Operation Manual

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Notes:
If you wish to reverse the direction of flaperon travel, set a negative value
(e.g. -10% ⇒ +10%).
Deploying the flaperons may produce a change in pitch trim. You can correct this
automatically with the FLP-CO mixer (see 8.5.7. Elevator compensation).
Caution: deploying flaperons at high speed:
For high-speed flying always set the ailerons up (speed setting) or
leave them at neutral. Never set the ailerons down (thermal setting)
for high-speed flying. This places severe loads on the airframe,
and structural failure can easily occur.
8.5.6. Spoileron mixer: using ailerons as a landing aid
The term spoileron is a combination of spoiler (landing aid) and aileron. The
spoileron mixer acts as an aid to landing (glide path control) in a similar way to
dedicated airbrakes or landing flaps. It usually operates by deflecting both ailerons
up, although in some cases (power models) they may be deflected down.
In order to maintain adequate aileron response any aileron differential you have
set is automatically suppressed when the spoilerons are deflected.
Preparation:
• Connect the aileron servos to channels 1 and 5
• Mode 1 - 4: connect a slider, rotary control or 3-position switch to socket F to
control the spoilerons (see 4.1.6. Expansion facilities). In Mode 5 - 8 the
spoilerons are operated by the SPOILER stick.
Option
GB: D:
Effect
OFF AUS
Spoilerons disabled
ON AM
Spoilerons active
ON- AN-
Spoilerons active, base setting changed
This is how you activate the spoileron mixer:
Procedure Display GB:
1.
Select the SPLRN setting in the MIX menu and
switch to the second line
OFF
2.
Activate the mixer (ON or ON-)
ON
3.
Return to the first line
Continue as shown in the flow chart