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Permalink Reply by Tim McMahan on February 26, 2010 at 2:49pm

Yeah, everything Jeff said, goes for me too. Well, except I have the FMA sensors, and a 72mhz. In any case, I'm putting my stuff together VERY closely with Jeff's and am having the same questions, so please, some veteran help us out here. :)

Thanks Jeff, and whomever answers. :)

Tim

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 3, 2010 at 11:13am

Hey Tim,

Good luck with your project!

I have one additional quesiton: Does it matter which autopilot mode I am in when I switch to fly-by-wire mode?

Any help with this and my previous questions would be great!

Thanks,
Jeff

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Permalink Reply by Chris Anderson on March 3, 2010 at 12:13pm

I think you're still using 2.4? I'd switch to 2.5, where fly-by-wire is toggle selectable.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 3, 2010 at 1:17pm

Hi Chris,

Yes I am still using 2.4... I wasn't sure if 2.5 was ready to run yet! Are there any other differences to be aware of between 2.4 and 2.5? How exactly is the toggle set up to use the fly by wire mode?

Thanks for taking the time to help a guy out, greatly appreciated!

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Permalink Reply by Chris Anderson on March 3, 2010 at 1:23pm

It's all in the new manual.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 3, 2010 at 1:30pm

With the 2.5, is there still the 3 postion toggle, but we define which 3 modes we want each of the 3 toggle positions to correspond to?

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Permalink Reply by Morli on March 3, 2010 at 1:34pm

yes but if my memory serves right you have to choose 3 out of 5 and 2 will not be used

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 3, 2010 at 1:36pm

Thanks Morli, okay that would make sense since we only have 3 toggle positions to designate modes to.

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Permalink Reply by Tim McMahan on March 3, 2010 at 1:35pm

The manual is the wiki one. :)

As a noob, I'm finding it very helpful to read ALL the manual, AT LEAST once, then read each step I do, as i do it, as well as reading ahead about a page. LOL! In any case, it seems like its all in there, and all doable, even by yourself, if you take your time and make sure you do exactly what it says.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 3, 2010 at 1:54pm

Also, if I continue to use 2.4, does it matter when the gps is disconnected to put it into fly-by-wire mode?

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on March 3, 2010 at 2:08pm

And I have noticed during my ground testing with fake bearing NorthEast, my rudder moves much further to the right than it even does to the left... does anyone know how to adjust this? In manual mode, the rudder is centered perfectly and has identical travel both right and left. However, in autopilot it seems to want to travel more to the right than it ever does to the left!

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Permalink Reply by Tim McMahan on March 3, 2010 at 4:12pm

Ok, I haven't gotten that far yet....BUT......

Are you moving the plane exactly Northeast while testing?? I think the GPS needs forward moving to calculate what direction its going?

Are you moving the plane off course to the North or to the west the same amount? Clearly, if a different amount of correction is needed, it would do so.

Is it something you can live with? It may be some oddity that isn't noticeable in the air. I've been building plane for two years now, and see stuff that drives me mad sometimes, but in the air, it's fine. As long as it's not "air braking" to one side, it may be ok.

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