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FMS Installation Guide for
Dragonfly transmitter with serial COM port cable
Congratulations
on your purchase of the Walkera Dragonfly 4, the finest/most popular RC
helicopters learner in the market, to help you mast the art of flying RC
helicopter, RC Hobby has include a flight simulator for you to practice hovering
helicopter on your PC.
FMS is a freeware RC simulator for anyone to use. It's
not quite as user friendly as or have as many features as the commercial ones
available right now, but it does work with our supplied transmitter interface
cable and Walkera 4ch Radio.
After playing this game once, most
users are amazed that it's freeware. With 20 different aircraft to choose from,
great maneuvering, and a range of beautiful landscapes, Flight-Model-Simulator
(FMS) rivals games that cost hundreds of dollars.
Whether you're a beginner trying to get a feel for the air or an experienced
aviator perfecting your dogfighting skills, this simulator has everything you
need. Also, if you're so inclined, you can design your own landscapes and
airplanes and upload them into the game.
The flight characteristics with the transmitter
interface are quite good. They're actually on par with the commercial sims
which cost 100-250 dollars - hovering, forward flight and aerobatics all felt
natural.
Here is the
official FMS website and the
FMS discussion forum.
This program is designed for people who have good 3d
video cards, such as TNT2 or Voodoo based cards, it uses the Direct-3D platform
for graphics.
Be sure to delete any previous installation before
installing a new version.
Here is a direct link to download the latest version of
FMS on the official FMS web site.
For FMS to work with Walkera
4 ch Radio, PPjoy need to be installed on your PC, following is the installation
guide.
Install FMS first, double click the
files under FMS directory
- Install PPJoy parallel port joystick driver for FMS
in the CD, double click on file Setup.exe under driver directory.
- During installation, Windows may prompt if you would
like to install the software and Parallel Port Joystick Bus,
press "Continue Anyway" to finish the installation.
- After driver installation, open "Configure Joysticks"
in Parallel Port Joystick,
then add a "virtual port" joystick as in the figure.
- Windows will auto-detect your joystick and please
click "Next / Continue Anyway" to finish the installation.
- Now, connect the transmitter, switch it on and run "PPJoyCOM"
in in Parallel Port Joystick.
Choose Zhen Hua 5 byte protocol as in the figure. (don't close this window)
- Now you can run "FMS"
- Select "Controls - Analog control", then choose
"Joystick interface" and click on "Mapping / Calibration"
- Now calibrate and set the proper mapping for your
transmitter. You may need to tick the appropriate Inv box.
If the Channels are not stable, please remove virtual port joystick and
re-install again at step 3.
Here are examples for Dragonfly transmitter:
Dragonfly Transmitter
- Enjoy flying!
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