The Hmmm...the 8U also as butterfly fixed on switch A. I never had a problem with it. It would be nice if it were assignable, but calling it a disaster seems a bit over the top, IMO.
At 07:27 AM 7/28/03 -0700, JEREMY BUSHELL wrote: >Landing a sailplane is always safety-critical but >never more so than in a competition with a demanding >landing task, like US Thermal Duration. > >The Futaba 9CA has a butterfly (crow) mix hard-wired >to switch A and three flight mode mixes hard-wired to >switch G. > >The 9C's butterfly function on switch A cannot be used >to define a landing mode because its effects are >additive to whatever may have been selected on switch >G flight mode. Anyone who has tried landing like this >will have found the results too unpredictable to be >safe under any pressure. > >So try thinking out of the box: maybe I can manage >with 3 flight modes and Start mode could be adapted to >a landing mode? If you try to program a landing mode >into one of the three modes on switch G you find that >these are predefined mixes and will not accept input >from the Throttle/Airbrake stick or another mix which >could define the offset you need in order to be able >to start the butterfly/crow from zero on a slider. >It is therefore not possible to use the available >mixes to mimic butterfly/crow on one of the three >modes on switch G. > >Incredibly, I find the 9C to be less functional than >my old 7UAF which does allow butterfly crow to be >programmed on its 3-position flight mode switch. I >have campaigned my old 7UAF in the ESL for the last >three years with some success and I thought I deserved >an upgrade. However, as a sailplane transmitter, the >Futaba 9C is a disaster. > >Jeb. > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
