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Selecting a Flying Site
require a lot more room than other R/C products, therefore, a
ensure that there are no houses, playgrounds, or other buildings
that may be damaged if the airplane were to crash.
Taxi or place the aircraft on the runway centerline, with the nose
into the wind. Select Flight Mode 2, then set throttle trim such
that the motor spins over smoothly at its lowest RPM without stopping.
Smoothly advance to full throttle while maintaining directional
control with the rudder and slight back pressure on the elevator.
The airplane should gently lift off.
altitude and trim the airplane out. Remain in mode 2 until the
aircraft is fully trimmed and you are comfortable with it’s handling.
Flying
The F-100D Super Sabre should fly straight and level at 3/4-full power
with no input from the sticks. Try some basic maneuvers, and slowly
progress into the F-100’s flight envelope as you become more
comfortable with the airplane’s flight qualities and perfect your
setup.
Note: If at any time, such as after gain adjustments, you
experience unexpected control system inputs or oscillations,
switch to Mode 1, land, and troubleshoot the issue. (Mode 1
turns the sensor inputs off with default programming)
Landing
Aura Quick Trim
The Aura 8 features a Quick Trim Mode that eliminates the need
learn the trim values from your transmitter, and apply them to the
control surfaces after power up when enabling quick trim mode.
FLYING YOUR F-100D SUPER SABRE
Trimming
dedicated to trimming and setup. Fly the airplane at 2/3 to 3/4 power
in
Flight Mode 2 and trim for level flight. Land, adjust linkages and
1. Fly the airplane in Flight Mode 2. Trim the aircraft with the
transmitter and land. DO NOT CHANGE FLIGHT MODES.
transmitter is powered on and repower the Aura
Quick Trim mode is active by checking the Blue LED is slowly
4. Remove the bind plug from Aura Port S3, and re-install the
servo that was previously removed into S3. Removing the bind
plug stores the current trims in the Aura. The Blue LED will
the trim values are stored in Aura, they are not applied to the
control surfaces until the aircraft is repowered.
5. Remove power from the F-100D and center all control
surface trims on the transmitter.
6. Repower the F-100. The control surfaces should be
unchanged even though the trim has been centered on the
transmitter.
NOTE: QUICK TRIM MAY BE REPEATED AS NEEDED FOR
FINE TUNING, OR IF CHANGES TO THE AIRCRAFT
ARE MADE.
NOTE: ENSURE AILERON/ELEVATOR/RUDDER
TRANSMITTER SUB-TRIMS ARE ZERO BEFORE
FLYING
FOR QUICK TRIM PROCESS
Trim and/or sub-trim added
via the transmitter will cause trim shifts when different flight modes
are selected. To eliminate this trim shift, you have three options:
(1) mechanically trim the model by turning the linkage clevises; (2)
electronically trim the model via Aura Subtrim Feature in the Servo Ports
tab of the Aura Config Tool; (3) Utilize the “Quick Trim” procedure below.
F-100D Super Sabre
Aura.
Be mindful of your flight time and allow adequate battery reserve
for a couple of landing attempts, if necessary, on the first few flights.
Select Flight Mode 3 and using 0-1/4 throttle slow the F-100 to
begin landing approach. On the upwind leg, select full flaps down then
toggle CH5/Gear switch to deploy the gear. Visually verify the gear is
fully deployed. Once on final approach, smoothly apply the elevator
as required to maintain 0-4 degrees of nose high angle of attack.
Use throttle to control the rate of descent. Once you are close to the
ground, gradually reduce the throttle to idle and begin to smoothly
apply up elevator as required to maintain 5-8 degrees of nose high
angle of attack. The F-100 should gently touch down and roll out.
Remember, you can always smoothly advance the throttle to full,
and make a go-around and set up for another landing.
You don’t
have to land on the first attempt.
return the trim to zero and fly again. Repeat process until the airplane
flies hands off, straight and level.
