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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / August 2008JR XP6102, Futaba GY401 woes. Can anyone offer guidance?
I am a newcomer to the hobby. I purchased a Raptor 30, JR XP6102 (helicopter) radio, and a Futaba GY401 gyro over the course of several months. I had a local hobby shop look over my setup. One of the difficulties he came across was that, in his words: "when you switch the idle up switch it also controls the gyro which switches it from normal to heading hold". Apparently he believes that the gyro should REMAIN in heading hold unless I specifically switch it myself, not tied in with the idle up. He tells me that as I get more proficient, I will quickly outgrow the radio as I will be severely limited in 3d flight. I called JR, but they refused to discuss this issue as they do not support using the Futaba gyro with the JR radio. The hobby shop guy keeps recommending the Futaba 9c or JR 8103. I can't afford to replace my radio right now. It is too late to return the radio to the vendor. Does anyone know anybody with a similar setup? How did they get past the issue? __________________ Please take out the trash before sending me mail. So, don't plug the gyro's spare channel connector into the receiver. Just leave it disconnected. > I am a newcomer to the hobby. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > __________________ > Please take out the trash before sending me mail. > Apparently he believes that the gyro should REMAIN in heading hold > unless I specifically switch it myself, not tied in with the idle up. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The hobby shop guy keeps recommending the Futaba 9c or JR 8103. I > can't afford to replace my radio right now. I would just wait until I find that the radio and setup is too limiting. It's likely that you'll want the bigger box at some point, but why not wait and work with what you have? Far as I'm concerned, the hobby shop guy's opinion carries no more weight than anyone else's. Probably less, because his agenda involves trading some gadget for my cash. (Not that this is always in conflict...) I just discovered, last night, that my 8103 radio does this same thing but only with the Aux3 channel which is channel 7. What I did to keep the Gyro in hold mode is to change the end point adjustments and the center trim adjustment for the channel. In your case, that would be channel 5. I am not sure if the XP6102 radio is a computer radio but, if it is, set the high end point to a percent for the gyro. The Gyro manual suggests 90 percent. A number between 50 and 100 should keep it in the hold mode. You may need to reverse the channel. For the low end point, try 20 percent. This will switch the gyro out of hold mode. If you want it to stay in hold mode, set it to above 50. You can also move the center sub trim above 0 or below 0 to set at what point the hold mode switches on and off. I used the screen to watch the position of all the servos and kept adjusting the end points until I got it to work the way I wanted it to. > I am a newcomer to the hobby. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > __________________ > Please take out the trash before sending me mail. Hello very simple solution. Don' use the yelow cable of the Gyro ans set the sensitivity fix on the GY-401. No need to change the sensibility in flight. Once seting is made then enjoy flying. > I am a newcomer to the hobby. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > __________________ > Please take out the trash before sending me mail. it is very easy to get the idle up and gy-401 modes on different switches with the xp6102, i have one and by holding down and select an then turning it on you enter a different mode, keep scrolling up until your reach "switch sel". here you can set up differnt switches to d what ever you like, if you set it up right the gyro should by on th "gear" channel. so by changing the switches under switch sel mode yo can move and operation such as the gyro and idle up to any switch, jus make them differn -- nebg ok in the menu that you get by starting up the radio with select an down pressed. i set my dual rates to common aileron. and gear t elevator switch. the gear switch is always going to control the throt hold no matte what... but you can make the actula channel run on a difrent switch then plug your gyro control wire in to the gear ch. and use the trave adjust ment to control the gain... (mine is at 38% but that will chang due to gyro and servo is diffrent) and your elevator d/r switch will no turn your gyro's heading hold on and off. hope this helps Mik -- eyeofinsanit |
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