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THE WORLD'S LIGHTEST READY TO FLY MODEL AIRCRAFT
Congratulations on your purchase of the
Plantraco Butterfly - the Lightest and Smallest
Ready To Fly R/C Model Airplane in the World!
Get Ready to pilot your Butterfly indoors in your liv-
ingroom, garage, office, or classroom. On dead calm
days, you can also fly outdoors in your backyard, but
the remarkable thing about this radio controlled fly-
ing model is that it can be enjoyed inside, no matter
what the weather is like outside.
The total flying weight of the Butterfly is about 4
grams, to put that in perspective, this instruction
manual weighs 3 times the weight of the Butterfly!
Hard to believe, but it's a fact!
This low weight enables you to fly the Butterfly with-
out any fear of damaging the walls. You can fly it
around people so long as they are all paying atten-
tion to the flying model. Low weight also means
that the Butterfly has a tough time of damaging
itself in a crash most of the time - another advantage
of ultra low weight construction.
These instructions will tell you how to enjoy flying
your Butterfly. Please note that we have included
several videos on the included CD-ROM disc. If you
have problems understanding something in the man-
ual, watch the "video instructions" on disc or down-
load from
http://www.plantraco.com/hobbies/help.html
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Before you pick up the Butterfly model in this case
you should read this manual or you will risk damag-
ing the Butterfly airframe structure!
The Plantraco Butterfly is a Toy for Big Boys.
Small Children can enjoy watching the Butterfly fly
but they should be instructed not to pick it up. Dogs
and Cats are likely to break it too. Be mindful of this.
If you damage your balsa airframe, replacements
are available from the plantraco website.
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Battery discharging, charging, electric motors, spinning propellers,
and flying models all have the potential for serious injury to persons
and damage to property. In purchasing these products, the user
agrees to accept responsibility for all such risks, and not to hold the
manufacturer, distributors, or retailers responsible for any accident,
injury to persons, or damage to property.
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• Plantraco RTF Butterfly - living room flyer
• HFX900 (HFX868 in Europe) Proportional R/C
Transmitter/Charger "R/C Air Model 1" -
Centering Throttle with 20mA rate 5mm Bahoma
(900Mhz-USA, 868Mhz-Europe)
• Micro900 0.4 Gram Butterfly Receiver
• FMS Flight Simulator Interface Cable and FMS Software CDROM
with Computer Models of the Plantraco RTF Models (FMS is a
freeware R/C Flight Simulator - bundled with permission from the
author - you can also download it and all the Plantraco FMS flight
sim model files from links at: http://www.plantraco.com/FMS
• LP30 - 30mAh Lithium Polymer Bahoma Cell (5mm standard)
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Summary of Contents for Plantraco BUTTERFLY
- Page 1 R/C Flight Simulator - bundled with permission from the several videos on the included CD-ROM disc. If you author - you can also download it and all the Plantraco FMS flight have problems understanding something in the man- sim model files from links at: http://www.plantraco.com/FMS ual, watch the “video instructions”...
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Page 2: Getting Started
LED goes out, the cell is fully charged and ready for use. Charge time is about 60 minutes typically. The charger of the Butterfly Transmitter is set to charge at about 20mA. (See Fig. 2) Important Notes about Lithium Polymer Batteries The lithium polymer rechargeable battery should not be used if it has become swollen or has been physically damaged, crumpled, or cut. - Page 3 In general, the Butterfly is set up with a little down thrust and a little right thrust. If your plane doesn’t quite fly straight, you can make a little bend in the appropriate direction, and check the result with a test flight.
- Page 4 Just bring the cell close the the cal stabilizer) will be perpendicular to the tail and wing. If needed, magnets of the Butterfly receiver and “click”, it is attached in 1 sec- you can twist the balsa airframe to straighten the airframe out and get ond flat Always have your transmitter turned ON first before attaching the alignment right.
- Page 5 The Right stick controls rudder and on your transmitter The mixing mode you choose will be saved in elevator. This Mode is what we use to fly the Butterfly - we memory until you make another selection - even if you switch it off.
- Page 6 The receiver can communicate to the user with audible tones and LED blinking sequence. HFX868 (Europe)Frequencies. Attach the LP30 cell to the Butterfly receiver, you will notice a distinc- tive audible musical arpeggio tone sequence (musical notes C-E-G- CHANNEL 4 868.105 Mhz...
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Page 7: Troubleshooting
With the Serial Cable attached to the computer, and the mono plug inserted into the jack on the side of the transmitter, hold the Right stick We hope that you won’t have any problems with your Butterfly, but if Up - while simultaneously switching the transmitter from off to ON you do, check this Troubleshooting list first. - Page 8 • Repair broken Balsa with a drop of thin CA Glue battery to the receiver if your airplane is a bit shaky in the air. If • See the Plantraco website for instructions on doing repairs etc. your gearbox and prop are well balanced, you will have less shak- ing of your model in the air - you can check that too to reduce vibration.
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