Install your propeller.
NOTE: Small brushless motors typically have aluminum prop adaptors with aluminum screws threads.
These threads are easily stripped or broken.
DO NOT apply too much torque when tightening your
prop.
A wrench is not necessary, it applies too much torque. We prefer a nut-driver.
Be sure to check the motor manufacturer’s recommendations for help in selecting a prop. Test your
power system in a safe manner on the ground before ever attempting to fly your aircraft. Range check
your radio system according to manufacturer’s instructions.
Make your first flight with the controls set on low rates. During the trimming phase, we recommend
landing with some throttle, not attempting to “dead stick” the airplane. This may mean you need to time
your flights and keep them a bit shorter than usual. After your first flights, check all control connections
and motor and prop mounts for tightness.
Check your rudder pull-pull cables for tightness at the beginning of each flying session. Pull-pull cables
tend to loosen a bit over time, and loose pull-pull cables (cables that flop, or have sag, or that allow you to
move the rudder with your hand without the servo arm moving) are a major contributor to poor aerobatic
performance.
Periodically inspect the battery tray area in your aircraft. This plane does excellent high-speed tumbling
maneuvers, and this type of maneuver puts tremendous stress on the battery tray area. Occasionally
adding a bit of CA glue to the battery tray joints will help your aircraft last through hundreds and hundreds
of flights.
Control Throws and Exponential
Low/Precision Rates (in degrees and inches) and Corresponding Exponential
Aileron
15 degrees
.75” 30% Expo
Elevator
13 degrees
1.25” 30% Expo
Rudder
45
degrees
3.5”
75%
Expo
High/3D Rates (in degrees and inches) and Corresponding Exponential
Aileron 28
degrees
1.25”
75%
Expo
Elevator 45
degrees
3”
75%
Expo
Rudder
45
degrees
3.5”
75%
Expo
The above throw measurements were taken at the aft edge of the ailerons and
elevator, and from the bottom aft edge of the rudder. Keep in mind that even the low throws
mentioned here are relatively aggressive, so be sure to also program the matching
exponential listed to help soften the model’s feel around center stick.
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