Setup pitch curve on RC Helicopter

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Which board are you using? Taranis

What is your openTx FW version? Opentx-r2834

Kindly, I want to bring your attention on a proposed amendment , if possible, 
on the adjustment screen of the curves. If possible, introduce in the view of 
the particular curve that you want edit, the display of the stick position 
associated with the collective pitch helicopter. Graphically or numerically is 
equivalent . I have a bad English, but the concept is the same of the pitch 
curve regulation in a Spektrum DX8.
That 's what you can see in the following video from minute 00:40 onwards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYiTxQLrKTY

In an RC helicopter must be set the pitch curve that is a correspondence 
between the position of the stick and the incidence degree of main blades of 
the RC helicopter.
In the setup phase, for to properly set up a 5-point pitch curve , it is 
necessary to bring the pitch stick in five specific points 0 - 25 – 50 - 75 - 
100 ( percentage of the total travel of the stick ). For each of these points 
it is necessary to ascertain the degree of the incidence of the main blades, in 
respect to what is needed , and adjust, if necessary, by changing the 
percentage of the curve.
Currently , in the edit menu of the curves is not possible to see exactly where 
we place the stick , then the setting is too coarse or cumbersome. It could 
happen that for example, we have the stick on 28% ( believed to be on 25% ). We 
change the percentage of the second point of the pitch curve to achieve a 
certain degree of incidence of the main blades thinking of doing a precise 
adjustment and instead you are doing an adjustment completely wrong because you 
do not know who you are badly positioned the stick . This issue is all the more 
marked because the higher the points on the curve that we use , so in RC 
helicopters , currently the curves to more than 5 points of Taranis lose their 
meaning .

Thanks for your time and your dedication.

Rosario Teodonno

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rosario....@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2013 at 10:23

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I just create a temporary mixer line on the pitch channel, source MAX, type 
Replace, and enter the percentage I want for a given point. That way you're 
sure you're exactly where you want, and don't even need to bother with the 
stick and precisely set it/be careful not to hit it. 

Original comment by bernet.a...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2013 at 12:13

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Thank you for your valuable time.

I figured out your "alternative" method of pitch curve's setup. Unfortunately, 
I still suffer of the old way of programming,  while OpenTX need only that I 
open my mind to see the most viable solutions that are offered.

Thank so much.

Original comment by rosario....@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2013 at 2:16

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Merging this into an existing issue, having the input position displayed while 
editing has already been talked about and considered, but due to openTx 
flexible way of working it's not easy. 
One curve can be applied to multiple inputs, so in the curve screen we can't 
guess which of the possible inputs we should display and respond to. If 
anything, it would be available only when entering the curve editor from inside 
the mixer editor, in which case we'd use that source for display. 

Original comment by bernet.a...@gmail.com on 25 Nov 2013 at 1:33

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