Gyro Gain Control

Slave it to the retract switch.

Swept wing jets like the F-4, F-100, Rafale, MiG-15, Sabre jet etc. experience a phenomenon called "dutch roll" at certain speeds and up-set conditions. Damping the dutch roll is easily done with a piezo electric gyro, we use the latest from J.R., the JR 450.
It does require a channel to activate and control the gain adjustment. Mix that channel to the retract channel and adjust the mix such that you have increased gain (about 40%) with the landing gear down and a reduced amount of gain (about 20%) with the gear up. Use the servo monitor feature (function 75 on JR10X) to check the amount of gain.
The data display below represents the factory demo F-4 settings. Fine tune yours with flight testing.

Gyro operation warning - be certain that the gyro is sensing and correcting in the proper direction. If it is reversed and the gain is dialed up, the model will be violently out of control.

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