Beastx MICROBEAST PLUS User manual

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Contents

1 Introduction 3

2 MICROBEAST PLUS - What's that? 5

3 Additional guides 7

4 Firmware version 5.2.x 9

5 Hardware options 11

6 Software options 13

7 Safety Notes 15

8 Box content and accessories 19

9 This is what you get when buying the MICROBEAST PLUS 21

10 This is what you get when buying the MICROBEAST PLUS HD 23

11 Optional accessory 25

12 Hardware installation 27

13 Attaching your Microbeast PLUS to the helicopter 29

14 Introduction to MICROBEAST PLUS HD 31

15 Receiver connection 33

16 Standard receiver 35

17 Receivers with single wire output (single-line receivers) 37

18 Remote satellite (Spektrum® DSM/JR® DMSS/ALIGN® iBus) 39

19 Spektrum® SRXL2 receiver 41

20 Radio system 43

21 Preparing the radio system 45

22 Spektrum® DSM2/DSMX receiver binding 49

III

Contents

23 Receiver Menu 51

24 Preset function assignments for Single-line receivers 53

25 Adjustment on the device 55

25.1 Point A - Receiver type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

25.2Functionassignment ............................... 56

25.3 Point N - Throttle failsafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

26 Setup with StudioX 61

26.1Receivertype................................... 61

26.2Functionassignment ............................... 62

26.3Throttlefailsafe.................................. 63

27 SETUP MENU (Basic heli setup) 65

28 Adjustment on the device 67

28.1Buttoncontrol .................................. 68

28.2Stickcontrol.................................... 69

29 Basic setup with StudioXm 71

30 SETUP MENU A - Device orientation 73

31 Adjustment at the device 75

32 Setup with StudioXm 77

33 SETUP MENU B - Swashplate frequency 79

34 Adjustment on the device 81

35 Setup with StudioXm 83

36 Servo connection 85

37 SETUP MENU C - Rudder pulse width 87

38 Adjustment on the device 89

39 Setup with StudioXm 91

40 SETUP MENU D - Rudder servo frequency 93

41 Adjustment on the device 95

42 Setup with StudioXm 97

43 Manuals:MBPlusFblV52:Setupmenu E 99

44 Mechanical setup of the rudder servo 101

Contents

45 Adjustment on the device 103

45.1 SETUP MENU E - Rudder limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

45.2 SETUP MENU F - Rudder control direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

46 Setup with StudioXm 105

47 Extra info: Why setting stick endpoints? 107

48 Extra info: How the gyro works! 109

49 SETUP MENU G - Collective and cyclic pitch mixing (CCPM) 113

50 Adjustment on the device 115

51 Setup with StudioXm 117

51.1 Virtual swash rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

51.2Customswashmixing .............................. 117

52 Additional info: What swash mixing is required for my helicopter? 119

53 SETUP MENU H - Servo directions 121

54 Adjustment on the device 123

55 Setup with StudioXm 125

56 SETUP MENU I - Cyclic directions 127

57 Adjustment on the device 129

58 Setup with StudioXm 131

59 Extra info: Why setting stick endpoints? 133

60 Extra info: How the gyro works! 135

61 SETUP MENU J - Servo trim 137

62 Adjustment on the device 139

62.1Separateservotrim................................ 139

62.2 Trimming the swashplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

62.3 Deleting the trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

63 Setup with StudioXm 141

64 SETUP MENU K - Cyclic throw 143

65 Adjustment on the device 145

66 Setup with StudioXm 147

67 Measuring pitch without pitch gauge 149

Contents

68 SETUP MENU L - Collective pitch 151

69 Adjustment on the device 153

70 Setup with StudioXm 155

71 What pitch is useful for my helicopter? 157

72 Measuring pitch without pitch gauge 159

73 SETUP MENU M - Servo limit 161

74 Adjustment on the device 163

75 Setup with StudioXm 165

76 Headspeed Governor 167

77 What's a Headspeed Governor? 169

78 Hardware installation 171

78.1 Electric drive system with external phase sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

78.2 Electric drive system with rpm signal output from the speed controller . . . 172

78.3 Combustion drive system (nitro/gas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

79 Activating the governor function 175

80 Adjustment on the device 177

81 Setup with StudioX 179

82 Sensor test routine 181

83 Motor start position 185

84 Adjustment on the device 187

85 Setup with StudioX 189

86 Full throttle position 191

87 Adjustment on the device 193

88 Setup with StudioX 195

89 GOVERNOR MENU D - Setting up the transmitter 197

90 How to control the Governor 199

90.1ElectricGovernor................................. 199

90.2 Nitro Governor - with separate control channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

90.3 Nitro Governor - simple mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Contents

91 GOVERNOR MENU E - Throttle signal divider 209

92 Adjustment on the device 211

93 Setup with StudioX 213

94 GOVERNOR MENU F, G &H - Main gear ratio 215

95 Adjustment on the device 217

96 Setup with StudioX 219

97 PARAMETER MENU A - Quick Trim 221

98 Adjustment at the device 223

98.1 Trimming the swashplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

98.2Rudderservo ................................... 223

98.3Resetadjustment................................. 224

98.4 Trimming the artiﬁcial horizon (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

99 Adjustment with StudioX 225

100PARAMETER MENU B - Control Style 227

101Adjustment at the device 229

102Setup with StudioX 231

103PARAMETER MENU - Special parameters C to K 233

104Adjustment at the device 235

105Setup with StudioX 237

106Parameter explanation 239

106.1Speed ﬂight stability (Point C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

106.2Rudder rate consistency (Point D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

106.3Stickdeadzone(E)................................ 241

106.4Torque precompensation/RevoMix (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

106.5Cyclicresponse(G)................................ 243

106.6Pitchboost(H).................................. 244

106.7Throttle response (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

106.8Slow rampup speed (J) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

106.9Fast rampup speed (K) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

107Gain settings 249

108Tail gyro 251

109Cyclic adjustment 253

VII

Contents

110Adjustment at the device 255

110.1Tailgyro...................................... 255

110.2Cyclicadjustment ................................ 256

111Setup with StudioX 259

112AttitudeControl 261

113What is AttitudeControl and how to use it 263

113.1Levelingmodes.................................. 263

113.2Activating AttitudeControl in ﬂight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

113.3Functional test of AttitudeControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

113.4Flying with AttitudeControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

113.5Fine tuning of AttitudeControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

114Adjustment at the device 273

115Setup with StudioX 277

116Bank Switching (optional) 279

117Bank Switching - What's that? 281

118Usage instructions 283

119Setting Bank Switching with StudioX 287

120Reset to default settings 289

121Performing factory reset at the device 291

122Factory reset with StudioX 293

123Information about ﬁrmware versions 295

124Reading the current ﬁrmware version 297

124.1LED display of the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

124.2Representation of values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

125StudioX software and mobile app 299

126Windows PC/mac and USB2SYS computer interface 301

126.1Installation .................................... 301

126.2Connecting the USB2SYS with your BEASTX device . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

127Smartphone/tablet and BLE2SYS bluetooth interface 305

128Basic functionality 307

129BEASTX ﬂybarless system 309

129.1Connectingtodevice............................... 309

VIII

Contents

129.2Overviewscreen.................................. 310

130BLE2SYS Conﬁguration 311

130.1DeviceName ................................... 311

130.2Automatic deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

130.3Changepincode ................................. 312

130.4Firmwareupdate................................. 312

131Presets/Backup/Restore/Reset 313

132Preset helicopter settings 315

133Backup/Restore 317

134Reset all settings 321

135Firmware update 323

136Introduction 325

137freakware Network 327

138Update procedure 329

139When the update fails 331

140Contributors 333

List of Figures 335

141Licenses 343

141.1GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

141.2GNU Free Documentation License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

141.3GNU Lesser General Public License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

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