Hobby Eagle A3S3 remote master gain setup on ix12–cant get it to work

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Hi guys,
I just am putting the final touches on my FW F-35 using a 10-ch Admiral RX and a HE A3S3 gyro. Everything is working correctly except my master gain knob. It has no effect on the gain whatsoever.

I have 3 modes programmed on my B switch...gyro off, gyro on and auto level. All work fine. I have the channels assigned as follows:
1 Throt; 2 ail; 3 ele, 4 rudd; 5 gear; 6 aux 1 ( gyro MODE); and 7 aux2 ((Gain) assigned to Rt knob. On the TX monitor page everything moves and displays normally. However when I rotate the knob, there is no change in the master gain. On the HE software, the basic gain for each control is set for 60%.

The software at the bottom of the RADIO tab shows A E R A2 in green, E2 and G greyed out and M in green. When I move the right knob, the A2 slider bar moves. The Gain bar never moves. Mide shows and displays fine. When I go to the SERVO tab...there is an OUT4 that moves when the knob is moved...but I have nothing plugged in to OUT4 on the gyro. To add to the confusion, on the Gyro and Gain tab of the software, Elevator 2 has the reverse box marked in light grey and is unchangeable. Don’t know what that means.

So I'm stuck as far as Remote Master gain is concerned. Would sure appreciate help! Thanks.
DB

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PROBLEM SOLVED: a forum member on RCG--an expert on the HE gyros unlocked the mystery for me. The servo wire at the RX for the Gain channel must be reversed compared to all other wires. The brown (ground) wire must be on top--'cause it is the signal wire for the Gain channel. The other two wires are pass-through for another purpose (Ail2 or Ele2 if installed, or others). Go figure--I would have never come up with that solution. Forums are a great thing.

[N4Speed]

PROBLEM SOLVED: a forum member on RCG--an expert on the HE gyros unlocked the mystery for me. The servo wire at the RX for the Gain channel must be reversed compared to all other wires. The brown (ground) wire must be on top--'cause it is the signal wire for the Gain channel. The other two wires are pass-through for another purpose (Ail2 or Ele2 if installed, or others). Go figure--I would have never come up with that solution. Forums are a great thing.

Thanks for the post! I will be using 10-ch Admiral RX and a HE A3S3 gyro in FW SU-35 with iX12 TX. I noticed in the RC Group forum, you mentioned having problem with Auto Level. Were you able to resolve that?

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Thanks for the post! I will be using 10-ch Admiral RX and a HE A3S3 gyro in FW SU-35 with iX12 TX. I noticed in the RC Group forum, you mentioned having problem with Auto Level. Were you able to resolve that?

NO!!! The Hobby Eagle A3S3 Auto-Level doesn't reliably work. Hobby Eagle doesn't respond to any customer service queries on this--see the A3S3 thread in RC Groups (search for my posts). Extensive flight testing revealed that it is unusable for auto-level; not just me--many others have reported this; and more alarming, Hobby Eagle's non-responsiveness. As a basic gyro, it works well. DO NOT USE AUTO LEVEL!!!! Motion RC should discontinue selling it--or at least put a disclaimer about the auto-level mode.

[N4Speed]

NO!!! The Hobby Eagle A3S3 Auto-Level doesn't reliably work. Hobby Eagle doesn't respond to any customer service queries on this--see the A3S3 thread in RC Groups (search for my posts). Extensive flight testing revealed that it is unusable for auto-level; not just me--many others have reported this; and more alarming, Hobby Eagle's non-responsiveness. As a basic gyro, it works well. DO NOT USE AUTO LEVEL!!!! Motion RC should discontinue selling it--or at least put a disclaimer about the auto-level mode.

Thanks for quick reply! I read the RC group thread. It's unfortunate that HE ignoring this issue. I use Auto Level mostly for landing in final approach to keep it level, although Spektrum SAFE has saved my EDFs more than once when I lose orientation.

Are there other gyros with reliable Auto Level you know of?

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Thanks for quick reply! I read the RC group thread. It's unfortunate that HE ignoring this issue. I use Auto Level mostly for landing in final approach to keep it level, although Spektrum SAFE has saved my EDFs more than once when I lose orientation.
Are there other gyros with reliable Auto Level you know of?

You're welcome. There is talk of a couple of other products--but I found the auto-level (SAFE recovery mode) in Spektrum's AS3X/SAFE RXs (AR636A, AR636B, AR637, etc..) that they provide in their BNF (or coming soon) the best. But to adapt them to your particular airplane, you may or probably will need to tweak the programming using flighteng's SMB program and Spektrum's SPS program. I have successfully programmed them for use in my Freewing F-35, FMS 70mm Avanti, and a Freewing F-5. Check out RCG: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...-another-plane
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...-Another-Plane

However, I don't fly in SAFE, and only have it programmed and available for emergency use (recovery from loss of sight, insect attacks, etc). But always flight test for full functionality.

[N4Speed]

You're welcome. There is talk of a couple of other products--but I found the auto-level (SAFE recovery mode) in Spektrum's AS3X/SAFE RXs (AR636A, AR636B, AR637, etc..) that they provide in their BNF (or coming soon) the best. But to adapt them to your particular airplane, you may or probably will need to tweak the programming using flighteng's SMB program and Spektrum's SPS program. I have successfully programmed them for use in my Freewing F-35, FMS 70mm Avanti, and a Freewing F-5. Check out RCG: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...-another-plane
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...-Another-Plane

However, I don't fly in SAFE, and only have it programmed and available for emergency use (recovery from loss of sight, insect attacks, etc). But always flight test for full functionality.

Thank you Sir!!