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• When transporting or temporarily storing the rechargeable
battery the temperature should be between 5-50°C. If pos-
sible, do not store the battery or the model in a car and do
not expose it to direct sunlight. In case the battery is broiled
it can be damaged or catch fire.
Note:
If the battery voltage/output is low you will recognise
that a considerable trim and/or controlling is necessary to
avoid that the helicopter starts trundling. This usually occurs
before reaching a battery voltage of 3 V and it is a good mo-
ment to end the flight.
Contents of package
1
1x Infrared helicopter
1x Infrared remote control
1x USB charging cable
4x 1.5 V Mignon AA batteries (non-rechargeable)
1x Lanyard
2 x Joystick extensions
1x Set of replacement parts
Recharging the LiPo rechargeable
battery
Make sure you only charge the LiPo rechargeable battery sup-
plied with the LiPo charging unit also supplied (USB cable and
remote control). In case you try to charge the rechargeable
battery with a different LiPo battery charger or any other bat-
tery charger, this might cause serious damages. Please care-
fully read the previous chapter about warnings and guidelines
on the usage of rechargeable batteries before proceeding.
Supply terminals are not to be short-circuited.
The rechargeable battery fitted in the helicopter with its USB
charging cable can be charged either from a USB port on a
computer or directly from the remote control:
2a
Charging via computer:
• Connect the USB charging cable with the USB
port of a computer. The LED on the USB charger
cable lights green indicating that the charger unit
is correctly connected to the computer. If you
plug in a helicopter with a discharged battery,
the LED on the USB charging cable lights up red
and shows that the helicopter battery is being
charged. The USB charging cable and the charg-
ing socket on the helicopter are designed to make
incorrect connection impossible.
• It takes about 30 minutes to recharge a discharged
battery (but NOT a deep-discharged one). When
the battery is fully charged, the LED display on the
USB charger cable lights up green again.
2b
Charging from the remote control:
• Open the right-hand storage compartment at
the back of the remote control and connect the
stowed cable with the helicopter.
• Switch on the remote control. When you plug a
helicopter in with a discharged rechargeable bat-
tery, the LED on the remote control flashes red
and green. The charging cable and the socket on
the helicopter are designed so that reversing their
polarity is not possible.
• It will take about 30 minutes to recharge a dis-
charged (NOT a deep-discharged) battery. When
the battery is fully recharged, the LED on the re-
mote control will again light up red.
Tip: lay the remote control on its back, so that
the two spikes are pointing upwards and when
you plug it in, put the helicopter on the battery
compartment.
Note:
When supplied, the lipo-battery is already partially
charged so the first charging cycle may well take less time.
It is essential to follow the connection sequence given
above! If you have the charger cable only connected to
the helicopter, and not to a source of electricity, a green
LED display indicates that there is still power in the bat-
tery. The green LED display does not necessarily indicate
the battery is still adequately charged.
While charging, the power switch must be in the “OFF”
position.
Inserting the batteries in the
remote control
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Open the battery compartment with a screwdriver
and insert the batteries in the remote control.
Please keep in mind the correct polarity. After
having closed the compartment you can check all
functions of the remote control with the help of the
power-switch on the front. With the power-switch
turned ON and proper functioning, the top center
LED on the remote control will light up red.
When the control LED flashes rapidly, the batter-
ies in the controller must be changed.
Checklist for flight preparation
This checklist does not replace the contents of the operating
instructions. Although it can be used as a quick-start-guide
we strongly advise to first read the operating instructions in
detail before you proceed.
• Check the contents of the package
• Connect the charging unit to the source of power.
• Charge the lipo-battery as described in the section “Charg-
ing the lipo-battery”.
• Fit four AA batteries in the controller, making sure their po-
larity is correct.
• Look for a suitable environment for flying
• Place the helicopter on a flat surface
• Turn the remote control on at the ON/OFF switch. Push
the left-hand joystick, i.e. the throttle lever, fully down-
wards into the zero position.
• Switch on the model at the ON/OFF switch.
• The LED in the helicopter now flashes in rhythmically-
accelerating sequence.
• During the binding process, the controller emits an acous-
tic signal. Should you wish to fly more than one helicopter
at once, please select a different channel for each model.
(
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A B C )
• Allow the helicopter a few moments until the system is cor-
rectly initialised and is ready for operation. The LED in the
helicopter now lights continuously.
• Repeat the above points as required, if you wish to fly more
helicopters at the same time.
• Do not expose the helicopter to direct sunlight or to
bright spotlights when flying it.
• The infrared receiver on the helicopter and the infrared
transmitter on the controller must not be covered over.
• Do not attach any stickers or labels of any description
to either the helicopter or the transmitter
• Check the control system
• Make yourself familiar with the control system
• Trim the helicopter as necessary as described under “Con-
trolling the helicopter”, so that when hovering the helicopter
no longer moves from the spot, until given a command by
the controller.
• The helicopter is now ready to be flown.
• If the helicopter displays no functions, retry the above bind-
ing procedure.
• Fly the model
• Land the model
• Switch the model off at the ON/OFF switch
• Always switch off the remote control last
Range of functions of the
remote control
3
1. IR - antenna
2. Power switch (ON / OFF)
3. Control LED
4. Gas · tail (spinning in circles)
4
5. Forward/backward
tail (spinning in circles)
6. Trimmer for tail
7. Battery compartment
8. Slot for keeping
Joystick extensions
9. Charging cable
10. Joystick extensions
to screw on lever 4. & 5.
Description of helicopter
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1. Coaxial rotor system
2. Tail rotor
3. Socket for charging the lipo-battery
4. Landing skids
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5. ON-/OFF switch
6. IR diode / receiver
Controlling the helicopter
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In case you don´t know the control functions of your
Carrera RC helicopter yet, please take some minutes
before the first flight in or to make yourself familiar with
them. The descriptions left or right refer to the view out
of the cockpit (pilote´s view). Push the throttle up to
increase the rotational speed of the main rotor blades.
Increase the rotational speed of the main rotor blades
and the model will start to ascend.
If you push down the throttle and thus reduce the rota-
tional speed of the main rotor blades the helicopter will
descend. When the model has lifted off the ground you
can get it into stationary hovering without abrupt as-
cending or descending by carefully moving the throttle
upwards and downwards.
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Move the right lever (tail) to the left and the helicopter’s
nose turns (yaws) round the main rotor’s axis in a cir-
cle to the left.
Move the right lever (tail) to the right and the helicop-
ter’s nose turns (yaws) round the main rotor’s axis in a
circle to the right.
Use the trimmer for tail until you have reached a stable
neutral position of the helicopter when hovering, with-
out moving the right lever (tail).
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The forward-/backward lever controls the helicopter´s
pitch forward and backward. When shifting the lever
forward the nose of the helicopter will move down-
wards and the helicopter will fly forward. When shifting
the forward-/backward lever backward the helicopter
will move backwards and the helicopter will fly back-
ward.
After having made yourself familiar with the main control functions
and having chosen an appropriate area for flying the helicopter,
you can start the first flight.
You will find a full description of how to trim your 3-channel
helicopter on the Internet under
carrera-rc.com
in the service
section.
Choosing the flight area
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When being prepared for the first flight you should
choose a closed room without any persons or ob-
stacles which is as big as possible. Due to the
size and controllability of the helicopter expe-
rienced pilotes may be able to fly the helicopter
in relatively small rooms. For your first flights we
strongly recommend to choose a room with a min-
imum floor space of 3 x 3 metres and 2.40 metres
of height. After having trimmed your helicopter for
flight and having made yourself familiar with the
controlling and its functions you may start flying
in smaller and less open environments.
The helicopter has been developed exclusively for use in
enclosed rooms without direct sunlight or any strong spot-
lighting.
There must be no persons or objects such as pillars
between the controller and the helicopter to obstruct direct
connection.
Information on trouble-shooting will be found on page 36.
For the latest version of these operating instructions and infor-
mation on replacement and spare parts available, please visit
carrera-rc.com
in the service area.
Errors and changes excepted
Colours / final design – changes excepted
Technical changes and design-related changes excepted
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