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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As someone else pointed out, the conditions toward the bottom of the list takes precedence over anything above it on the list. The condition select screen allows you to move your various conditions around on the priority list. The final test to show yourself it’s working is to turn on a flight condition. On the main screen, you’ll see what condition you’re in. Now, without turning off that condition, flip the switch on a condition that’s lower on the list and see if that shows on the main screen. You’ll see that the higher priority (lower on the list) condition has superseded the other condition you had turned on. When you turn off the condition you just turned on, you’ll now see that it’s gone back to the original condition you had turned on. When all the conditions are shut off, it goes back to the default condition which is first on the list and therefore the lowest priority condition. I’d suggest you use meaningful names for your conditions like “snap”, “spin”, “flight”, “normal”, etc. That way you have no doubt what you programmed any given condition for. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My radio starts off in “normal” which activates my controller and has reduced rudder for takeoff. As soon as I lift off, I hit the switch that activated retracts in the old days. That’s my “flight” condition which is where I’m at for most of my flight. The “flight” condition activates my countdown timer, puts my rudder back to full throw, and bumps up the throttle trim a little for stalls, etc. The “flight” condition is the one I generally copy when creating a new condition because it has the base expo and throw rates that work for me 90% of the time. The advantage is that I’ll have less adjustments to make when I’m creating a new condition for snaps, spins, or whatever. Obviously, you’d only want to create a condition if you actually need it for a particular maneuver. If your plane snaps great in your “flight” condition, there’s no need to have a snap condition and that’s one less switch to turn on and off during your flight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Verne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dwayne Brown<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 24, 2010 12:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Which transmitter?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Verne, if I have FL01 set on a switch and FL04 set on another switch which on takes precedence? Dwayne</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Verne Koester<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Which transmitter?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dwayne,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The answer is so simple it makes me wonder if I’m actually answering what you’re asking. Whenever you set up a flight condition, you go to the condition select screen. Create (add) the condition from scratch or by copying an existing condition (better choice) and name your new condition. When you highlight your new condition, you’ll see a null button. Press on that and you’ll go to a screen where you pick the switch, stick, knob, or slider you want to use to activate the condition. After you pick the switch, click on the “on-position” button which takes you to another screen to set what position the switch needs to be in to activate the condition. With a 3-position switch, you can make one switch position activate Condition #4 and the other switch position would activate Condition #5 if you choose. The third switch position shuts both conditions off. I hope I’ve explained this in a way you can understand. If we did this in person on the actual radio, it would be a lot easier to just show you. You’ll also want to pay attention to the Condition Priority settings because that determines which condition will prevail if you have the switches turned on for two different conditions. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>When I first got going with my 14 MZ, I just created a model and kept going back and forth between the manual (which isn’t the greatest) and the radio and kept trying stuff until I understood it. One thing I quickly learned is to just focus on the stuff I actually want. There are simply way too many features to remember them all. I’ve had mine since they first came out and there’s still stuff I don’t know how to set up but I don’t care because those are features I don’t want or need. If you’re still having trouble, send me a private e-mail and we can arrange to go over it by phone and I’ll talk you through it as I do it myself on my radio while you’re doing the same thing on yours. I plan on sending my radio in for some routine maintenance in January so don’t wait too long!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hope this helps!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Verne Koester</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dwayne Brown<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 23, 2010 3:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Which transmitter?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Verne, please give me a better understanding of setting switches for flight conditions. I can understand having 3 flight conditions on a switch but how do you set up conditions 4 and 5 on another switch? Is there someplace on r/c universe where this is explained? Thanks, Dwayne Brown </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Verne Koester<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Which transmitter?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paul,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You’re used to having a top-end radio like the 9ZAP. I used to have one as well and used flight conditions similar to what you described. I upgraded to the 14MZ which has all the features of the 9Z plus some more that make using flight conditions even easier. The 12Z has everything the 14MZ has minus 2 channels and the fancy screen. I think you’d be very happy with the 12Z. I’m pretty sure you can download the owner’s manual for the 12Z from Futaba’s site if you want to have a look for yourself.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hope this helps</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Verne Koester</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Hepworth<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 22, 2010 4:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] Which transmitter?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Which transmitter?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I am currently using a Futaba 9zap WC2 with a 2.4 module. I am thinking about changing my transmitter to something more current. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>The problem I face is that I use many of the functions in the WC2 and I don’t want to lose any of them with out spending a large amount of money on a Futaba 14mz. They are many transmitters on the market that may work for me but I am having a hard time find which transmitters have the functions I am looking for. It is not as simple as asking in the local hobby store, they don’t seam to understand how conditions are used for in a fixed wing aircraft and the websites are not to clear and it’s not like I can try them all! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I’m sure they are many people on this list are familiar with the use of conditions, ATV, Expo, duel rates, switch/stick assignment. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I’m looking at achieving the following conditions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><u>Regular flight</u></b>: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Basic functions e.g. ATV, Expo, Ail diff, Rud to Ele, Rud to Ali, P mixs, Ailvator. Timer (timer assigned to throttle starts above 5%) All these would be copied into the other conditions and adjustments are made as followed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><u>Spin condition:</u></b> Adjust ATV and Expo.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><u>Snap condition:</u></b> Adjust ATV, Expo and duel rates turning on/off on throttle stick within the snap condition. I use this to increase/decrease my control throws at the lower 10% of my throttle for down line snaps. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><u>Hammer Condition:</u></b> Adjust ATV (including throttle) and Expo.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><u>3D condition (IMAC): </u></b>Adjust ATV and Expo.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I like to have all my conditions assigned to two, 3 point switches on the left side of the transmitter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I case of flying a foamy I like to assign one, 3 point switch to the left side for all the dual rates. (I hate haven to flick three switches to change the rates for all three control surfaces) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I have been looking at the following transmitters but I don’t know what they have to offer, I hope someone can list what they do and don’t have?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Spektrum DX8, JR 11x, JR 12x, Futaba 12FG and Futaba 12Z.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>The about may sound a little longwinded but I hope someone can help.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>