I have programmed my 9303 to do all of what you need. There is no need to have a landing switch that allows the throttle stick to provide flaps/crow/elevator comp. I do reduce the diff with the landing switch, but never have it turn the throttle stick on/off ... it's on all the time.
-----Original Message----- From: Glauco Lago [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:02 PM To: Jon Stone Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] nagging 9303 issue I flew with a Futaba 8U for several years and forgot to activate the landing switch only few times but now I'm a happy owner of a 9303 and decided to try something different. What I'm doing is having the landing flaps and flap-elev mix always on and assigned to the throtle stick. The right lever sets the amount of launch camber using two linear mixes with the Aux 4 channel. The left lever is used to camber changes during the flight. So right now I have only one switch to change from launch to cruise (I'm using the top right switch behind the trainer switch). If I wanted to actually use a landing mode to change trims and expos it still could be done but the way it is if I forget to flip the landing switch most of the landing functions would still work. Glauco On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:40:41 -0700, Jon Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm real close to buying a 9303, but have this one nagging concern I can't > seem to work around. I can deal with the different switch locations, etc. > Just as being different. No big deal. The 9303 has many super positive > features that I find very attractive. > > First, let me say I've been heavily influenced by the Airtronics way of > doing things, as I have owned a Vision, and now a Stylus for several years. > I program the radio specifically to reduce pilot workload. Less things to > think of and less things to remember. This has lead me to use the > flight-mode switch to control almost all settings. The XP9303 also shares > this philosophy. Great! Just what I am looking for. Lots of free mixers > too. Seems almost trivial to setup a wing with 6 servos on the TE. > > I have this one nagging issue about landing mode. I realize the 9303 can > have the FLAP -> ELEV mixing in all flight modes, so there is no safety > issue (ala 8103). > > When I use crow for landing mode, I want several different mixes. Things > like reverse diff, aileron -> rudder, etc. As you may know, with the Vision > and Stylus, landing mode is automatically engaged when the flap stick starts > to be pulled down. This overrides any other flight mode in place at the > time. Not so with the 9303. > > With the 9303, the pilot must remember to pull the flight mode switch to > engage LAND mode. This is fine. But... when is a guy to pull that landing > mode switch? If I pull landing mode at 1 or 2-minutes to go, then handling > will quirky when I'm cruising around. If I forget to put it in landing mode > at all, handling will suffer on final approach. Ideally, I think landing > mode should engage precisely when I start to pull the flap stick. Not > before, not later. There's that pesky Airtronics mentality. ;) > > To me, this is a serious pilot work load issue, ideally rememberin to pull > the LAND switch just as I'm entering my final turn. I certainly do not > need one more thing to remember to do during the last 30 seconds of flight. > > So, JR experts... how am I supposed to do things with this radio? Is a > lobotomy required? I'm ready. > > Thanks, > > Jon 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.
