User's Manual

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Withthethrottlestickinthelowestpossiblepositionensurethatthestickis
‘centered’lefttorightandthattherighthandstickis‘centered’lefttorightaswellas
upanddown.DONOTmovethesticksasyouturnthetransmitterontoavoid
changingthepropercenter/neutralpositionsofthecontrols.
IMPORTANTNOTE:Movingthecontrolstickswhileturningthetransmitteroncanchange
thepropercenter/neutralpositionsofthecontrolsmakingitdifficulttocontrolthemodel
andimpossibleto‘trimitout’correctly.Andifyoueverfindthistobethecasethensimply
turnthehelicopteroff,turnthetransmitteroffthenfollowthestepstoproperlyturnon
andinitializethetransmitterandcontrolunit.
TurnthetransmitteronandconfirmthattheLEDindicator(abovethepowerswitch)
beginstoblinkslowlywhiletheLCDscreenpowerson.
NOTE:Ifthiswillbethefirstflight,orthefirstflightfollowingrepairs,youshould‘center’
therudderchanneltrim.Usethedigitaltrimlevertodeterminethecentertrimpositionby
referencingtheLCDscreen(pleaseseethe‘TransmitterDetails’sectionofthismanualfor
moreinformation).
Afterthetransmitteristurnedonlocatethepowerswitchonthebottomofthe
helicopterthenslideittothe‘ON’position.TheLEDindicator onthecontrolunit(and
theLEDmountedinthecanopy)willbegintoblink/flashrapidlythenwillblink/flash
slowlybeforechangingtoglowsolidred.
IMPORTANTNOTE:AFTERTURNINGTHEHELICOPTERONIT’SIMPORTANTTONOT
MOVEORROTATEITONCETHEREDLEDONTHECONTROLUNITBEGINSTO
BLINK/FLASHCONFIRMINGTHATTHEINITIALIZATIONPROCESSANDCALIBRATIONOF
THEGYROHASBEGUN.IFYOUDOMOVE/ROTATETHEHELICOPTERTOOMUCHWHILE
THELED
ISBLINKING/FLASHINGITMAYAFFECTINITIALIZATION/CALIBRATIONOFTHE
GYROWHICHCOULDREQUIRESIGNIFICANTRUDDERCHANNELTRIMADJUSTMENTS
AND/ORPREVENTTHEGYROFROMWORKINGDURINGTHEPENDINGFLIGHT.IFTHIS
HAPPENSYOUMUSTTURNTHEHELICOPTEROFFANDREPEATTHE
INITIALIZATION/CALIBRATIONPROCESS.
WhentheLEDindicatorglowssolidredthecontrolunitisinitializedandreadyfor
flight.Usecautionastheupperandlowerrotorbladeswillnowspinwhenyouraise
thelefthand/throttlestick!