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Cuta-Copter Training Checklist.
Use this Training checklist to help your successful flying.
1. Radio and craft batteries charged?
2. Understand the dangers of charging LIPO batteries.
3. Battery terminal connection- check this occasionally to ensure proper power connection.
Open the pins to improve the connection.
4. Flying site – Situation awareness. Have at least 30M of space around the pilot.
a. Avoid obstacles like trees and building, metals, magnets etc
b. Be careful on ROCKS– some rocks contain IRON ORE that can interfere with
compass.
5. Powerup procedure
a. Radio on , craft on
b. Keep the craft still on power up. – (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT)
6. Understand the compass calibration procedure
a. No keys, phones, metals in pockets or near cars.
b. Compass calibration is required if the drone hovers in a circle or does not fly straight.
c.
Hold left stick forward and left to enter compass calibration mode. (View video.)
d. Rotate drone on all 6-axes for about 1 minute until drone beeps.
7. Understand the flight modes – LOITER, ALT HOLD, POS HLD, RTL and UNDERSTAND what
happens in each mode and how the craft behaves.
8. "Green for GO, RED for STOP, Orange for Caution."
9. Explain that level surfaces are better, but that it is not essential.
10. Chose a suitable take-off point.
11. Understand that wherever the motors are started, that is recorded as the return to
home point.
12. Arm and start motors using the left stick. Hold DOWN AND RIGHT until light turns
green.
13. Always take-off vertically for 20M – 30M before flying forward.
14. Whist in a hover learn how the sticks on the remote are moved and position the drone.
15. Point the craft in the desired direction by using the Rudder (left stick)
a. Achieve forward flight by pressing the right stick lightly forward. Avoid
overspeed in POS Hold and Alt hold Modes.
b. Slow the craft down by releasing the stick slowly and to avoid making the craft
stop suddenly by sudden incorrect stick releasing.
c.
Fly Sideways by using the right stick and use the same smooth flying technique.
d. The craft will hover in one place with all the sticks in middle. If it hovers in a
circle. Re-do the compass calibration.
e. Understand the different flying characteristics of the drone in each of the flight
modes.
f.
Do not hold the left stick all the way down for longer than 9 seconds.
g. Never dis-arm the craft whilst it is in the air
h. Always slow the drone down to eye-level and then land.
i.
The craft will descend when the throttle is below half.
j.
The left stick is for Launch and Land.
k. Always stay 50M away from people.
l.
On landing, always hold the left stick full down until motors stop.
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