as we have take great care to set up the linkages to take best advantage of this. (Right angles at the 0 pitch point). | |  |  | | So now we are left with the final curve setups. Setup normal mode as 0, 25, 40, 55, 70 to start-up. Don't really fly in normal mode. Then, using FM1 for normal flying, to get 18-2000 RPM at mid stick, set point 2 to around 40% JR, and do the curve. The top on both ends for FM1 for me are around 75%. If your Tx has the capability, you can mix in Aileron->Throttle and Elevator-> Throttle to suit your flying style. If you don't know what I'm talking about, forget it. You won't notice much difference, as this curve is reasonably agressive. If you want to set up FM2 to a higher baseline, please use a tach. I have run it at 2400, no problem. This machine is capable of pretty high RPM's. We've switched the main ESC to the current CC Phoenix 10, so you can also operate safely in governor mode. | | I would suggest you jam in expo on the Pitch curve, as this thing is quick in collective. depending on your type of flying, you may want to set up different Expos for FM1 and FM2. Not shown here is the rudder curve. Because we have Heading Hold on the CSM200, there is no need to depart from a linear curve for rudder, for 0 to 100% | |  |  | Finally, a small point about the Hacker motor mounting screws. Notice that one has a washer and the other does not. This is for a reason. One of the thread sockets accidentally stripped as the design developed, the motor came on, the motor came off.. you've probably been there. One screw is a self tapping thread, so it is a different diameter than the other. If you have to remove the motor for any reason, please replace the screws as you see here, and don't switch them. One thread is now different than the other. And, as usual, don't over tighten either one. The Hacker thread socket is aluminium. |
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