Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Can someone please tell me how to setup 3 retracts. This is my first plane with retracts They work well on old 36mg radio, when I use the x9d they don't work together and front wheel retract does not work at all. Wing retracts sometimes 1 will come up other time both will come up or only 1 will go down. I have connected them with a y lead going to 5 channel.
Last edited by bonnicij on Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:41 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
How is the channel programmed in the X9D+ ?
Mike
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
hi Mike, I'm using channel 5, using the switch SC, switch up they retract, switch down they extend, for inputs I have source as SC, switch weight 100, switch set to SC↓ . Mixer is set to ch 5 I have mix name as gear. source set to SC switch set to SC↓ , for output I have subtrim set to minus -45.0 otherwise nothing happens. I think I just about covered everything.Thanks for your reply
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Do not set the "switch". This is for disabling the whole mixer line when it is off.
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Ok, thanks Kilrah I will try that.
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Hi, Kilrah I tried what you said. Took off the switch from inputs then the switch from mixer then I tried putting one back on but, they still are not working together
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
It's the above bolded "switch" settings that have to be removed. The Input is useless in this case too since you don't refer to it in the mixer.
All you want is a line in the mixer with source SC, done.
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
I tried what you said still no joy. Mixer set to ch 5 source SC switch --- .I deleted inputs gear CH 5 completely .seems when I flick switch of and on quickly a few times they will come up eventually otherwise they come up and down one at a time
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
You might need to reduce the Weight. We don't know how your retracts work, they may ignore signals outsode a certain range.
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
tried reducing the weight still same problem
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
You might want to post a link to the retracts you bought so that we can at least try to find out how they work. Without knowing that we cannot help you. We don't know what the retracts need from the radio, do you know that?
There are several different retracts types that need different commands.
João
There are several different retracts types that need different commands.
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Or you could look at the channel monitor on the old radio, and see what the signal is for each of your gear switch positions. If you report that then it's easy to reproduce.
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Hi,
You need to isolate the problem first.
Just replace your retracts by a servo with a horn and see what happens.
If a known good servo does not work, then you'll know the problem is not your retracts.
Go step by step, including changing wires if necessary.
RTG
You need to isolate the problem first.
Just replace your retracts by a servo with a horn and see what happens.
If a known good servo does not work, then you'll know the problem is not your retracts.
Go step by step, including changing wires if necessary.
RTG
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Hi, Raythegreat I tried what you said still the same result. What I can't understand is when I hook them up to a 36mgz radio on everything works fine. They don't miss a beat
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Hi jhsa I'm pretty sure these are the retracts they came with the plane when I bought it
https://www.horizonhobby.com/60---120-t ... ts-eflg430
https://www.horizonhobby.com/60---120-t ... ts-eflg430
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Hi bonnicij,
OK then we know it's not the retracts the problem.
Continue like this one piece at the time until you identify the culprit.
Go backwards from retracts to up the hill to the Tx, including cables, connections, grounds, V+ , receiver, etc etc.
Don't jump anything and you'll find it.
rtg
OK then we know it's not the retracts the problem.
Continue like this one piece at the time until you identify the culprit.
Go backwards from retracts to up the hill to the Tx, including cables, connections, grounds, V+ , receiver, etc etc.
Don't jump anything and you'll find it.
rtg
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
ok thanks for your help will try got to get it right
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Looking at your link, it looks like those just need plain -100% to +100% to work. They seem to be servolless retracts.
Also, I have read a few reviews and there are a lot of people complaining that they just failed, sometimes even before the model flew for the first time..
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Also, I have read a few reviews and there are a lot of people complaining that they just failed, sometimes even before the model flew for the first time..
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Does your 36MHz radio have a trainer connection. If so, you may be able to connect it as a student to the X9D, and then find out what the channel 5 output from it is.
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
I have just read your first post again. If they are all connected with a "Y" lead, they should all work the same.
If not, then there are 2 possibilities:
1 - One or more are damaged
2 - They are not receiving enough power.
My suggestion is to try to find out if any of them is damaged.
Connect only one at the time to the channel and see if all of them work this way.
But you also say that they work when connected to the other older receiver.
All togetther through the "Y" lead, or on their own?
It could be that the old receiver supplies more power somehow..
With a "Y" lead all of them receive the same signal, if one doesn't work the problem might not be the radio's programming.
João
If not, then there are 2 possibilities:
1 - One or more are damaged
2 - They are not receiving enough power.
My suggestion is to try to find out if any of them is damaged.
Connect only one at the time to the channel and see if all of them work this way.
But you also say that they work when connected to the other older receiver.
All togetther through the "Y" lead, or on their own?
It could be that the old receiver supplies more power somehow..
With a "Y" lead all of them receive the same signal, if one doesn't work the problem might not be the radio's programming.
João
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
I will try a 6v battery and see how that goes
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Not only that, also try to connect the retracts one by one and see if they all work.
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
I have connected a 6v battery and the retract are working all together now 4 out 5 times, the other time I have to flick the switch up and down quickly a couple of times as the other 2 are extending to get the last retract to extend which is usually the nose wheel otherwise only 2 will extend together. As I said this doesn't happen all the time. Retracting is no problem they all retract together every time
Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
Perhaps they are drawing to much current from the battery. Be carefull if powering them from the receiver, because if the voltage drops too much, the receiver might brown out and you will lose control of the model. Perhaps is a good idea having a separate battery for them.. Just my 2 cents
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Re: Help with retract setup on x9d plus radio
found what the problem was.The battery was too far away from receiver so by the time power got to receiver then retract the current/voltage was too low