SETUP MENU 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		too little		OK		perfect!
L	Collective pitch					min		MAX
M	Servo limit			too much		OK		perfect!
N	Governor	off		off (no throttle lock)		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.

Helicopters with tail motor

When using the firmware with tail motor support, here you can set stop position of the tail motor. Tap or hold rudder stick to adjust output signal for tail motor ESC.

Turn on the main throttle on the radio to start the tail motor. Now you can adjust the lowest possible running position for the tail motor using the rudder stick again. Set the motor speed to a low idle position just before the motor will quit. Then turn off main throttle and proceed to next step.

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!

Helicopters with tail motor

1. Move rudder left/right and 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!

2. Turn on the main throttle on the radio to start the tail motor. Now you can adjust the start and hovering position for the tail motor. Tap or hold the the rudder stick and set the motor to a medium speed that will give a little push to the right, but not too much so the heli won't turn on the ground. Then turn off main throttle and proceed to next step.

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!

J - Servo trim

Tap rudder stick to select one servo after another. If necessary, tap/hold the roll/aileron stick to adjust the servo center position. All servos should form a 90 degrees angle to the linkages. The swashplate must be perfectly level. Repeat this for all servos.

Note: When the Status LED is off, all servos are in their true center position (1520µs pulse width).

K - Cyclic throw

Status LED off: Make sure blade pitch is 0.0° and swashplate is level.

Tap rudder stick to switch to adjustment position. Here tap or hold aileron/roll stick to adjust cyclic pitch to exact 6.0°.

L - Collective pitch

1. Move thrust/collective stick and check directions. If servos are moving the swashplate in wrong direction, use servo reverse function on radio to invert thrust/colelctive channel.

2. Check LED color: Positive pitch = blue, negative pitch = red. Tap rudder stick once to inverse color if needed.

3. Move thrust/collective stick on the radio to lowest position. Here tap or hold aileron/roll stick to adjust pitch as needed, i.e. -12.0 degrees.

4. Move thrust/collective stick on the radio to highest position. Here tap or hold aileron/roll stick to adjust pitch as needed, i.e. +12.0 degrees.

M - Servo limit

Move thrust/collective stick on the radio to highest position. Carefully push cyclics (roll/aileron and pitch/elevator) to end positions. Check if servos or linkages are binding. If needed, tap or hold rudder stick to adjust limit.

Move thrust/collective stick on the radio to lowest position. Carefully push cyclics (roll/aileron and pitch/elevator) to end positions. Check if servos or linkages are binding. If needed, tap or hold rudder stick to adjust limit.

Again check all possible swashplate positions if there is still any binding and adjust as needed. Please note that limit value will affect all positions. So you must find the position where binding happens first and adjust limit there.

N - Governor

Tap rudder stick to select governor mode (change LED color). When not using the internal governor feature (Status LED off or purple), setup will end here. When using electric or nitro governor, next menu step will be step A of GOVERNOR MENU.

Note: Governor feature is only available for MICROBEAST PLUS / ULTRA at the moment.