There is a fantastic manual on programminbg the 8103 by Sherman Knight I
found it on Northeast Saiplanes website if I remember correctly, it was a
while ago. It explains the phomenon you have addressed in your post. An
excellant treatise.
.........bc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.widomaker.com/~conk
Williamsburg, VA 23185
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, James Osborn wrote:
>
> Regarding 8103 programming, I figured something out over last weekend that I was
> baffled by at the time. This is a full house glider with dual flaps, so I
> enabled that in the model select mode (hold up & down keys while turning it
> on). Then in the regular menus, I disabled all the flap trim pots. I used the
> Butteryfly menu to set my landing mode: adjusted my flaps to go down, my
> ailerons to go up, and my elevator to go down with the spoiler stick. This all
> worked great.
>
> Then I wanted to do a launch preset - a specified amount of down flaps on the
> flap mix switch. When I engaged the flap down switch, I got 45 degrees of down
> flap and for the life of me I could not figure out how to change this. I
> expected there to be a menu somewhere that would let me select the switch and
> the amount of flap travel, or maybe a flap offset, which is used in other
> menus. No such setting exists!
>
> I finally stumbled onto the answer: use the flap travel adjust to set the
> amount of down flaps for flap mix down. (You can also set the flap up travel to
> go with the flap mix switch up for preset reflex). This didn't make sense to me
> as it implies you are limiting the amount of flap travel. But you are only
> limiting it for the flap mixing switch. The spoiler->flap mixing on the
> Butterfly menu overrides this setting when you go into landing mode (Butteryfly
> switch forward at 0). Go figure.
>
> Now, 8103 masters, suppose I want my ailerons to do the same thing as my flaps?
> In other words, I want full TE camber with my launch preset. How do I get the
> ailerons to droop the same amount as my flaps when I hit the launch preset (flap
> mix down) switch?
>
> -- James
>
> CrashK wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Please guys, don't take this the wrong way but $300 for an old tx with an
> > extra module? I've seen ads like this and they sell pretty quick...why?
> > I'm not familiar with the Vision although I've heard nothing but good stuff
> > about it. Is there really no current tx (aside from the high end models)
> > with it's capabilities? Part of the reason I ask is that I'm sorta shopping
> > for a new tx as my 8103 is driving me nuts...can't figure out how to make it
> > do what I want it to! Comments/offers for programming assistance? :-)
> > Thanks!
> >
> > > I have an Airtronics Vision transmitter for sale.
> > > This is the 8 model version with software version
> > > ?????.01a I cannot find the version except when it
> > > boots and then only a glance.
> >
> > > $300 OBO for the works-
> >
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