Beastx Microbeast plus User manual

Version 5.0

QUICKSTART GUIDE

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SAFETY NOTES

• Radio controlled (R/C) helicopters are no toys! The rotor blades rotate at high speed and pose potential

risk. They may cause severe injury due to improper usage. It is necessary to observe common safety

rules for R/C models and the local law. You can gather information from your local R/C model club or

from your national modelers association.

• Pay attention to your own safety and the safety of other people and property in your vicinity when

using our product. Always y in areas away from other people. Never use R/C models in close proximity

to housing areas or crowds of people. R/C models may malfunction or crash due to several reasons like

piloting mistakes or radio interference, and cause severe accidents. Pilots are fully responsible for their

actions, and for damage or injuries caused by the usage of their models.

• Please read the following instructions thoroughly before the rst use of your MICROBEAST PLUS and

setup the system carefully according to this manual. Allow sucient time for the setup procedure and

check each step carefully. Watch for a mechanically clean and proper build of your helicopter. A wrong

system setup can lead to a serious accident and damage to the model.

• Radio controlled (R/C) models consist of several electrical components. It is therefore necessary to

protect the model from moisture and other foreign subtances. If the model is exposed to moisture this

may lead to a malfunction which may cause damage to the model or a crash. Never y in the rain or

extremely high humidity.

• When operating the helicopter with a MICROBEAST PLUS ensure there is a suciently large and stable

receiver power supply. Because of the direct coupling of the rotor blades to the servos, without the use

of a ybar mixer, the servos are exposed to increased actuating forces. In addition, because of the

intermediary electronic gyro system, the servos are driven more often than with traditional use. These

factors can make the power consumption increase a lot compared to a ybar helicopter. When the

supply voltage falls below 3.5 volts for a short amount a of time, the system will power o and reboot.

In this case a crash of the helicopter is unavoidable.

• Do not expose the MICROBEAST PLUS system to extreme variations in temperature. Before powering

up the system, wait some time so that the electronics can acclimatize and any accumulated

condensation is able to evaporate.

• The sensors of MICROBEAST PLUS consist of highly sensitive electromechanical components. These can

be damaged due to moisture or mechanical or electrical impact. Do not continue using this product, if

it has been exposed to such inuences, e.g. due to a crash of the model or due to overvoltage caused

by a defective receiver power supply. Otherwise a failure may happen any time.

• When operating electric helicopters make sure that the electric motor cannot start inadvertently during

the setup procedure. Particularly pay attention if using a single-line receiver and if the ESC is connected

directly to the MICROBEAST PLUS. We recommend disconnecting the electric motor from the ESC during

the setup procedure. Prior the rst usage please slide the motor/pinion away from the main gear, then

check that the motor does not to start inadvertently when the receiver is switched on.

• When operating the RPM Governor feature of MICROBEAST PLUS it is essential to ensure that the motor

cannot start by accident when making adjustment or performing preparations to start the engine.

Carefully read this manual and make sure you fully understand how the RPM Governor feature is

operated before making any adjustments. Also make sure the motor does not start when the radio link

is interrupted or when you switch on the transmitter initially. With electric driven models do not dock

the motor to the main gear unless all necessary adjustment procedures have been nished. Always

maintain sucient safety distance to the motor and other rapidly rotating components of the

helicopter.

• MICROBEAST PLUS with AttitudeControl can be used as a ying aid for beginners by limiting the

reaction of the helicopter to stick inputs and by stabilizing the helicopter with a electronic control loop.

However, this does not provide that the helicopter can always be own safely! By incorrect control

inputs the helicopter still may crash or be placed in a position in which the pilot becomes disoriented

even when using AttitudeControl. In addition, the helicopter can drift due to external inuences and it

is not guaranteed that the articial horizon of the device can stabilize the helicopter at any time and

recover from any orientation. Inuences such as temperature uctuations or vibrations may cause

incorrect results and distort the position calculation of the system in consequence. There is no

guarantee that the system will always work correctly. Only the pilot is responsible for the control of the

helicopter and thus also for the use of the system. Note that the system for technical reasons will not

hold the helicopter absolutely to the point. The unstable tendency of a helicopter will cause the model

to y in a certain direction even when using AttitudeControl. External inuences such as wind can

further strengthen this eect. In addition measurement inaccuracies of the sensors can distort the

position determination slightly. You must always be able to turn o the system immediately and be

able to take over full control of the helicopter.

• We suggest you to seek the support of an experienced helicopter pilot before you undertake the rst

ight of your model. Additionally, ight training with a R/C simulator can help make ying easier and

more enjoyable. Ask your local dealer if you need technical support or if you observe problems during

the usage of our system.

• AttitudeControl can help to facilitate ying of model helicopters by briey passing over control to the

system if the pilot becomes disoriented. By using the built-in articial horizon the helicopter can be

brought to a nearly horizontal position so that the pilot gains time to reorient. Thus, there can be no

assurance that the model is saved from a crash in general. Depending on the current attitude and the

speed of the model and depending on how fast the AttitudeControl is activated, the model may crash

before or while the system tries to recover. In addition, the helicopter can drift due to external inuences

and it is not guaranteed that the articial horizon of the device can stabilize the helicopter at any time

and recover from any orientation. Inuences such as temperature uctuations or vibrations may cause

incorrect results and distort the position calculation of the system in consequence. Strictly observe the

general safety rules for dealing with RC models and do not totally rely on the system. The pilot is

responsible for the control of the helicopter and thus also for the use of the system. You must always be

able to turn o the system immediately and be able to take over full control of the helicopter.

If you like to get more insight into the system and like to have a more visualized type of setup you

can use the StudioX App for PC/mac or StudioXm for your smartphone/tablet in combination with

the USB2SYS interface (PC/mac) or BLE2SYS interface (smartphone/tablet) (optional available).

These apps are the source to get even more out of your device like saving/restoring paramaters,

firmware updates, loading preset heli configurations and making advanced adjustment to fully

customize your MICROBEAST PLUS to your needs.

StudioX can be downloaded from:

STUDIOX.BEASTX.COM

Dear customer,

thank you for purchasing our product.

MICROBEAST PLUS is a high-end gyro system for RC helicopters that has been developed in Germany using

latest technology and setting high standards. It can be used with many different types of helicopters like

3D aerobatic helis, F3C competition helicopters as well as scale helicopters with 2 or more rotorblades. The

system comes with BASIC flybarless stabilization functionality and can be upgraded by paid update to the

PROEDITION. This enables additional features like AttitudeControl for recue bailout or constant leveling and a

feature called„Bank Switching“ which allows to switch between parameter presets in flight to serve different

flight conditions or flying styles.

To setup MICROBEAST PLUS there is no need for any additional devices. All you need is your radio system

and your helicopter. Thanks to the well proven„EasySetup“ concept you can do all the necessary adjustment

directly at the device and you‘re ready for take off within a few minutes.

This Quickstart Guide is a clearly arranged guide that will lead you step-by-step through the basic flight

setup. Please follow this guide carefully and make sure to read the attached safety notes. For a detailed

instruction manual and further details, tipps, tricks and notes about the product please visit

WIKI.BEASTX.COM

This guide is intended to be used with MICROBEAST PLUS firmware version 5.0.x

only! After power up when the Status-LED lights red, for a few seconds in the left row

menu LEDs Aand Cindicate major version„5“. In the right row no LED lights up.

1. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

You can position MICROBEAST PLUS flat or upright on the helicopter. The large socket must point to the front or to the rear of

the helicopter. The small white socket must be aligned with the longitudinal axis.

The sensor axis (housing edges of the device) must be aligned exactly parallel to all three rotation axis of the helicopter.

However, it is allowed to position the device offset from the rotation axis.

In summary there are 8 mounting orientations possible:

1. flat, sticker on top, socket pointing to front

2. upright, button up, socket pointing to front

3. flat, sticker showing to ground, socket pointing to front

4. upright, button down, socket pointing to front

5. flat, sticker on top, socket pointing to rear

6. upright, button up, socket pointing to rear

7. flat, sticker showing to ground, socket pointing to rear

8. upright, button down, socket pointing to rear

Use one of the supplied 3M gyro pads to stick the device to your helicopter. The device housing must not directly touch

the chassis of the helicopter. When connecting and laying out the servo and receiver wiring later onwards please make sure

the wires do not pass tension to the MICROBEAST PLUS. It is not recommended to bundle or tie down the leads close to the

MICROBEAST PLUS device.

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

Flight direction

ESC/Throttle

servo

BEC/Power supply

(if required)

JR® or

SPEKTRUM®

satelite

2. CONNECTING THE RECEIVER

BAT

Pitch

Gyro

Rudder

Elevator

Aileron

Throttle

STANDARD

RECEIVER

Throttle servo/ESC

red

brown

orange

BEC/Receiver battery

(if required)

BAT

SINGLELINE

RECEIVER

Throttle servo/ESC

BEC/Receiver battery

(if required)

Signal

Supported receivers/

transmission protocols:

• SRXL: JR® XBus (Mode B), Multiplex®

SRXL (V1+V2), Jeti® UDI, Graupner/SJ®

HOTT SUMD, Spektrum® SRXL

• Futaba® SBUS

• Remote satellite (Spektrum® DSM2/

DSMX, JR RJ-01 DMSS)

• Jeti® EXBUS

• ALIGN/FlySky iBus

• PPM serial signal (SPPM)

The illustrations are only

intended as examples! The

function assignment of the

transmitter determines which

channel on the receiver controls

which function.

Using a Single-Line receiver all channels/functions are transferred by one single connection wire. This allows to use even more

than 5 channels, i. e. for controlling the headspeed Governor, AttitudeControl function and additional output channels.

Always make sure the power supply is stable and dimensioned suciently for the intended application. If possible always

connect the power source directly to MICROBEAST PLUS (not at port [AUX|PIT|RUD]) but additional supply cables can be plugged

into free receiver ports, too. Especially when using standard size servos it is recommended to use more than one power supply

cable in parallel to preserve a stable voltage and to reduce power loss due to connection resistance..

The assignment of functions to the radio channels is mentioned in the manual of your radio system. Also you can nd out the

function assignment by checking your transmitter‘s servo monitor. The connectors of MICROBEAST PLUS are assigned to the

functions as follows:

AIL|CH5 = Aileron, ELE|DI1 = Elevator, RUD (orange wire) = Rudder, PIT (red wire) = Thrust, Aux (brown wire) = Gyro gain

The wires for aileron and elevator additionally transfer the power between MICROBEAST PLUS and receiver.

Using a single remote satellite is only recommended

for 450 size helis or smaller! For larger helis please use a

SRXL compatible Single-Line receiver for your radio brand.

ESC/Throttle

servo

BEC/Power supply

(if required)

JR® or

SPEKTRUM®

satelite

3. PREPARING YOUR TRANSMITTER

With electric driven models remove the motor from the main gear when performing the basic setup for

safety reason! Additionally deactivate the throttle by using the „Throttle HOLD“ switch, so the motor won‘t start to

turn when moving the thrust stick.

When flying a nitro or gasser heli remove the servo horn from the throttle servo before first power up to prevent

jamming the servo due to wrong servo setup.

You mustn‘t use any mixing functions on the output channels! Especially it is not allowed to use mixing functions for the

swashplate servos. Deactivate all output channels that are not used. In the basic configuration we only need pitch, aileron,

elevator, rudder, throttle and one channel to adjust the tail gyro gain.

Create a new helicopter model memory in your transmitter that supplies different flight modes for controling throttle, pitch

and the tail gyro gain in different flight situations.

Only the pitch channel must

be controled when moving

the thrust stick. The same

applies to aileron, elevator

and rudder.

Each control function must exactly control one output channel. Initially the servo throws must be set to 100% and all

trims and sub trims must be zero. For the basic setup do not change the pitch curves yet. The throttle curves and throttle

servo settings can be adjusted as necessary for this model in case you do not intend to use the internal Headspeed Governor

function of MICROBEAST PLUS.

Make sure your transmitter is on and sending signals to the receiver. At menu point Ayou can start automatic receiver type

detection by briefly pressing the button once. The color and state of the Status LED indicates which type is currently scanned

for. When the receiver has been detected the menu will skip to point B; when there was some error the Status LED will flash

in red color and the menu stays at A. In this case please make sure you‘ve connected the receiver correctly and try again!

Single-Line receiver (Status LED off, purple or red at menu point A)

When at menu point Bpress and hold the button for 2 seconds to load the default function assignment that has been preset

for the detected radio system. Alternatively you may program a different function assignment manually in case the default

assignment does not match to your transmitter‘s function layout. How this works in detail you can read from the detailed

instruction manual which you can get at wiki.beastx.com.

Preset function assignment for the different single-line receiver protocols (indicated by Status LED color at A):

You mustn‘t use any mixing functions on the output channels! Especially it is not allowed to use mixing functions for the

swashplate servos. Deactivate all output channels that are not used. In the basic configuration we only need pitch, aileron,

elevator, rudder, throttle and one channel to adjust the tail gyro gain.

Create a new helicopter model memory in your transmitter that supplies different flight modes for controling throttle, pitch

and the tail gyro gain in different flight situations.

4. RECEIVER SETUP

Switch on

power supply Menu LED Aflashes

Status LED

changes color

(scanning for

receiver)