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Pre-Flight Checks
Optimal Flying ConditionsYou want to fly! However, you need to make sure that you fly in the conditions that will allow you to have the best success. This is when there is little to no wind (less than 8 mph or nearly 13 km/h).
To Check Wind Conditions:
1. Tie the included red ribbon to the transmitter antenna.
2. Hold the transmitter antenna so it is parallel to the ground and note how much the ribbon moves in the wind. If the ribbon hangs down, conditions are perfect to fly. There is some variance in the amount of wind that you can fly in, but if the angle between the antenna and the ribbon, when the antenna is parallel to the ground, is less than 20 degrees, it is too windy to fly.
To Check Wind Conditions:
1. Tie the included red ribbon to the transmitter antenna.
2. Hold the transmitter antenna so it is parallel to the ground and note how much the ribbon moves in the wind. If the ribbon hangs down, conditions are perfect to fly. There is some variance in the amount of wind that you can fly in, but if the angle between the antenna and the ribbon, when the antenna is parallel to the ground, is less than 20 degrees, it is too windy to fly.
Range Test
You will need two people to perform the range test—one to hold the plane and the other to give the transmitter input.
Warning: The person holding the plane should hold it in such a way that the propeller does not come into contact with any part of their clothing or body.
- One person should hold the transmitter, while the other person walks 100 paces away from the transmitter, with the airplane in hand.
- Be sure the throttle slider is in the “off” position.
- Extend the transmitter antenna completely and turn the transmitter on.
- Slide the battery into the fuselage, attach it to the lead from the fuselage and close the canopy.
- Advance the throttle. When the throttle slider is advanced, the propeller should spin quickly.
- As the first person moves the transmitter controls, the other person watches to be sure the airplane’s motor and tail controls operate smoothly. Make sure you check all aspects of the control movements and throttle by moving the gimbal up and down and side to side and throttle slider to the advance position.