Specifications

10.1.15. Mounting component .................................................................80
10.1.16. Ball in swashplate ......................................................................80
10.1.17. Removing CA glued joints ..........................................................80
10.2. Specific tips for LMH Corona only ............................................................80
10.3. Specific tips for all Piccolo (Fun/ECO/CP upgrade/Pro) .............................81
10.4. Specific tips for fixed pitch Piccolo (ECO/Fun) only ...................................82
10.5. Specific tips for collective pitch Piccolo (CP upgrade/Pro) only ..................82
10.6. Specific tips for the MS Composit Hornet II ..............................................82
10.7. Specific tips for Ikarus ECO 8/16 only ......................................................84
10.8. Specific tips for Logo 10 only ...................................................................87
11. Helicopter Electronics Mounting/Wiring ...............................................................89
11.1. Channel assignments .............................................................................89
11.1.1. Futaba/Hitec transmitters .............................................................89
11.1.2. JR transmitters ............................................................................89
11.1.3. Multiplex transmitters ...................................................................90
11.1.4. Airtronics/Sanwa transmitters .......................................................90
11.2. Component placement ............................................................................91
11.3. Wire routing ...........................................................................................92
11.4. Soldering technique ................................................................................92
12. Post-Construction/ARF Checklist .......................................................................95
13. Helicopter and Transmitter Setup .......................................................................96
13.1. Center of gravity setup ............................................................................96
13.1.1. Fore/aft center of gravity balancing ...............................................96
13.2. Swashplate setup ...................................................................................96
13.2.1. Swashplate type setup .................................................................96
13.2.2. Swashplate servo setup (CP heli only) ..........................................97
13.2.3. Pitch curve setup (CP heli only) ....................................................98
13.2.4. Cyclic setup (CP heli only) ............................................................99
13.2.5. Cyclic setup (FP heli only) .......................................................... 101
13.2.6. Transmitter exponential setup for cyclic ....................................... 102
13.3. Main rotor setup - part 1 ........................................................................ 102
13.3.1. Main rotor blade balancing using the KSJ-528 blade balancer ...... 102
13.3.2. Blade grip tension adjustment ..................................................... 103
13.3.3. Flybar paddle setup ................................................................... 104
13.4. Main motor setup ................................................................................. 104
13.4.1. Transmitter throttle reverse setup ............................................... 104
13.4.2. ESC programming ..................................................................... 104
13.4.3. Transmitter throttle setup ........................................................... 106
13.4.4. Transmitter throttle hold setup .................................................... 107
13.4.5. Transmitter throttle curve setup (FP heli only) .............................. 107
13.4.6. Transmitter throttle curve setup (CP heli only) ............................. 107
13.5. Tail rotor setup ..................................................................................... 109
13.5.1. Tail belt tension setup ................................................................ 109
13.5.2. Tail rotor pitch servo direction setup ............................................ 109
13.5.3. Tail rotor pitch servo centering .................................................... 110
13.5.4. Gyro setup - variable pitch tail rotor ............................................. 110
13.5.5. Gyro setup - fixed pitch tail rotor ................................................. 114
13.5.6. Transmitter tail setup - both fixed and variable pitch ..................... 116
13.6. Main rotor setup - part 2 ........................................................................ 116
13.6.1. Blade tracking - CP helicopters ................................................... 116
13.6.2. Blade tracking - FP helicopters ................................................... 117
14. R/C Heli Rules and Tips .................................................................................. 119
14.1. The proper way to carry a heli ............................................................... 119
14.2. Avoid pointing the transmitter antenna at the helicopter .......................... 119
14.3. The blades are traveling at high velocity! ................................................ 119
14.4. Always disconnect the battery when working on the helicopter ................ 120
14.5. Liability insurance ................................................................................. 120
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