PROGRAMMING MENU 7 – OPERATING MODE
The default setting is set to Normal (airplane) Mode (which is limited to a start-
up rate of 0.25 or 1 second).
Alternatively,theHeliModecanbeselectedwhich,reducesthestart-uprateto
5secondsfortherststart-upandanystart-upafterthemotor/ESChasbeen
stoppedformorethan5seconds.Thishelpstopreventdamagingthemotor,
gearsoranyothercomponentsfromanabruptstart-upwhennoneoftheparts
aremoving.Anytimethemotor/ESChasbeenstoppedforlessthan5seconds
inHeliMode,thestart-upwillbeimmediate.Thisallowspowertobeapplied
immediately,suchaswhenabortinganauto-rotationattemptortohelpprevent
acrash.Remember,youmustwaitmorethan5secondsafterstoppingthe
motor/ESCinorderforthe5-secondstart-uptooccuragain.
1.Movethesticktocenterfor5secondsandtheESCwillbeep7times,
indicatingyouarenowinMenu7.
2.MovethethrottlesticktofullthrottletomakechangestotheOperatingMode
programming.
a.ToselectNormalMode—Youwillhear1shortbeep.Movethethrottlestick
tocenter.TheESCwillbeep2times,indicatingyouhavesettheprogram
selection.Leaveinfullthrottlefor5secondstoadvancetothenext
selection.
b.ToselectHeliMode—Youwillhear2shortbeeps.Movethethrottlestick
tocenter.TheESCwillbeep2times,indicatingyouhavesettheprogram
selection.Leaveinfullthrottlefor5secondstoadvancetotherst
selectionagain.
TROUBLESHOOTING
TheESCwillbeepmorequietlythannormaliftheinputvoltageisbelowthe
cutoffvoltagewhenthebatteryisconnected.Checkthevoltageofthebattery
toseeifitiscorrect(charged),ortheprogrammedcutoffsettingoftheinput
voltageissetincorrectlyforthevoltageofthepackbeingused.
IfyouhavetroublearmingtheESC(andthethrottletrimhasbeensetto
minimum),entertheprogrammingmodeandtrychangingthesettingto
1.1ms–1.9msinProgrammingMenu4toseeifithelpscorrecttheproblem.If
itisacomputerradio,youmayalternativelyincreasehighandlowthrottleATV
(endpoint)percentages.
IncreasingthehighATVwillnothaveaconsequenceonarmingissues,onlylow
ATV.
Sometransmitters,includingallFutabatransmitters,willrequirethethrottle
channeltobe“reversed”forproperoperation.
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