MikroKopter OktoXL, Instruction Manual

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Teachable CareFree
Prolog:
The function CareFree helps the pilot to control the ARF-MikroKopter in a contact flight. It also helps if the copter is far
away and you cannot determine the front of the copter anymore.
On the ARF-MikroKopter the different colored rigger No. 1 is the „front“. If you control now the MikroKopter via the
transmitter the copter flies forwards if the „Nick“-Stick will be moved forwards. The copter flies backward if you move the
„Nick“-Stick backwards. Or sideways by moving the „Roll“-Stick.
It can be a little bit difficult if the ARF-MikroKopter will be turned during the flight with the „Yaw“-Stick. When turning the
copter necessarily rotates the front, too and you need to rethink controlling the copter.
Who has not that much practice in those situation and is inexperienced in a so called „flying nose“ can control the ARF-
MikroKopter easily wrong.
If, in example, the rigger No.1 points towards the pilot the copter will fly while moving the „Nick“-Stick forward – into the
direction of the pilot. The same is with the „Roll“-Stick. If you move the stick e.g. to the right, the copter moves left and
reverse.
The function:
The function (Teachable) CareFree can be activated / deactivated via the transmitter.
Example: The different colored rigger No.1 points away from the pilot.
If you enable now the function
CareFree , it doesn't matter which direction
the front rigger points. With this enabled function you can turn the copter
during the flight as you like. If you move the „Nick“-Stick forwards the
copter flies away from the pilot all the time. Moving the „Nick“Stick
backwards, towards yourself, the copter flies to the pilot. It doesn't matter
in which direction the copter was turned.
(Assigned to a 2-way switch (ON/OFF) on the transmitter)
For an easier use of this function they are devided into two sections. Depending on whether the ARF MikroKopter is
inside or outside of a 20-meter radius around the starting point.
Function inside the 20-Meter radius around the starting point:
When the ARF-MikroKopter is inside of the 20-Meter radius around the starting point and always clearly visible,
determine the front of the copter (rigger No.1) after switching on the function CareFree .
Point the front of the copter e.g. away from the pilot and when the function CareFree is activated the copter will fly away
from the pilot and it doesn't matter where the front is if you move the „Nick“-Stick forwards.
If the function CareFree will be disabled and the copter is inside the 20mtr radius (e.g. by 90°) and the function
CareFree is enabled again, the new direction is the „front“. And it doesn't matter how the copter will be turned.
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