User Manual

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Step 2
Runway Takeoff (ROG)
Not recommended for inexperienced pilots.
1. Make sure your landing gear is properly
installed and is securely in the slot on
the fuselage before you attempt takeoff.
2. Stand behind the Firebird Freedom
™
and
point it directly into the wind on smooth
asphalt or concrete.
3. Apply full power and adjust the right
control stick as necessary to keep the
Firebird Freedom headed directly into
the wind.
4. If the battery is fully charged, the
Firebird Freedom should lift off the
ground in approximately 40 feet. Apply
some UP elevator by pulling the stick
back, and the plane will lift off of the
ground in a shorter distance. Remember,
only a small amount of UP is needed.
Too much will result in a stall after the
plane has left the ground.
Hand Launch
On first flights, it is a good idea to have a
second person, ideally an adult, help you
launch your airplane. This will allow the pilot
to focus entirely on the transmitter input.
1. Make sure the battery is fully charged.
2. Make sure that no one who is flying or
preparing to fly is on the same channel,
within approximately ½ mile (805 meters),
that you are on. When you are confident
of this, turn on the transmitter.
3. Install and plug in the flight battery.
4. If you are launching and flying the air-
plane, place the transmitter in your left
hand and grab hold of your airplane
with your right hand. Use caution, and
advance the throttle all the way up so
that it is full on.
5. Take a few steps and launch the model
DIRECTLY into the wind, while keeping
the airplane and its wings level with the
ground. Use medium force.
WARNING: Keep the spinning propeller
away from your hair, head, and hands or
injury may occur.
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6. Allow the plane to climb steadily at full
throttle into the wind until you have
achieved an altitude of 150 to 200 feet
(46 to 61 meters). You will not need to use
elevator in order for your plane to climb.
A few clicks down on elevator trim should
allow steady climb.
Your Firebird Freedom
™
is equipped with
a third channel for pitch control (elevator).
Pulling back on the stick provides UP eleva-
tor that allows for shorter runway takeoffs,
better flares for landing, a better climb rate,
and more effective turns. However, giving
too much UP elevator (pulling back on the
stick) will cause the airplane to enter a stall,
especially at slower speeds.
Just after a stall occurs, the nose of the
airplane will go down, and the airplane will
begin to enter a dive. To recover from a stall,
pull the stick back slowly (UP elevator) once
the nose of the airplane goes down and the
plane has built up airspeed. Pulling back
slowly on the stick will put the nose up, and
cause the plane to exit the stall to straight
and level flight. Be careful, as pulling back
too quickly or too far will once again cause
the airplane to stall.
Using Elevator
Wind direction
for hand launch
Wind direction for
runway takeoff