@ Gunter I just cracked another tinny and came to the same conclusion...
I guess Ill give it all ago tomorrow and try beat Ken to work it out and explain... mmm me against a Time Lord.. guess Ill loose..... again!
Dave
Nope, I've got it Dave. That 4th glass of wine cleared everything up! Just cracked a bottle of Thatchers vintage, and here goes..read carefully!!
There are 2 modes, course lock and home lock. Course lock only works in the forward direction, so if you set home position, it will only fly directly forward and back directly in front of you. So for example, if you want to, say, turn 45 degrees to the left, the heli will still only fly forward and back in relation to your initial position, not at 45 degrees from you.
Home lock seems better. Wherever the heli is, it will always fly directly away from you, so draw a straight line between you (or the home position) and it will always fly along that line. It doesn't matter if you first fly forward, then fly 45 degrees to the left, it will always orientate itself in a straight line between itself and home...brilliant!
You have to have a spare 2 or 3 position switch to use this function. I only have a 2 pos switch, but that suits me fine, as I reckon I only want to fly home lock. On your rx, connect that port to the MC in the X2 position.
Upgrade your assistant software and download the latest firmware. In autopilot, enable "intelligent orientation control" and then check that when you flick your second switch, it moves from "off" to "home lock"
In the field:
Power up and wait for a satellite lock. You need minimum 1 red flash. Once it has at least 1 red flash for 8 seconds, it will flash green quickly a few times and that means home position is locked. If you for some reason decide that you need to move your launch location because of the obligatory audience, move to the new position and wiggle your 2/3 position switch 3-5 times and you will get another quick flashing green light. That means it's locked to the new home position.
Now, it seems you have to fly in gps/atti mode. I'll confirm tomorrow when I try. So, flick into GPS mode and take off.
Home lock will only work when it is more than 10 metres away from the home position. So, if you flick your switch when it's too close, it will only work when it's out of the 10 metre range. (That's about 33 feet for non metric peeps
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Now, according to the instructions, even if you turn 90 degrees to the left or the right, it will always fly in an imaginary straight line between the home position and itself. You can turn off home lock to fly normally, then turn it back on if you fancy.
If you yaw too much in your haste to make sure it works, the white light will flash. Stop yawing for a few seconds, it will sort itself out and then carry on flying.
I hope that I have covered everything...for my sake as I will be trying it tomorrow
Gunter.
