User's Instructions

Aircraft
(ACRO)
Section
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setting, press the
Active/Inhibit (Clear)
key. You can toggle through the settings 0%, 30%, and
100% by continuing to press this key. Setting it to 0% disables the flap knob, but the flaps will
still respond to mixing functions such as E->F and to the Landing function.
E->F
— Elevator
Flap Mixing
Elevator-to-flap mixing makes the flaps drop or rise whenever you pull on the elevator
stick. It is used to make tighter “pylon” turns or squarer corners in maneuvers. Elevator-to-flap
mixing is set up so that the flaps droop (are lowered) when up elevator is commanded.
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UP elevator
DOWN flap or
flaperon
Notice that this mixing function works with the flaperon setting. If flaperon mixing
(
FLPN
) AND
E->F
mixing are activated, when you pull up elevator, BOTH ailerons will droop.
This function is turned on with the Flt. Mode switch fully Back.
Setting Up E
F Mixing
1. Press one of the
Up Down Edit
buttons until the
E->F
window appears. The default is for the
function to be inhibited. To activate, press the
Active/Inhibit (Clear)
key. This will cause the
INH
display to change to a number display, and either ON or OFF will be flashing depending
on the position of the Flt. Mode switch (fully back turns it ON).
E->F 30
R/D
%
ON
ON or OFF
depends on
Flt. Mode
switch
setting
2.
Press the
Cursor Right
key to get the percent sign flashing, then press the
Data +Increase and
–Decrease
keys to increase or decrease the amount of mixing. Check the direction the flaps
move with elevator stick: with up elevator, the flaps should droop downwards, and for down
elevator they should come up. In other words, they should move opposite the elevator
motion. If they don’t, use the
Data +Increase and –Decrease
keys to change the sign in front
of the percentage number. You should probably start with a smaller number (say 20% or so)
and slowly increase it to learn how the model reacts. Remember the position of the Flt.
Mode switch turns this function on and off (fully back turns it ON).
A->R
— Aileron
Rudder Mixing
Aileron-to-rudder mixing is a function which causes the rudder to move automatically
with the motion of the aileron stick. This is done because when ailerons are used to command a
turn, the down-moving aileron has more drag than the up-moving one, so the plane’s fuselage