Midnight Flyers Led Position Lights; Recommended Control Throws; Preflight; Flying - J. Perkins F/A 18E Super Hornet Instruction Manual

360' twin vectored thrust edf jet

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Your eRC F-18E is equipped with 7 pre-installed high intensity LED's.

Ailerons

Elevators

Center of Gravity:

lage.

1. Aircraft assembled correctly and ready for flight.

2. All control throws and expos are set per this manual.

3. Transmitter fully charged and on correct model.

4. Aircraft balances at the recommended location.

5. Flight batteries are fully charged and secure.

6. All controls are operating correctly, proper direction, and secure.

7. Complete a radio range check per your radio manual.

8. Wait for a calm or light wind day for first flights.

We recommend that takeoffs and landings be made on LOW RATES. Initial flights should be made

using LOW RATES until you are familiar with the aircraft. LOW RATES allow you to fly smooth pat-

tern maneuvers. The jet is very stable with solid handling. On HIGH RATES with the Thrust Vec-

toring turned on, the airplane can perform amazing maneuvers. High Alpha Harrier flight is easy

to steer using the thrust vector nozzles as your elevator and rudder controls. Flat spins are easily

accomplished using full rudder and up elevator combined with a bit of opposite aileron. Example:

Full left rudder, full up elevator and some right aileron to perform a left flat spin. Exit the maneuver

by neutralizing the elevator and aileron and applying slight right rudder. This is a larger size model

and requires the use of a scale type landing approach. Set up your final approach with a slight

nose high angle of attack and about 1/4 throttle, allow the jet to settle applying a little throttle to

arrest the descent and touch down on the main gear first. Let it roll out and avoid turning sharply

when taxing fast.