Carrera RC 370501030, Assembly And Operating Instructions Manual

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• Store the rechargeable battery at ambient temperature in a
dry place.
• Always recharge the battery immediately after use to
prevent its becoming deep discharged. Please make
sure to allow a pause of about 20 minutes between
finishing the flight and recharging the battery.
Recharge the battery occasionally (suggested every
2-3 months). Failure to treat the battery as described
above can lead to its becoming defective.
• 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
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1x Helicopter
1x 2.4 GHz Controller
1x USB charging cable
4x 1.5 V Mignon AA batteries (non-rechargeable)
Recharging the LiPo rechargeable
battery
Make sure you only charge the LiPo rechargeable battery
supplied 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 battery charger, this might cause serious dam-
ages. Please carefully read the previous chapter about
warnings and guidelines on the usage of rechargeable
batteries before proceeding. Supply terminals are not to be
short-circuited.
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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 does not
light up; this shows that the helicopter battery is
being charged. The USB charging cable and the
charging socket on the helicopter are designed
to make incorrect connection impossible.
• It takes about 80 minutes to recharge a dis-
charged 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.
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, please
note the following: The green LED display does not nec-
essarily indicate the battery is still adequately charged.
While charging, the power switch must be in the “OFF”
position.
Undo the plugged connection on the helicopter if you
are not going to use the helicopter. Failure to observe
this precaution may cause battery damage!
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.
Frequency bind between model
and remote control
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The Carrera RC helicopter and the remote control
are frequency bound at purchase. Should there
occur any problems with the communication be-
tween the Carrera RC helicopter and the remote
control at the beginning, please carry out a new
frequency bind.
• Connect the plug-in connection at the model and
switch on the model at the ON/OFF switch.
• The LED in the helicopter now flashes in rhyth-
mically-accelerating sequence.
• Switch on the controller at the ON/OFF switch.
• Place the charged helicopter on a flat surface.
• Allow the helicopter a few moments until the
system is correctly initialised and is ready for
operation.
• The control LED now lights continuously once
again, indicating that the connection is ended.
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”. In order to fly after charging, make the
plugged connection to be found on the helicopter.
• 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
• Switch on the model at the ON/OFF switch.
• Turn the remote control on at the ON/OFF switch.
• The LED in the helicopter now flashes in rhythmically-
accelerating sequence.
• 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.
• 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
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1. Antenna
2. Power switch (ON / OFF)
3. Control LED
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4. Gas · tail (spinning in circles)
5. Forward/backward tail (spinning in circles)
6. Trimmer for tail
7. Battery compartment
Description of helicopter
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1. Coaxial rotor system
2. Tail rotor
3. Plugged connection for charging the lipo battery.
4. Landing skids
5. ON-/OFF switch
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 your-
self 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 rota-
tional 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
rotational speed of the main rotor blades the heli-
copter will descend. When the model has lifted off
the ground you can get it into stationary hovering
without abrupt ascending or descending by care-
fully moving the throttle upwards and downwards.
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Move the right lever (tail) to the left and the heli-
copter’s nose turns (yaws) round the main rotor’s
axis in a circle to the left.
Move the right lever (tail) to the right and the heli-
copter’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 hov-
ering, without 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 helicop-
ter will move downwards and the helicopter will fly
forward. When shifting the forward-/backward le-
ver backward the helicopter will move backwards
and the helicopter will fly backward.
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.
Choosing the flight area
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The helicopter can only be flown outdoors
when there is little or no wind. Please be aware
that, although it may be calm on the ground, it
may still be very windy even a little way off the
ground. If this warning is disregarded, it may
lead to total loss of the helicopter.
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When you have trimmed your helicopter
properly and are thoroughly familiar with its
controls and how it can perform, you can then
start to fly it in smaller and more confined
spaces.
Information on trouble-shooting will be found on page 42.
Errors and changes excepted
Colours / final design – changes excepted
Technical changes and design-related changes excepted
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