H-KING AXN Floater, Instruction Manual

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First thing is to double check that the center of gravity is correct and also check that the
controls are working in the correct direction. When you move your aileron control stick to
the right the right aileron should go up and the left one down. When you move the stick
left the left aileron should go up and the right one down. When you move your elevator
control stick down the elevator should go up and when you move the stick up the eleva-
tor should go down. The rudder control is straightforward, left rudder stick is left rudder
and right stick is right rudder.
Wait for a day with light winds and find a large grass area clear of trees, wires , away
from roads and buildings and free of spectators . A helper is good idea to help you launch
the Floater Jet for the first time . Switch on your transmitter with the throttle closed and
connect the flight battery, check the controls are working correctly and in the right
direction as above and that all control surfaces are neutral. It is always good at this
point to do a range check of your equipment to check that everything works as it should
do. Get your helper to hold your model at about waist height while you walk away
working the flying controls. It is good to check the motor as well when you are a distance
away from the model to check that it does not interfere with the radio signal and give you
glitching servos. Please make sure you warn your helper before doing this so that they
keep themselves well away from the rotating propeller.
Once satisfied everything is working as it should you are now ready to do some test
gliding. Get you helper to hold your model just above head height and facing into wind,
they need to give the model a firm throw with the nose slightly down, do not have the
motor running for this exercise. The glide should be long and flat with no tendency to
turn. If it dives slightly then apply a small amount of up trim on the transmitter and try
again. If it raises its nose and gently stalls then you need to apply a small amount of
down trim. Keep doing these test glides until you get a long flat glide. If the model has a
tendency to turn left or right then apply either some aileron trim or rudder trim in the
opposite direction to the turn. Once the model is trimmed nicely do some practice
launches and try doing a gentle S turn into wind while it is gliding just to get used to the
controls.
Once happy with the test gliding you should now be ready for some gentle flying with
power. Once again get your help er to hold the model just above head height and into
wind and when you are ready apply some power, do not apply full power as it is not
needed, half or just over is more than sufficient. When you are ready ask your helper to
launch the model, if trimmed correctly it should climb away nice and gently with no
tendency to turn. If it does try to turn use the ailerons to keep the wings level and the
model flying straight into the wind, the climb should be gentle, do not climb too steeply
or it may stall and spin or spiral into the ground. Once up to a safe height and well up
wind throttle back slightly until it stops climbing but not so much that it starts coming
down. At this point check the trim of the model, let go of the aileron and elevator stick
and watch the model, any tendency to turn or climb or dive then adjust the trims as
necessary. The elevator should be fine if you did the test gliding correctly, the model will
climb under power, this is normal and when you throttle back in should go into the long
flat glide that you trimmed for. Between quarter and mid throttle somewhere it should
maintain its height and fly level, you may need to keep adjusting the throttle to maintain
level flight depending on the weather conditions.
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