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13. Flying in the Headless Mode
The movement direction of the quadrocopter always depends on the direction in which the model is aligned with the
pilot or from which side the pilot looks at the quadrocopter. It is very easy to give the wrong command if you are not
looking at the model from behind, but from the side or front. For this reason, the quadrocopter has been equipped
with a headless mode.
To effectively use the headless mode, the quadrocopter must be aligned in the desired forward direction with the
two front (white) propellers before moving the pitch control lever back and forth (see white arrow in gure 16, ill. A).
While the model pilot is standing right behind the quadrocopter and looking into the previously determined direction,
the quadrocopter will react in the manner that the transmitter is operated. When steering forward, the quadrocopter
will y forward from the pilot's point of view as well (see gure16, ill. B).
When the quadrocopter has turned to the left by 90° in ight and is now pointing to the pilot with its left side, it will y
to the left from the pilot's point of view when steering forwards on the transmitter (see gure 16, ill. C).
When activating headless mode, it does not matter which direction the front of the quadrocopter points to. When steer-
ing forward at the transmitter, the quadrocopter will always y in the direction that was specied as "forward" when
switching on (see gure 16, ill. D).
Normal mode Normal mode Headless mode
Figure 16
To switch to headless mode, briey push the button for the headless
function (also see gure 1, item 8). To indicate headless mode, the
transmitter will continually issue signals and the red and green LEDs
in the quadrocopter will ash in a rhythm of 3. The quadrocopter will
now be ying in headless mode.
To switch off headless mode again, push the button for headless mode
again. The signals of the transmitter will go out and the LEDs in the
quadrocopter will remain lit. The quadrocopter will now y in normal
mode again.
Figure 17