tadawson
Elite Veteran
Location: Lewisville, TX
| Kurt -
You can run the GV-1 in several ways, needing from zero to two additional channels. The simplest is to plug in into the throttle RX port, and plug your throttle servo in to the GV-1, and set the GV-1 speed on the GV-1, and use the throttle stick position to enable/disable the govenor. In this case, the govenor will enable itself at about 20% throttle, and will then kick in when you get to 70% headspeed. It will drop out when you get to 15% throttle or below. When you go into your idle-up curve, it will never drop out, which is what you want.
The next more elaborate thing, is to use a channel to control speed as well. For this, you need (ideally) a three position switch (on my 8103, the flight mode switch toggles ch. 8 from -100%-0%-+100%, which is idea for this - perhaps you have something similar on your radio?) and then you can set a speed on the GV-1 corresponding to each flight mode, which is good if you want an increased headspeed for stunting vs. hover. You can also set one speed position to disable the govenor, if desired.
Thirdly, you can use yet another channel to manually inhibit the GV-1 (I do this on my gear
switch.) so that you can drop it out at will. I may not keep this, but it makes me feel better while the GV-1 is still "new" to me, and it also lets you drop back to your curves and make sure that they are still OK.
RE throttle hold, if the hold position is below 15% and you have the GV-1 setup to drop out at low throttle, it'll let go instantly. If you don't have this setup, then you may need to find a way to mix to the on/off channel on the GV-1 . . . . not sure how/if that would work . . .
So, from what I see in your message, I would suggest:
Use one channel other than throttle (flight mode),
to set your speeds. You can consider a flight mode with the GV-1 inhibited if you need.
Set the GV-1 to drop off at low throttle, and that way when you land or hit hold, it will release, and subsequently reengage when you restore power.
Don't worry about manual inhibit if you don't have a free channel. If the GV-1 loses the tach signal, it drops out anyway. Unless the processor has a total heart attack, it should always be able to "failsafe" and pass your RX throttle signal through directly to the servo.
I hope this helps,
- Tim |
