FF6s Manual

Overview

Here you find two (slightly different) versions of the manual of the Robbe Futaba Field Force 6 Super (in short FF6S) computer transmitter.
I have some more info on different types and power usage of receiver and servos
My pack came with an FP-R116FB receiver, which I have used for a while with the FF8 transmitter I have now. Eventually I replaced it with a dual-conversion PCM receiver, because I had frequent radio hits at distances larger than 50 meters.

Version 1

This is a pdf file of only 900kb. This is for the FF6As and FF6Hs, the European FF6 is a hybrid of these two. Unfortunately a few pictures are missing in this document. This doc is slightly smaller than the files available on the futaba manual site and also has a slightly better layout.

Version 2

This is a collection of images I shot with a digital camera. Not top quality but all info is there. Click on a page number to view the page.

package contents

Cover pages
cover, cover back, cover2

Introduction and Index
ii, iii, iv, 1

Aircraft setup
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,
33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42

Helicopter setup
43^, 44, 45, 46+, 47, 48, 49*, 50$, 51, 52, 53, 54

Abbreviations, repair, etc
55, 56, 57

Notes:
^ P-AT menu does not exist. Seems replaced by PI-N, PI-H and PI-I.
+ Hovering pitch/throttle is the pitch/throttle used when the left stick is vertically in its center position. It is called hovering pitch because usually all is set up such that the helicopter just hovers in that position. Hovering pitch/throttle is solely determined by the hovering pitch knob/ hovering throttle setting, and not by any other menus such as ATV, switches and trims. Therefore it is not possible to set separate pitch for the center position for normal and idle-up mode with this transmitter (which is common practice). For 3D flying with this transmitter, I recommend to adjust all settings such that the helicopter actually hovers with the throttle stick 30% above the center position.
* PI-H is the pitch used for throttle hold, not for hovering. The net resulting pitch is the product of the PI setting and the ATV, or pitch=PI*ATV.
Furthermore, the throttle trim only affects the throttle, not the pitch (in which the throttle is being mixed into). Therefore the trim can be used to set the idle throttle of the engine and to turn off the engine remotely.
$ When idle up is active, the actual throttle in the center is not affected by the hovering throttle anymore, but moves up with increasing throttle at the endpoints. This seems a bug to me.