PROGRAMMING THE CORE PART 2
RCM&E|July 2020
The Editor finishes setting up his first model with PowerBox's versatile transmitter
Kevin Crozier
PROGRAMMING THE CORE PART 2

FUNCTION MENU

PowerBox say that this is the most important of the many displays as it is where most of the set-up of the new model takes place. You can also access it at any time to tweak the set-up of any existing models that you may have loaded from the model memory.

It lists any function names that you have already set up when creating a model, but the + button at the bottom of the list allows you to input additional ones, plus a matching trim if required. In my case I added Crow Braking as a new function, then I assigned servos 2,3,6 and 7 to it, i.e all the aileron and flap servos. To control it I allocated the left slider, although I may swap it to the throttle stick after flight testing, at which time the throttle will be operated by a switch - all easily reassigned using the Function page.

The Function menu is also where you set up the failsafe for each function. It can either be set to Hold or you can teach it a Failsafe position to return to in the unlikely event of signal loss. The throttle is a ‘must do’ for setting up Failsafe so please don't leave it in the default Hold setting.

This story is from the July 2020 edition of RCM&E.

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