Big update for all Spirit units is available now! Changes are following:
- Flight Algorithms:
- Entirely reworked algorithms to obtain the best out of your Helicopter!
- Configured Rotation Speed is now all in Degrees/s. Default rates are 250 °/s for Cyclic and 300 °/s for Rudder.
- WARNING: Verify Rotation speed for each Bank and/or Flight Mode after the update!
- Swashplate:
- Flip and Roll rates are always as constant as possible, independent from Flight Style settings.
- Elevator Stopping is now crisper, from now you can set Elevator Filter in 0.1 step.
- Aileron has lower tendency for oscillations, especially with 1:1 Rotor Heads.
- Completely new Pitchup Compensation that makes very big difference to the whole Flight Feel. Model will hold much better during any Pirouetting Maneuver, Fast Forward Flight or a Pitch Pumping.
- Direct access to the Regulation for Pro pilots allowing to set Swashplate Integral and Swashplate Dampening to achieve higher level of precision.
- Cyclic rates are equalized when steering both Aileron and Elevator together.
- Rudder:
- Thanks to new implementation of Derivative term in the regulation Rudder stopping can be extremely sharp now.
- Rudder Stopping can be fine tuned in both directions - Stop A and Stop B parameters - these are replacing old Rudder Dynamic parameter.
- Rudder Delay at 0 - 2 will work the best for the most models, reducing fine tuning time.
- For heavy models or low RPM setups there is new Rudder - Stop Smoothing to allow smoother stopping without a bounce back.
- Rudder Revomix can be optionally separated into Pitch Mix and Cyclic Mix parameters. This will allow to set both values independently and achieve even better Tail performance. Default behavior is that Pitch Mix and Cyclic Mix values are identical - recommended.
- Spirit Settings software:
- Status at the Connection tab was displaying Log from previous flight instead of general Error.
- New model presets for SAB ilGoblin at the Setup Wizard.
- New 3D Model View in the Diagnostic tab allowing to see and control a virtual Model in Real Time. From now pilots can easily check Gyro compensation direction and also Channels. Same functionality is available also at the Setup Wizard.
- Update Tab is displaying Current and the Latest Versions of the Spirit firmware.
- Expert Settings has updated layout for easier navigation.
- Spirit Settings - 3D Player:
- From now you can re-play your entire flights and see how your model performed!
- Previously stored logs will not render model properly - it is needed to save them again.
- All logs with enabled Attitude recording can be opened in the 3D Player.
- 3D Player is available at the Advanced Flight Logging for DEMO mode and for all Spirit GT, Spirit GTR and Spirit W1 units.
- JETI Sensor support:
- From now Spirit GT, GTR and W1 have support for JETI telemetry sensors.
- This allows to directly process JETI telemetry protocol, display and log at non-JETI radios.
- Fully supported sensor is Xicoy Turbine ECU.
- More sensors will be supported gradually.
- XDFly/ZTW/OMP Telemetry:
- Current and Capacity was one order higher for some ESC models.
- Event Log - Cyclic Ring and Rudder Limits:
- Both events are registered only when model is flying.
- Throttle Output:
- Throttle is tested for signal stability.
- If signal drops unexpectedly due to interference it will filter these frames out.
- Throttle output is Off after power up until a valid signal is received.
- Spirit RX protocol:
- Wave OTA Update for Spirit has additional safety checks. These are applied after updating to V4.
- F-BUS protocol:
- Changed reply latency to improve telemetry stability and integration speed with Spirit GT, GTR and W1 units.
- Spirit Governor:
- Spirit Governor was reworked to get improved performance.
- From now it is possible to enable Governor even when motor is running at any moment, including between Banks.
- Spooling up procedure with imperfect RPM signal will work much better now.
- OpenTX/EdgeTX/JETI/ETHOS Integration:
- New parameters were added to the scripts. Updating to the new scripts is necessary.
- Integration with other radio systems is updated automatically with Spirit firmware.
NOTE: After Update to V4 all parameters should be checked.
- All settings from V3 are automatically converted, however Rotation Speed adjustment for Cyclic and Rudder and Rudder Delay could be necessary.
- If using Bank Switching then Rotation Speed and Elevator Filter must be configured again (for Bank 1 and Bank 2).
- We recommend to set Pitchup Compensation value to 1 after the update and start from there. This should be automatically set.
- Perform careful pre-flight check after the update!
WARNING: Set Rudder Delay to 0 - 2.
Big thanks to all our Team Pilots and Test Pilots! Especially for big dedication to Timo Wendtland, Pascal Richter, Dima Vinar, Yang Jun, Rostislav Kravarčík, Dušan Habada.