Futaba GY701 - Manual (Page 58)

G
OVERNOR
O
PERATION
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Governor operation
The GY701 operates from 1000 to 3000rpm main
rotor speed. However, the engine must be running
at the set speed. The GY701 turns off the gover-
nor when the engine is starting or idling.
* Governor operation: Operation that stabilizes the en-
gine speed at the set speed.
Condition of the governor to be on
For safety purposes, the governor is turned on
when the conditions below are satisfied.
The on/off switch conditions are set to off
during power on.
The stick switch is in on position when it is
used.
The on/off switch is in on position when it is
used.
Setting speed is not Off.
The engine speed exceeds to 60 % of the set-
ting speed.
The speed sensor is working properly.
The following operations do not indicate trouble:
When engine speed rises above the set speed:
A near-vertical dive may cause the engine speed to
rise above the set speed.
Throttle operation speed and ON/OFF point:
If throttle operation exceeds 60% of the set speed and
the rotor speed rises to the set value, the ON/OFF
point may seem to differ with the operating speed.
Delay operation to smoothen the switching operation
causes this and does not mean that the ON/OFF point