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S5012_Alpha_110_jh_V1
First flight
Choose a free area for your first flight. Select always first the Atti-
tude mode, because the Copter is thus easier to control and to
become familiar with the flight characteristics of the Alpha 110Q.
Proceed carefully and responsibly. Start and land always in Atti-
tude mode.
Initialization of the gyro
Once the model has been switched on, the gyro immediately
becomes active but still needs to be initialized. To initialize the
gyro, keep your model still for about 3 seconds when you switch
it on. The calibration process can only be performed when the
receiver is absolutely still. Always wait until the calibration pro-
cess has finished before starting to fly the model.
Flight control
Move the throttle stick to the lowest position. To let the motors
start you have to push the motor-stop button (signal tone). For
the beginning move the throttle stick carefully frontward until the
copter flies about one meter over the ground. The flight move-
ments are as described in the section "Example of flight control
mode 1". Move initially the sticks carefully and take confidence
withe the reactions of the copter. If the copter moves autono-
mously in one direction, compensate the movement through by
trimming the control in the opposite direction. To stop the motors
push again the motor-stop button (signal tone).
Auto-flip function
The copter can autonomously perform a roll by pushing a but-
ton if, while flying it in Attitude mode, you push the neutralizing
control stick (the opposite to the throttle stick), a quick acoustic
signal is emitted for 5 seconds. If during these 5 seconds you
move the nick or roll control more than 50%, the copter per-
forms autonomously a 360° turn (Flip) in the direction of the con-
trol that you moved. Then push the throttle stick to full throttle
to stabilize the copter and avoid loss of altitude. The copter can-
not always come back to its prior position, eventually you may
have to correct its position after the roll.
CAUTION
If the flip function is used many times repeatedly the receiver
can loose the attitude information and the copter may move in
an uncontrolled direction. Before switching back to Attitude
mode, hover the copter for 30 s or land it in Rate mode, so that
the receiver can calibrate the position.
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