SIM001 › Flying the VTOL › Flying with a radio

Switches

SE is the arm switch (channel 5). When you press it in, the autopilot arms the plane. When you let it out, the autopilot disarms it. The six buttons on the front of the radio are the mode switch. The radio mixes them into one channel (channel 8), and the autopilot divides the channel into six positions: each button is a flight mode. Button 1 is QHOVER, 2 is QLOITER, 3 is FBWA, 4 is CRUISE, 5 is AUTO and 6 is QRTL. QLOITER is the hover mode that holds the plane at one place. CRUISE is forward flight.

The arm switch arms the vehicle

If the arm switch is off and the vehicle is disarmed, put the arm switch on: SE pressed in is on, and SE out is off (with a toggle fitted in place of the button, up is on and down is off). The ARMED annunciator lights up.

Except when the game clock is counting down: see Nobody arms before GO.

See it in Taking off with the TX15, Flying a VTOL with self-levelling, Trying the buttons of the radio, Flying a VTOL with the TX15.

How this is tested verified

Given the arm switch is off
  And the vehicle is disarmed
When the arm switch is on
Then the vehicle is armed

Follows: the section's setup
Leads to: In AUTO, a throw starts the mission, VTOL TKOF lifts the plane straight up, A hover draws 15 to 25 A, The load pulls the voltage down, A raised throttle stick lifts the plane, The throttle stick lifts the plane on the serial line
Overridden by: Nobody arms before GO when the game clock is counting down, the vehicle is disarmed and the arm switch is off
Tested by: Taking off with the TX15 › Arm, pick QLOITER, lift off and land failed, Flying a VTOL with self-levelling › Lift off, fly forward in FBWA, hover again and land softly failed, Trying the buttons of the radio › Lift off, try QHOVER and CRUISE, then fly home failed, Flying a VTOL with the TX15 › Arm, lift off, fly forward in FBWA, hover again and land softly failed, Reaching «Taking the arm switch down disarms the vehicle» passed

Taking the arm switch down disarms the vehicle

If the arm switch is on and the vehicle is armed, put the arm switch off: SE pressed in is on, and SE out is off (with a toggle fitted in place of the button, up is on and down is off). The ARMED annunciator goes out.

How this is tested verified

Given the arm switch is on
  And the vehicle is armed
When the arm switch is off
Then the vehicle is disarmed

Follows: the section's setup
Tested by: Reaching «Taking the arm switch down disarms the vehicle» passed

The mode switch picks the mode

If the mode switch is QHOVER, press the button for QLOITER on the front of the radio: button 1 is QHOVER, 2 is QLOITER, 3 is FBWA, 4 is CRUISE, 5 is AUTO and 6 is QRTL. The QLOITER button lights up.

See it in Taking off with the TX15, Flying a VTOL with self-levelling, Trying the buttons of the radio, Flying a VTOL with the TX15.

How this is tested verified

Given the mode switch is QHOVER
When the mode switch is QLOITER
Then the autopilot mode is QLOITER

Follows: the section's setup
Leads to: Disarming outside AUTO restarts the mission, A raised throttle stick lifts the plane, FBWA changes a hover into forward flight, The throttle stick lifts the plane on the serial line
Tested by: Taking off with the TX15 › Arm, pick QLOITER, lift off and land failed, Flying a VTOL with self-levelling › Lift off, fly forward in FBWA, hover again and land softly failed, Trying the buttons of the radio › Lift off, try QHOVER and CRUISE, then fly home failed, Flying a VTOL with the TX15 › Arm, lift off, fly forward in FBWA, hover again and land softly failed