Instruction manual

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 You’llfindthatitonlytakesrelativelysmall/minorinputstochangedirectioninflight.
Remembertokeeptheseinputsasminimalaspossibleassignificantinputs,suchas
movingthestickallthewayonewayortheothercouldresultinover‐control,lossof
orientationand/orapossible
crash.
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 Ifyoufindtheairplaneconstantlyclimbs,descendsoryaws/turnsleftorrightwithout
anycontrolinputyou’llneedtomakeadjustmentstothetrimsettingsusingthetrim
leversonthetransmitter(youcanfindmoreinformationregardingthelocationand
functionofthetrimleversinthe‘Flight
ControlsandTrimming’sectionofthis
manual):
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o Iftheairplaneisrolling/turningtotheleftorrightadjustthetrimforthe
ailerons(usingtheaileronchanneltrimleverlocatedimmediatelybelowthe
right‐handstick).
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o Iftheairplaneisclimbingat‘cruise’throttle/power,adddownelevatortrim
(usingtheelevatorchanneltrimleverlocatedimmediatelytotheleftofthe
right‐handstick)and/orreducethethrottle/powersettingslightly.
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o Iftheairplaneisdescendingatcruisethrottle/power,addupelevatortrim
(usingtheelevatorchanneltrimleverlocatedimmediatelytotheleftofthe
right‐handstick)and/orincreasethethrottle/powerslightly.
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o Ifthenoseoftheairplaneisyawing/turningtotheleftorrightadjustthetrim
fortherudder(usingtherudderchanneltrimleverlocatedimmediatelybelow
theleft‐handstick).
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It’simportanttocontinuemakingtrimadjustmentsasneededuntiltheairplane
maintainsstraightandlevelflightwithverylittletonocontrolinput.Also,itmaybe
besttoenlistthehelpofanexperiencedpilottotrimthemodelforyoubefore
makingyourfirstflight.Aprovenflyable
andproperlytrimmedairplaneismuch
easiertofly!
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 Whentheairplaneisproperlytrimmedpracticemakingshallow(approximately5–15
degreebank)turnsbyusingasmallamountofleftorrightailerontorolltheairplane
thenasmallamountof‘up’elevatortokeepthenosefromdroppingandtohelp‘pull’
theairplanethroughtheturn.
Thenapplyaileronintheoppositedirectiontobringthe
wingsbacktolevelbeforestartingthenextturn.
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 Sharperturns(approximately15+degreebank)willrequiremoreaileronandelevator
input.Trynottoexcessivelybankthemodelbeyond30–45degreesasdoingsocan
causetheairplanetolosealtitudeveryquickly.
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 Ifatanytimeduringflightyoufeelliketheairplaneisdriftingoutof/beyondyour
control,simplyreleasetheelevatorandaileroncontrolswhilemaintaining