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10. THE FIRST FLIGHT
Now it‘s time to y your helicopter with the MICROBEAST!
After powering up the receiver, wait until the MICROBEAST has initialized completely.
This is indicated by a short move of the swashplate servos and the Status-LED lighting steady blue or
purple. It is unnecessary to have the helicopter horizontal, but important not to move it during the whole
initialization. In case of wind catching the blades, you can even lay it on the side to avoid shaking.
Like we mentioned in chapter 8 the three dials should be the factory setting (centered horizontally),
when using in small helicopters for safety reason dials 1 and 2 should be set to slightly below the center
position. The tail gain channel should be set to point F or G (in micro or mini helicopters experience
has shown even lower). Select the control behavior at parameter menu point B to t your ying style.
Before the rst take o, make a stick direction check and again make sure that the sensors are cor-
recting to the right direction when you tilt, roll or yaw the helicopter by hand.
It is normal that the swashplate might moving only slowly back to its original position after a
stick input and that the servos don’t run at the same speed as your sticks.
In comparison to a ybar head you are not controlling anymore directly the servos but controlling ro-
tational rates like for y-by-wire. The control of the servo is left to the control loop in the MICROBEAST.
Thus it is also normal in HeadingLock mode, that the tail servo will stay in its end position after a tail stick
input or tail movement and that it does not always react immediately to a stick input. For the same re-
ason, it is also normal that the rudder servo runs to the endpoints with small stick inputs.