User Manual

Belowthemodelselectionlistyouwillfindanotherdrop‐downbox.Manymodels inPhoenixfeaturemorethanone
colour‐scheme,andwhenthisisthecaseyouwillbeabletoselecttheminthisbox.
Variants
Whenyoueditamodel,Phoenixcreatesa“Variant”ofitwhichissavedsoyoucanselectitlater.Variantsarestored
inyour MyDocuments/PhoenixRC/Variantsfolder,andcanbesharedwithotherPhoenixusers.Manymodelsalso
featurepresetor“system”variantswhichreflectcommonmodelsetups.
Ifamodelhasapresetvariantpresent,orhasbeeneditedbytheuser,youwillseeasmall“expand/contract”arrow
totheleftofitsnameintheavailablemodellist.Clickingthearrowwillexpandthelistentryandshowtheavailable
variantswhichcanbeselectedasyouwouldthedefaultmodelsetup.
Below the model selection list you will see a button with a Waste‐paper‐bin icon. Clicking this will delete a model
variantifoneisselectedinthemodelselection list.Pleasenotethatyoucannotdeletepresetorsystemvariants.
Favourites
Thethreebuttonsinthelower‐middleoftheChangeModelmenuletyoucreateandorganisefavourites.Favourites
aremodelsthatyoucommonlyuse, andletyouquicklyandeasilychangebetweenyourmost‐usedmodelswithout
usingtheChangeModelmenuorsortingthroughthemodelselectionlist.
Addfavourite
To create a new favourite, select a model/variant in the model selection list, and click the left‐most of the three
buttons. The new favourite will appear  atthetopofthe model selection list under the Favourites  category.If you
havetheFavouritesToolbaropen,youwillalsobeabletoclickonapreviouslycreatedfavouriteandselect it.
Deletefavourite
When a favourite is selected in the list, click the centre of the three buttons to delete it and remove it from the
Favouritescategory.
Organisefavourites
Clickingthisb uttonopenstheOrganiseFavouritesmenu.Fromhereyoucandeleteandmoveyourfavouritesupand
downthelist,andrenamethem.
Themodelpreviewpane
To the right of the Change Model menu is the  model preview pane, where you can see a three‐dimensional 
animatedpreviewofthecurrentlyselectedmodel.
Bydefault the preview will rotate, but you can alter the angle of the preview model by left or right dragging your
mouseinthepreviewwindowpane.
Belowthepreviewpaneisalsodisplaye dthemodelnameaswellassomebasicinformationandspecifications.
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Once you are happy with your model selection, click the finished button to set the new model and return to the
mainview.Alternatively,clickCanceltoreturnwithoutchanginganysettings.
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