Manuals:BXFbl:Setupmenu overview

Here is an overview and a short description of the setup procedure. You will get more details about each menu step in the following sections.

On MICROBEAST PLUS / ULTRA the current menu step is indicated by the LED letters. In SETUP MENU the menu LED must light constantly. If it's flashing, you're in the wrong menu!

With NANOBEAST the current menu step is indicated by number of flashes of the Status LED. In Setup Menu the Status LED will flash in blue color. Steps A to G are indicated by 1 to 7 flashes. From steps H to M onwards again there will be 1 to 7 flashes to indicate the current menu step. But here the first flash will be long.

SETUP MENU overview

Menu	Description	off	purple flashing	purple	red flashing	red	blue flashing	blue	red/blue alternating
A	Device orientation	horizontal, pins to front	vertical, pins to front	hor. inv., pins to front	vert. inv., pins to front	horizontal, pins to back	vertical, pins to back	hor. inv., pins to back	vert. inv., pins to back
B	Swashplate servos	custom		50 Hz	65 Hz	120 Hz	165 Hz	200 Hz
C	Rudder pulse width	custom		760 µs		960 µs		1520 µs
D	Rudder frequency	custom		50 Hz	165 Hz	270 Hz	333 Hz	560 Hz
E	Rudder limit					limit left		limit right
F	Rudder direction					left		right
G	Swash mixing	custom		no mixing	90°(3/4 servos)	120°	140°	135°/140°(1:1)
H	Servo directions			Servo 1		Servo 2		Servo 3	(Servo 4)
I	Cyclic directions					left/back		right/forward
J	Servo trim	neutral		Servo 1		Servo 2		Servo 3	(Servo 4)
K	Cyclic throw	neutral		not good		OK		perfect!
L	Collective pitch					min		MAX
M	Servo limit	bad		not good		OK		perfect!
N	Governor	off				electric heli		nitro heli

A - Device orientation

Tap rudder stick to select device orientation (change LED color). Please be very careful when choosing the orientation. A wrong orientation will cause the system to move the heli in the wrong direction!

B - Swashplate servos

Tap rudder stick to select frequency (change LED color). Most digital servos can be used with 200Hz.

Warning: If frequency is too high you can burn the servo!

C - Rudder pulse width

Tap rudder stick to select pulse width (change LED color). Most servos run at 1520µs (or 1500µs which is nearly the same!). Special gyro servos use 760µs pulse. Usually this will be printed on the servo.

D - Rudder frequency

Tap rudder stick to select frequency (change LED color). Most digital rudder servos can be used with 333Hz. Special gyro servos with 760µs pulse can go even higher.

Warning: If frequency is too high you can burn the servo!

E - Rudder limit

Use rudder stick (hold or tap) to move servo to one endpoint. Wait until LED flashes, then move all the way to the other endpoint. Wait again until LED flashes. If stick direction is inverted, use servo reverse function on radio to reverse direction.

F - Rudder direction

1. Move rudder left/right. Servo should move tail left/right accordingly. If stick direction is inverted, use servo reverse function on radio to reverse direction.
2. Check LED color: right = blue and left = red. If LED color is incorrect, tap aileron/roll stick once to reverse LED color. Don't use reverse function on radio to change LED color!

G - Swash mixing

Tap rudder stick to select swash plate type and swash mixing (change LED color). Most R/C helis use 120° eCCPM mixing. Check your heli's manual for more details.

H - Servo directions

Tap rudder stick to select one servo after another. Move collective pitch on the radio and check servo directions. All servos must move the swash plate vertically together. If necessary, tap the roll/aileron stick once to reverse the direction of the selected servo. Repeat this for all servos.

Note: When the heli uses mechanical mixing (mCCPM) menu step H is not accessible and will be skipped.

I - Cyclic directions

1. Move roll/aileron to the right and push pitch/elevator forwards. Check cyclic swashplate movement. The swash should move forwards and right as well. If direction is wrong, use servo reverse function on the radio and reverse roll or pitch channel as needed.
2. Check LED color: Pushing the sticks forward and right, Status LED must light blue. Backwards and left is must be red. If LED color is incorrect, tap rudder stick once to reverse LED color. There are 4 possible options, only one can be correct. Don't use reverse function on radio to change LED color!