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=MICROBEAST ULTRA - What's that?=

=MICROBEAST ULTRA - What's that?=

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MICROBEAST ULTRA is a gyro system which is used to stabilize and control your flybarless RC Helikopter on all three flight axis. It can be used with many different types of helicopters like 3D aerobatic helis, F3C competition helicopters as well as scale helicopters with 2 or more rotorblades. MICROBEAST ULTRA ist the successor of the well proven MICROBEAST PLUS, featuring a modern ARM Cortex M4 microcontroller with lots of processing power. Like MICROBEAST PLUS the system comes with basic flybarless stabilization functionality and can be upgraded for additional features by paid update. These features are:

MICROBEAST ULTRA is a gyro system which is used to stabilize and control your flybarless RC Helikopter on all three flight axis. It can be used with many different types of helicopters like 3D aerobatic helis, F3C competition helicopters as well as scale helicopters with 2 or more rotorblades. MICROBEAST ULTRA ist the successor of the well proven MICROBEAST PLUS, featuring a modern ARM Cortex M4 microcontroller with lots of processing power. Like MICROBEAST PLUS the system comes with basic flybarless stabilization functionality and can be upgraded for additional features by paid update.<br />

| Please note: MICROBEAST ULTRA is also sold as MICROBEAST². These devices shipped with ALIGN® TRex helicopters are identical to MICROBEAST ULTRA. Just the labeling is different.

'''Additional features'''<br />

* AttitudeControl for recue bailout or constant leveling

* AttitudeControl for recue bailout or constant leveling

* Bank Switching which allows to change between different parameter presets in flight to serve different flight conditions or flying styles

* Bank Switching which allows to change between different parameter presets in flight to serve different flight conditions or flying styles

If you like, you can directly get the "ProEdition" upgrade. This unlocks all features at once at a fair pricing.<br />

If you like, you can directly get the "ProEdition" upgrade. This unlocks all features at once at a fair pricing.<br />

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Technical specification:<br />

'''Technical specification:'''<br />

* wide input voltage range from 4 to 9 Volts

* wide input voltage range from 4 to 9 Volts

* supports nearly all types of radio systems with conventional receiver wiring as well as lots of different serial signal receivers like SBUS, XBUS, EXBUS, iBus, UDI, SRXL, SRXL2, FRSky F.Port, SPPM, SUMD, Spektrum/JR/ALIGN remote satelites

* supports nearly all types of radio systems with conventional receiver wiring as well as lots of different serial signal receivers like SBUS, XBUS, EXBUS, iBus, UDI, SRXL, SRXL2, FRSky F.Port, SPPM, SUMD, Spektrum/JR/ALIGN remote satelites

* optional upgrade to "ProEdition" with bank switch feature for full customization and AttitudeControl for rescue bailout and selfleveling

* optional upgrade to "ProEdition" with bank switch feature for full customization and AttitudeControl for rescue bailout and selfleveling

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To setup MICROBEAST ULTRA there is no need for any additional devices. All you need is your radio system and your helicopter. Thanks to the well proven EasySetup system you can do all the necessary adjustment directly at the device and in very short time. If you like to get more insight into the system and like to have a more visualized type of setup you can also use the StudioX App for PC/Mac or StudioXm for your smartphone/tablet in combination with the USB2SYS interface (PC/Mac) or BLE2SYS interface (smartphone/tablet) (optional available). These apps are the source to get even more out of your device like saving/restoring paramaters, firmware updates, loading preset heli configurations and making advanced adjustment to fully customize MICROBEAST ULTRA to your needs.<br />

To setup MICROBEAST ULTRA there is no need for any additional devices. All you need is your radio system and your helicopter. Thanks to the well proven EasySetup system you can do all the necessary adjustment directly at the device and in very short time. If you like to get more insight into the system and like to have a more visualized type of setup you can also use the StudioX App for PC/Mac or StudioXm for your smartphone/tablet in combination with USB2SYS or BLE2SYS interface (optional available). These apps are the source to get even more out of your device like saving/restoring paramaters, firmware updates, loading preset heli configurations and making advanced adjustment to fully customize MICROBEAST ULTRA to your needs.<br />

 

This online manual is very extensive and covers all topics in detail, i.e. radio setup, mechanical helicopter setup, power distribution, description of additional features and of course all the menu adjustments and what these do and what they are necessary for. So reading this manual can give you a detailed knowledge about the system and should help to give answers to almost all questions you may have. Anyhow, for a first start you may just go with the [http://www.beastx.com/download/manual/microbeast/MBPlus_QuickStart_V52_EN.pdf MICROBEAST PLUS quick start guide] and only refer to the online manual if you have some specific question. Also the [http://www.beastx.com/download/manual/microbeast/MBPlus_QuickReferenceCard_V52_EN.pdf MICROBEAST PLUS quick reference card] can give you a good overview for the different menu structures and adjustment procedures that can be performed directly at the device. <br />

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=Firmware version 5.5.x=

=Firmware version 5.5.x=

<p>'''Please note that these instructions are only valid for MICROBEAST ULTRA firmware version 5.5.x!'''</p>

<p>'''Please note that these instructions are only valid for MICROBEAST ULTRA firmware version 5.5.x and above!'''</p>

<p>The firmware version can be detected by connecting the device to a computer using the USB2SYS

<p>The firmware version can be detected by connecting your device with the StudioX App. Also you can directly read from the LED display of the device what firmware version it is running:

interface (optional) or tablet/smartphone using the BLE2SYS interface (optional) together with the StudioX App. During initialization also you can directly read from the display of the device what firmware version it is running:

After power up when the Status-LED lights in red color, for a few seconds the Menu-LEDs A to G display the first digit of the firmware version and the LEDs H to N indicate the  

After power up when the Status-LED lights red, for a few seconds the Menu-LEDs A to G display the first digit of the firmware version and the LEDs H to N the  

second digit.</p>

second digit.</p>

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| '''Firmware version 5.5.x'''<br /><p>In the left row menu LEDs A and C indicate major version "5".<br />In the right row LEDs H and J stand for minor version "5".</p>

| '''Version 5.5.x'''

| '''Version 5.6.x'''

| '''Version 5.7.x'''

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