Brilliant mate. Exactly what I need to sort the flap voice announcement issue at slider centre position. Will do same to sort out the flap slow and auto elevator trim too. I was close! Have never played with flight modes before
Again excellent video Costas. Creative solution to generate multiple switching points. If you find the time could you also explain the logical functions Lock RS/SR? I think it must have something to do with flip-flops. How can this function be helpfull in programming my planes and gliders?
Sure...I was planning to cover the Lock RS/SR feature. This is handy for a throttle stick safety lock where the throttle is locked to a safe value (eg off) and when you deactivate your throttle safety switch the throttle stick must be returned to the low position before it can activate.
Hello Costas, you are definitely a king on the Powerbox program ;o) . Someting slightly different : I've a twin jet engines airplane. I would like to train "single engine" flight. I would like a 3 position switch, the throttle and a slider to control the system. With the switch in the middle, the throttle is controling both engines, and the slider is deactivated. With the switch in one end position, the throttle is controling the left engine, and the slider the right engine (set at high idle). On the other end position, the throttle is controling the right engine and the slider the left (also at high idle) . I've tryed with flight modes and virtual switches, but I made a terrible mess and I'm lost... Do you have an idea ? Thanks a lot . Renaud
Hi Renaud Just quickly, what I would probably do is create multiple throttle functions and only have them active in separate flight modes depending on which position your three way switch is set to. This way you can swap from using the throttle stick and slider between the two engines. For instance you can setup a throttle stick control function for one engine but set this up so it is only functional when your switch is at one end. The other engine would have another throttle function but assigned to a slider control and also set to operate only in the same switch position. Then setup two more throttle functions but swap the stick and slider controls between the two engines (ie servo channels controlling the turbines). Set these up so these two functions only operate when the switch us set to its other extreme position. For the middle switch position...you can setup one more function for dual throttle control. Here you can assign both engine throttles to the one stick so both are now operated together. I need to have a bit more if a think on this as well as I have not setup a dual turbine setup as yet but the above should be a good starting point to play with the programming.
Hi Costas, thanks a lot for you very fast answer. Very good idea, it sounds good. I will try this . On the other way, you should contribute on the PowerBox forum as you master the software. For exemple, I've asked some month ago for help to create a safety on the throttle cut (what you've explained in another video) and nobody was able to help ;o)@@CVHeliPilot
@@renaudleclercq1069 I have a presence on the official PowerBox online forum and post there frequently. Also somone on the official forum also posted up a solution for a twin turbine throttle setup a while back using a slightly different method (using mixers). If you do a search on 'twin turbine' you should find it.
Hi - Can you give me a little more info on how it works on Spektrum as I don't have access to a current Spektrum Tx. It should be fairly simple to implement but I just want to confirm how it works.
Brilliant mate. Exactly what I need to sort the flap voice announcement issue at slider centre position.
Will do same to sort out the flap slow and auto elevator trim too. I was close! Have never played with flight modes before
Again excellent video Costas. Creative solution to generate multiple switching points. If you find the time could you also explain the logical functions Lock RS/SR? I think it must have something to do with flip-flops. How can this function be helpfull in programming my planes and gliders?
Sure...I was planning to cover the Lock RS/SR feature. This is handy for a throttle stick safety lock where the throttle is locked to a safe value (eg off) and when you deactivate your throttle safety switch the throttle stick must be returned to the low position before it can activate.
Hello Costas, you are definitely a king on the Powerbox program ;o) .
Someting slightly different : I've a twin jet engines airplane. I would like to train "single engine" flight. I would like a 3 position switch, the throttle and a slider to control the system.
With the switch in the middle, the throttle is controling both engines, and the slider is deactivated.
With the switch in one end position, the throttle is controling the left engine, and the slider the right engine (set at high idle).
On the other end position, the throttle is controling the right engine and the slider the left (also at high idle) .
I've tryed with flight modes and virtual switches, but I made a terrible mess and I'm lost...
Do you have an idea ? Thanks a lot .
Renaud
Hi Renaud
Just quickly, what I would probably do is create multiple throttle functions and only have them active in separate flight modes depending on which position your three way switch is set to. This way you can swap from using the throttle stick and slider between the two engines.
For instance you can setup a throttle stick control function for one engine but set this up so it is only functional when your switch is at one end. The other engine would have another throttle function but assigned to a slider control and also set to operate only in the same switch position.
Then setup two more throttle functions but swap the stick and slider controls between the two engines (ie servo channels controlling the turbines). Set these up so these two functions only operate when the switch us set to its other extreme position.
For the middle switch position...you can setup one more function for dual throttle control. Here you can assign both engine throttles to the one stick so both are now operated together.
I need to have a bit more if a think on this as well as I have not setup a dual turbine setup as yet but the above should be a good starting point to play with the programming.
Hi Costas, thanks a lot for you very fast answer. Very good idea, it sounds good. I will try this .
On the other way, you should contribute on the PowerBox forum as you master the software. For exemple, I've asked some month ago for help to create a safety on the throttle cut (what you've explained in another video) and nobody was able to help ;o)@@CVHeliPilot
@@renaudleclercq1069 I have a presence on the official PowerBox online forum and post there frequently.
Also somone on the official forum also posted up a solution for a twin turbine throttle setup a while back using a slightly different method (using mixers).
If you do a search on 'twin turbine' you should find it.
Ok, I'll do that.
Thanks a lot ;o))
@@CVHeliPilot
Just perfect, thank You so much
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Hi - Can you give me a little more info on how it works on Spektrum as I don't have access to a current Spektrum Tx. It should be fairly simple to implement but I just want to confirm how it works.