Hitec Aurora 9 Radio Videos

[Finless]

Originally Posted by forjer

This is great news! Thanks for the dedication. Hope you enjoy your Christmas. If you're travelling, feel free to swing though MN, you can help me shovel an I'll buy you a beer!

No thanks on that! I am from MN (White Bear Lake) and I remember what that was like. Why do you think my SMART parents moved to Cali

Bob

[Gaz From Brum]

Originally Posted by Finless

NEW videos are compressing now.... All you guys bugging me for more videos for Christmas will get their wish

Up tonight will be pitch and throttle curve menus and the gyro menu! There was more to cover than I thought I would have to....

Stay tuned

Bob

Thankyou Bob.

Hope you have a good Christmas.

[beenflying]

Thanks, Bob. The videos about upgrading, flight conditions and trim linking were invaluable, when I first got my Aurora 9.

Happy Holidays!

[Patriot996]

Originally Posted by Finless

No thanks on that! I am from MN (White Bear Lake) and I remember what that was like. Why do you think my SMART parents moved to Cali

Bob

So we can swim through this liquid sunshine we've been getting for the past week? LOL

Have a safe and Merry Christmas, Bob. Best wishes to you and your family.

[forjer]

I always thought you were "too nice" to be from Cali Bob.

[Finless]

Originally Posted by Patriot996

So we can swim through this liquid sunshine we've been getting for the past week? LOL

Have a safe and Merry Christmas, Bob. Best wishes to you and your family.

MY GOD MAN.... I have not seen this much RAIN since the big storms we had in the late 60's out here. But I hope the hell all this rain put some snow up in the Sierra's and filled up the reservoirs so next summer we don't PAY THROUGH THE NOSE for water! Alas... knowing the water systems out here, most of it went down the storm drains right to the ocean

But hey... The SUN just came out here in OC and it's looking good for the next few days

Bob

[Finless]

OK new videos are posted! They are in the first post on this thread but here is the post I just added so you don;t have to go to the first post.

Bob
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Sorry for the delay but videos now continue. It's been a long while since I shot videos so my experience level dropped a little. I found myself babbling or repeating my self a lot. It is what it is so sorry if it is not up to expectations. BUT if something is unclear please let me know and I can and WILL shoot follow up videos if needed.

Video Link ->Aurora 9 - Model Menus Part 4 - Pitch and Throttle Curves (146 Megs)

The gyro menu took 2 videos to cover. It can be as SIMPLE as you want or super complicated... I say KISS (Keep it simple stupid) but I spent the time to cover every aspect of understanding HOW the gyro menu works and what it means to TRUE gain to your gyro. Again if something was not clear.... Let me know!

Video Link ->Aurora 9 - Model Menus Part 5A - Gyro Menu basics (120 Megs)

Video Link ->Aurora 9 - Model Menus Part 5B - Gyro Menu advanced and tips! (99 Megs)



Bob

[forjer]

Heads up...Part 4 and 5a don't seem to be linking.
"File does not exist please contact the systems administrator"

[Finless]

CRAP... file name issues with case sensativity.....

Should be fixed now.

Bob

[forjer]

Very nice.

[loz944]

Thanks for all your vids Bob merry Christmas and a happy new year to you

from Thailand

[Mike Mayberry]

Awesome job Bob... You da MAN!!!

Thanks for the Xmas presents!

Mike.

[maarset]

Bob I loved the gyro vid's!!!

Yes I guess I'm crazy because I set it up so that I have two different gain values for each flight mode. Why would some one do this you ask?

Well I like to find the perfect gain and if I'm flying say in idle-1 and I set the gain just too high when flying inverted fast, well I can just switch one switch to go into a lower gain without going out of idle 1. It really helps getting the gain dialed in. Pretty awesome.

One thing I found interesting with this radio, with my logo which is using a vbar, you have to use single servo programming, not CCPM. When the radio is in single servo instead of CCPM you lose the ability to do cyclic to throttle mixing or ale and ele to throttle mixing. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here. Weird.

Mike

[maarset]

Oh and I just watched the tips gyro vid and it was totally cool. True gain is very helpful. Changing the EPA to get that is rad.

This might be a dumb question but if you are not using a futaba gyro, say a spartan, is it the same ratio?

Definitely going to setup the CT style switch to adjust the gain in flight. That will help TONS! Thanks again Bob. Your a SAINT

[Finless]

Maarset, are you on the latest code? Mine when swash is set to 1 servo the SWH->THR mix is still there on page 2. You do loose the swash menu since it is not used for single servo thus inside that menu you loose the "calibration" function which is the ail/elv mixing. Again this is used for CCPM interactions on a CCPM swash and is not used for single servo since that is all mechanical adjustments.

FYI yes, Spartan will be the same. Gain is gain and getting it 1 to 1 with the channel output works on any gyro.

Bob

[asafsee]

Hi Bob
Did you try to setup Align RCE6600 governor with aurora 9?
If so can you tell how
Regards,
Asaf

[Finless]

See my video on the Align Gov setup. Doesn't matter what radio the gov works the same for all of them. Then make sure you have the governor menu enabled in the radio. The gov menu works exactly like the gyro gain menu. Above 50 for a positive channel value and below 50 for a negative channel value.

HOWEVER! Remember the Align gov ONLY works when the channel is a positive or above 0 (Above 50 in the % rate setting in the A9 gov menu) value. It will give a red LED if it is below 0 (or below 50 in the A9 gov menu).

You will then have to set the rate value in the gov menu above 50, tach your head speed and adjust as needed. My guess is for the align gov you would start out with a value of about 80 in the gov rate setting. Don't forget to SEPARATE the conditions if you want different head speed in different conditions. Again just like the gyro gain menu.

The A9 also has a RPM setting instead of a % rate setting. You can use that but understand unless the A9 knows your gear ratio, the RPM number it shows in this menu will not be accurate. I have no clue what the A9 uses as a gear ratio to calculate that. Also note that 1500 is 0 (or center) in the channel. Going below 1500 is a negative channel value and the align gov will turn red LED.

Remember the channel monitor screen is your friend. Watch what it is doing.

I will have a video on the gov menu later.

Bob

[maarset]

I have the latest software. I'll look at it again after xmass to get specifics. Merry Xmas bob.

[asafsee]

tnx bob for the detail answer
also, im having probelm regarding the setup of the governor, after pushing the buttom for 3 seconds and then the red led is blinking.
Then i increase stick from lowest to highest but at 15% red led stop blinking
Is that nornal?

[Finless]

Hmmmm..... honestly I don't remember and I do not have one hooked up right now to anything to check to see if that is normal. It may be.

When you go to calibrate make sure the gov gain channel is at max. e.g. in the gov menu set it to 100%. Then calibrate again and see if that helps.

Bob