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First flight
Before first flight check the controls
incl. allsensor directions
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Neutral setting, directional sense of all stick and servo movements.
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Pilot channel: check by LED (see pages 10 and 27).
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All three sensor directions. Any sensor working in the wrong direction would
cause the helicopter to crash. Set the stabilisation to "yellow" mode and
briefly move the model to and fro by hand, working around all three primary
axes: tilt to the side, tilt forward and rotate. At each movement the appropriate
servos must respond with the opposite action: the swashplate should try to
remain horizontal, the front faces of the tail rotor blades should move in the
opposite direction to the tail swing direction.
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Carry out a range check with the transmitter aerial collapsed.
Test-flying
If you are a beginner, we recommend that you ask a modelling friend with
experience of helicopters to check the settings and help you with the first flight.
Notes on trimming: see pages 12 + 30
At take-off
Prior to take-off the helicopter should be standing as level as possible. If you have
to hold the helicopter inverted or at a steep angle before flying, switch the HeliCom-
mand off, then on again before take-off. (When angled in this way, the gravitational
forces are applied perpendicular to the rotor shaft which do not occur in normal
flight, and these can have an adverse effect on the operation of the sensors.)
Checking the controls before each flight
Check the controls and the neutral position of the swashplate, and repeat the
check with stabilisation switched on. Do not take off before the servos are
responding to the commands!
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