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Spectrum DX8 2 Switches 1 TX channel 6 Flight Modes

Posted by Manfred Dickgiesser on December 16, 2012 at 7:30pm

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2 Switches   1 TX channel

6 Flight Modes

You don’t need to sacrifice 1 RX channel to mix 6 Flight Modes out of two switches.

Just mix Aux2 to itself in 3 different ways depending on the position of the

F Mode switch.  You need to have Flight Mode enabled with the F Mode switch.

First go to Servo Setup and set Aux2 Travel to 85%

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Then go to Mixing and select Mix 3, 4 and 5 und set it up as shown in the following pictures.

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You will then get the Flight Modes a pictured below.

The good thing is, if the Flap/Gyro switch is in the middle (pos1) you always get

APM Flight Mode 4, which you could assign to Stabilize. 

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So you have still the channel Rud and Aux3 free for other useful things.

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  • Manfred Dickgiesser February 1, 2013 at 2:59pm

    Guatavo

    Thanks for your contribution and improvement.

  • Bhanu January 29, 2013 at 5:50am

    Hi Manfred

    I am sorry to come back very late to your last post helping me out.

    I was away in a remote area where I was cut from internet.

    Thanks for your photographs showing the details but still I could not setup

    the 6 modes. Right now copter is with my friends place and need nursing as it is crashing too often.

    regards

     

  • Manfred Dickgiesser January 13, 2013 at 6:03pm

    I use this setup on my 600 Heli; I fly in Acro mode on my TX8 and it works, I have 6 APM Flight Modes.

  • Manfred Dickgiesser January 13, 2013 at 5:55pm

    Your APM Flight Modes should be on AUX2, you need only AUX2, no other channel for this setup.

  • Manfred Dickgiesser January 13, 2013 at 5:52pm

    I think the problem is you have still F Mode linked to Aux1

    You don’t need that.

     

    Go to switch select and set it up like this: (don’t worry about my AUX3, AUX1 and Gear)

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    Go to servo setup and do it like this:

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    And then go to Mixing and do it like this:

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    and this:

     

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    Then it should work.

  • Bhanu January 13, 2013 at 11:53am

    Thanks for you support Manfred. I did what you suggested.

    I have set servo & Mix1 & Mix2 exactly as suggested.

    In switch select Flap is linked with AUX2 & F Mode to Aux 1  Knob is AUX 3

    and Trainer / Gear /L Trim /MIX /AUX2 / R Trim      they are inhibited.

     

    But I am unable to get more than 3 modes.

    any idea if I am doing something wrong?

    regards

     

  • Manfred Dickgiesser January 13, 2013 at 1:36am

    Bhanu

    In my example just above, I use the F Mode Switch and the Flap Gyro Switch to change APM Flight Modes.

    You need to go to Switch Select and link Flap with AUX2.

    You have to make sure, that AUX2 and Flap is not used anywhere else, otherwise you cannot link them.

    You don’t need to change the wiring.

    It works! Good luck. Otherwise let me know.

  • Bhanu January 12, 2013 at 11:29pm

    Thanks for your replies Jinjiro and Manfred. My Transmitter has been sent with 29 memories as Acro and one as hexa in airplane mode. I would save this hexa and then try settings just recommended by Manfred. I would like to know do I need to change some wiring in RX? Because I did try similar settings given elsewhere using Gear switch in DIYDRONES but I was unable to use them. Mission planner did not show any change in modes while using Gear switch apart from the default FM Switch 3 settings?

    Please let me know. regards

     

  • Manfred Dickgiesser January 12, 2013 at 10:01am

    You can also do a similar setup in Acro mode

    Mix 1 Aux2 to Aux2 both -40%   Sw FM1

    Mix 2 Aux2 to Aux2 both -80%   Sw FM2

    And set Aux2 to 85% in Servo Travel

  • Bhanu January 3, 2013 at 9:21pm

    I have tried doing it on my Spektrum DX8 but I don't find what is in the pictures below Trim setting (N 1 2 H M). Mine says Switch and setting is Inhibit. Mine is updated for latest firmware V2.06

    What to do?

     

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