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Re: Auto Rotor Point Total?

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Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss View Post
According to the field tour, the FMS doesn't recognize that the GEAR set is being rotated until after three rotations, so that indicates to me that the scoring will coincide with the rotor actually turning, or in case of a field issue, the corresponding light activating.

I do wish that the manual didn't say the GEAR sets "engage the corresponding rotor." That implies to me that the GEAR sets are physically meshed with the rotor, when the field tour explains that the GEARs drive an encoder, which tells the FMS to turn on the rotor.
Looks like we've got ourselves a steamacrit. It is odd that we don't have any written proof of how many rotations it takes, if there is a set number. Field tour makes sense, but I just can't bring myself to trust something not in the manual.
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