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Hobby King Orange Rx Stabilizer setup guide

by MyCoolRC.com

Revision 3

Revised 8/23/2012

Click here

to see the Product at Hobby King

Click here

to see links to Male to Male jumper cables (you need 3 of them)

Click here for RCGroups Support Thread

Click here

for Generic RC Airplane gyro thread at RCGroups

Click here

for more info on setting up RC Airplane Gyros at MyCoolRC.com

Description:

The OrangeRx Flight Stabilizer from Hobby King is a 3 Axis gyro system designed to

stabilize the flight of a 4Ch type Airplane. It provides stabilization for the Aileron (roll),

Elevator (Pitch) and Rudder (Yaw) Axis. It utilizes an Atmel 168 processor and an

Invensense ITG3205 Mems 3 axis gyro chip. On the board is an Atmel AVR ISP 6 pin

type programming connection making it available for some 3

party future upgrades or

possible upgrades from Hobby King (No announcement of this availability or promises of

this availability has been seen to date). The board has 3 independent gyro gain dials as

well as a 3 switch Dip switch for reversing the gyro channels.

Pre Setup:

I recommend that you fly the plane you plan to mount it on and try to achieve a

mechanical setup that yields zero or near zero subtrims as well as full servo travel (100%

ATV/Travel Adjust/Endpoint Adjust). Although these 2 steps are not required, they yield

less problems in the end (like driving servos to the point of binding during flight or

transport while on).

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Hobby King Orange Rx Stabilizer setup guide by MyCoolRC.com Revision 3 Revised 8/23/2012 Click here to see the Product at Hobby King Click here to see links to Male to Male jumper cables (you need 3 of them) Click here for RCGroups Support Thread Click here for Generic RC Airplane gyro thread at RCGroups Click here for more info on setting up RC Airplane Gyros at MyCoolRC.
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Setup: I recommend connecting up the system prior to gyro mounting to verify it is functioning properly. Connections: Wire the Rx to the Stabilizer as follows: 1) Use Male to Male cables purchased separately. 2) Orient the Brown or Black lead of the cable to the outside edge of the board (shown as – on picture above) and the yellow or white lead towards the inside (shown as S on picture above).
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2) Connect Elevator Servo to Gray ELE output of the Stabilizer If you have 2 elevator servos and one is reversed from the other, you MUST install a separate Servo reverser supplied separately. 3) Connect the Rudder servo to the Gray RUD output of the Stabilizer. Power: There is a power connection available on the Orange Rx Stabilizer. So long as your RX is powered by a 5V power, and at least one of the servo wires going from the Rx to the Stabilizer has the Center Wire, you may leave this unconnected.
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MyCoolRC page on Generic Gyro testing. Mounting Gyro Mount the gyro in the same orientation as you did the testing. Use some double foam tape such as Helicopter Gyro tape, or 3M Indoor/Outdoor tape (gray with red release paper). I recommend you avoid the 3M foam tape that is white with green letters. There are other mounting methods if you consult the RCGroups threads linked to on the first page. Do not tape directly to foam.