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Step 1

• · Place the helicopter in the middle of the floor. Before you turn on the transmitter, make sure that the throttle stick is set to the power off position and that the cyclic trims are centred.
• · Turn on the transmitter.
• · Plug the flight battery into the model. After waiting for the LED to activate, test that the servos are operating properly
• · If everything is working correctly, position yourself (and others) at least 2 meters behind the helicopter and a little off to one side. Be sure you can see the nose of the helicopter. Watch the nose. Slowly apply enough throttle until your model becoming light on its skids.
• · All helicopter exhibit a small amount of unavoidable drift at takeoff due to the side thrust of the tail rotor and the clockwise rotation of the main blades. This is mainly noticeable as drift to the left just before and during take off.

This cannot be corrected with trim and indicates that the model tail rotor mixer is not properly adjusted. The mixer controls the rotation speed of the tail rotor relative to the speed of the main rotor in order to neutralise main rotor torque.

After this, you will probably need to readjust the transmitter tail rotor trim

With a little throttle, the helicopter should begin to get light. Observe weather or not the helicopter wants to tip forward or backward. If it tips forward, trim the elevator trimmer rearwards(vice versa). Do this until there is no detectable forward or backward tipping when you give even a little more throttle. Be careful! The helicopter can easily climb all the way to the ceiling if you let it. Therefore be sure that you throttle up and down slowly.

STEP 2

1. Lift the helicopter off ground for a while:

Use the procedure we have already learned: Slowly apply throttle, let the machine ‘get light? increase throttle until the model lifts off., watch for trim changes (keep the helicopter 100MM off ground) and land at the first sign of instability or vibration or if you are losing control. You are now learning to fly your model and thorough practice is required from now on.

2. Put the model in the middle of your flying area, or a little to the right of the middle. Many champions started out exactly the same way, so don’t lose patience! Remain your model 300MM off the ground as this is the best position while training. Always make sure that the tail rotor is pointed at you but focus your attention on nose direction, not the tail. After practice, you will notice that your flights become longer and you will be ‘saving the helicopter by grounding it less and less.

You will also notice this effect when flying in small spaces: after a few minutes, the helicopter will have got the air circulating and the flight will be bumpy. Just land for a little while and let the air calm down.

NOTE: Keep in mind , though that a helicopter always exhibits some drift. This is the nature of helicopters and you will always have to make small flight corrections with your transmitter. Try to manage the flight with as little correction as possible. The sooner you notice a drift and correct it , the smaller the control input you will need.

STEP 3:

• · This is the introduction to forward flight. Periodically stop the machine and hold it in a hover. Start to attempt to yaw the tail to one side then the other(still remaining behind the helicopter with the tail at 45 degree angle to yourself.
• · Start experimenting with attitude. At this point you have flown the model in a variety of conditions using a variety of training techniques. You should able to slowly fly the helicopter, achieve a stable hover, stop and go again. And vary the altitude. Now you are ready to combine all of this into an entire flight. If you have the space, you can ‘walk?the model around.
• · As you may have noticed, takeoffs are a little easier than landings. This is due to ground –effect turbulence. However spot landings at a modest rate of descent are not as difficult as they might seem. Try it once but gently. The model is not always upset by a hard landing. In fact if it very strong though not indestructible.

Now if your skills have developed satisfactorily, try developing a feel for tail rotor control by carefully yawing the helicopter through different angles. Patience and practice are your best tools here also. If you practise diligently, you will soon master the nose-in hover. This is the situation the helicopter faces towards you