35
■
Make sure you have the right model programmed into your
transmitter
■
Check the direction of each surface not and also right before
you take off .
■
Rememver nothing wrong on the ground ever improves in
the air
■
Check the air plane with the engine running and do a range
check with
■
your body between you and the plane at 150 feet.
■
Check your battery voltage after each flight in case one
servo is draining your battery
■
Recheck all screws ,horns and linkages for slop after your
maiden fight and check for damage if you made a bad landing
you first time
■
Have an experienced pilot fly it for you the first time if you
have any doubts in your mind about the maiden flight
■
Take a break after you first flight and let the adrenaline
burned off by bragging to your fellow menbers how good it
flies
■
Fly low and at a medium speed on your first few flight
■
Listen to your engine run and have an observer with you to
remember what you talked about during the flight or if you ger
into trouble . Always balance your props, vibration is a killer.
■
Remember nose heavy airplanes fly all the time, tail heavy
airplanes fly only once.Be on the CG!
■
Fly 3D two mistakes high in the beginning and not close to
people, planes or runways. Being a center of the runway hog
does not endear you to many modelers.
Flight Preperation