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AP Switch to On / GPS Mode
To indicate the Galaxy is in GPS mode the LED will be solid green. To test the AP mode
change, press and hold the momentary AP mode switch. When pressed the LED will change
to flashing green indication Attitude mode is active. When the button is released the LED on
the GPS puck will return to solid green indicating GPS lock mode is active.
Arm/Spool up
Visually check that nothing will be hit by the blades. Press the unlock motors button while
holding the altitude control in the fully down position. The LED indicator will flash
white indicating spool up process is activated, the spool up process will last
approximately 17 seconds before the Galaxy will take off. If at any time the white
LED stops flashing this indicates the spool up process has stopped, this is most likely
due to the altitude control dropping to 50% or less.
During Spool up the main blades will begin a soft start where they ramp up to full RPM over
the duration of the spool up, the tail rotor will begin to spool up once the main rotor
has started. There is a 3 second delay between the tail rotor and main rotor spool up
initiating.
Hold the Altitude control to past Midway (65%)
Either Increase Altitude control or Select NAV Mode if a mission has been uploaded/written
to the autopilot.
Depending on the risk factor the pilot may either transit the aircraft vertically to the first
waypoint using the Altitude control or move the Flight Mode switch from GPS to
NAV. If the pilot chooses to fly the aircraft manually, they have control over any
unexpected occurrences immediately and can navigate around any low-level
obstacles.
If the pilot chooses to change to NAV Mode immediately the aircraft will execute a max
performance vertical take-off to flight plan height, then begin the flight plan. If this
method is chosen once the aircraft has reached approximately 5m altitude change
mode from Nav back to GPS and perform an in-flight control check before enabling
Nav mode again and continuing to mission.
Transit
If the pilot has not selected the NAV Mode take off, the aircraft may need to be flown to an
ideal location so that NAV Mode can be selected. The pilot should increase flying
height to achieve a safe altitude to manoeuvre flight using the Cyclic/Joystick to
guide the Galaxy in the desired direction.
INNOFLIGHT INTERNATIONAL GALAXY 950 / GALAXY 1080HL MANUAL
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