I want to set one for me planes. I know it will be a mix anyone know how to do it? Thanks

No mixing required. Just use Throttle Curve. Set the Position 1 curve to 0-0-0 and select the switch you want to use for hold using SW SELECT.

With the 9303 this works for both heli and plane mode.

If you wish to use one of the select switches for the throttle kill on a nitro powered plane, the throttle curve menu works well. It is not great if you use it for an electric and if you haven't disabled the throttle trim in the system list. The throttle trim will not be turned off by the throttle curve set at 0-0-0. You can easily advance the trim enough to turn the motor on while the kill switch is on. For an electric I mix THRO to THRO. Set the offset to -168. Set the Pos0 values to -100%.

On my nitro planes I prefer to use the trainer button as a momentary switch. This prevents me from messing up my needle valve trying to start the engine while the throttle kill is unknowingly on. A situation that happened to me more than once. With the trainer switch set this way the throttle kill only works when it is pushed. Great for nitro planes but not electrics.

In the DeviceSEL set AUX4 to be actuated by BUTN and inhibit the output. Mix AUX4 to THRO. Set the lower value of Pos0 to +100%. Set the Offset to +168. The mixing rate and offset polarity is the opposite to those used for the electric setup.

Allan

Originally Posted by AWorrest

The throttle trim will not be turned off by the throttle curve set at 0-0-0. You can easily advance the trim enough to turn the motor on while the kill switch is on. For an electric I mix THRO to THRO. Set the offset to -168. Set the Pos0 values to -100%.

Thanks for that point. It hadn't occurred to me since I never use throttle trim with an electric model (except maybe to use low trim if the ESC won't arm, but then I adjust the throw).

And thanks for the ideas re nitro model throttles. I will try setting up a momentary kill switch as you suggest.

Yes Im using electric only. Thx

I'm not as familiar with the 9303 HELI configuration as the ACRO and GLID. In replying to a comment on another forum I found by experimentation that the HELI's the ST-1 and ST-2 throttle curves do seem to preclude the trim from affecting the throttle output. However, HELI'S NORM throttle curve is affected like the ACRO'S throttle curves.

Allan

There is a mix around here somewhere. But I can't find it. Let me grab my Tx and see waht is set. I use it on ALL my airplanes, even nitro.

OK here is what I use:

Mix 6

THRO - > THRO
Pos 0 0% 0%
Pos 1 -100% -100%
Offest -200%

All the virtual switches set to Pos 0, except MIX which is set to Pos 1.

THRO STK (lower right corner) is set to INH.

Originally Posted by AWorrest

I'm not as familiar with the 9303 HELI configuration as the ACRO and GLID. In replying to a comment on another forum I found by experimentation that the HELI's the ST-1 and ST-2 throttle curves do seem to preclude the trim from affecting the throttle output. However, HELI'S NORM throttle curve is affected like the ACRO'S throttle curves.

Allan

Allan:
My conclusions are the same. However, I find that setting throttle to 0% in the TRIM STEP menu makes throttle trim inoperative. This seems to me to fix the problem you identified regarding the use of a 0% throttle curve as a throttle hold technique for fixed wing (the problem being that raising the trim could make the motor start). Do you see any problems with this approach?

As I said earlier, I never use throttle trim for electric models under normal circumstances.

I haven't tried it but someone else has written there is an advantage on an electric plane to setting the throttle trim so the prop rotates slowly at idle. He claims it gives better downline braking. Certainly it would be an advantage for some of the ESC that I use in eliminating the "boing" that occurs when I pull the stick all the way back.

Allan

Pinecone just tried it and it doesnt work. Still gives 1/2 throttle. Thought I had it. When the stick hits 1/2 stick with the switch on it powers up.

In my X9303, I set the Throttle trim step to 0% to disable the trim. Then in the Throttle Curve menu, I set the POS1 curve to 0-0-0. This gives you the Throttle Hold functionality. With the Throttle Trim active, it DOES give partial throttle once you reach about 50% stick throw, so disabling the trim is essential.

tk

Originally Posted by tkallev

In my X9303, I set the Throttle trim step to 0% to disable the trim. Then in the Throttle Curve menu, I set the POS1 curve to 0-0-0. This gives you the Throttle Hold functionality. With the Throttle Trim active, it DOES give partial throttle once you reach about 50% stick throw, so disabling the trim is essential.

tk

That agrees with my conclusion.

Hmm, works fine on both my XP9303 and my X9303.

You did set BOTH numbers for Pos 1? And the Offset?

I look at the Monitor, and no matter what the Throttle Stick Position, when you flip the switch, it goes to the bottom of the travel.