HobbyZone Sportsman S+ Quick Start Manual

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Sportsman S+
1
Charge your Flight Battery (~1 Hr)
1
OR
Flashing (Charging)
Solid (Charged)
CAUTION: All
instructions and warnings
must be followed exactly. Mishandling
of LiPo batteries can result in a fi re,
personal injury and/or property damage.
3
Power up
Before powering up, refer to the owners manual
for complete step-by-step instructions to fully
assemble your aircraft.
1
Take the aircraft outdoors.
Power on the transmitter.
2
Install and connect the fl ight battery to the aircraft.
3
Position the aircraft upright at the home position,
4
keep immobile and out of the wind for 30 seconds
to allow aircraft to establish GPS lock.
For best performance, compass calibration should
be performed before fi rst fl ight and whenever the
aircraft is fl own at a new location.
Scan the QR code for complete step-by-step
instructions for the compass calibration
procedure, or type in this link http://www.hobbyzonerc.
com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=HBZ8400
4
Placement at startup
The aircraft must be facing into the wind when the throttle is
advance beyond 90% for the fi rst time to ensure that the autoland
feature will function as expected.
Home Position
2
Refer to the manual for complete
safety and charging instructions.
1300 ft (400 m)
fl ying circle
Pilot
Quickstart Guide
2
4
5
Flying and Throttle control
CAUTION: Keep the aircraft away from magnetic
sources such as cameras, camera mounts, speakers
etc. These may interfere with the GPS system and loss of
control may result.
When properly trimmed, the aircraft will climb at full throttle
without the use of the elevator.
Wind
Full throttle Full throttle
NOTICE: If you begin to lose control in beginner mode,
release the control sticks and the aircraft will self-level.
(RTF Aircraft) Install
2
(4) AA Batteries in the
Transmitter
For BNF Aircraft
Your transmitter will need to be properly
programmed to work with the Sportsman S+
aircraft. Refer to the instruction manual for
transmitter setup instructions.
3
Reduced throttle
50% throttle 50% throttle
EN
educed throttle
1