Flying The Model; Range Check; The First Flight; Trimming The Model - Reely Piper Cherokee Bedienungsanleitung

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10. Flying the Model

After having checked the centre of gravity as well as the direction of the rudder surface travel, your model is ready for its first flight. Due to the wheel fairings,
take-off is only possible one a grass runway with very short grass or a paved runway.
However, we recommend you contact an experienced model airplane pilot or a model construction club in your area if you are not sure as how to fly an airplane
model properly.
a) Range check
Before the first take-off, you should charge the receiver battery and the transmitter battery where applicable, according to the specifications of the manufacturer.
First carry out a range check of the remote control on the flying site. Switch on the transmitter, then the receiver. Check the range according to the operating
instructions of your remote control. The transmitter antenna must be completely collapsed with 35/40MHz remote controls, and the receiver antenna, which
protrudes from the end of the fuselage and is simply dragged along in flight (with 35/40MHz remote controls), must not be wound up, turned over or cut off.
b) The first flight
Use a paved runway for the first flight. Rapidly increase the speed of the plane until reaching full throttle and use the rudders to keep the plane on course. The
faster the plane is moving, the less effort you will need to correct the plane's course. Keep the model moving along the runway for as long as possible before
pulling cleanly on the elevator and ascending at an even angle.
Our tip:
In order to be able to distinctly see the flight attitude of your model, you should stand at a short distance behind your model and look into the flight
direction of the starting model.
If the assembly was carried out correctly, then the model should rise up quickly at a flat angle. Try to control the model as little as possible. Only use control
commands to correct the flight attitude if the model changes the flight attitude by itself and e.g. flies a curve, ascends too high or is about to nose-dive. To
sensitively correct the flight attitude and to carry out specific changes of direction in normal flight attitude, short and limited movements of the control stick on the
transmitter are sufficient.
Attention!
Always make sure the model plane flies at sufficient speed. Pulling the elevator control stick too far causes the model to slow down. It can turn over
laterally.
Therefore, ensure at the beginning a sufficient safety height in order to allow yourself to get used to the steering attitude of the model. To ensure a problem-free
first landing, first practice repeatedly at a sufficient safety altitude - with head wind as well as with tail wind - reducing the speed (reduce motor speed) and at the
same time maintaining the altitude or stalling.
A stall is an uncontrollable flying condition due to insufficient airflow which causes the plane to tilt to the side. The stall is the minimum flight speed (with head
wind or tail wind) at which the model can still be controlled due to still sufficient airflow at the wings.
Being familiar with this borderline situation is of value when choosing the landing speed. Do not try to fly too far in order to be able to clearly evaluate, at any time,
the flight attitude.
c) Trimming the model
If in straight flight your model shows the tendency to drift to one direction, correct the neutral position of the corresponding rudder via the trimming.
Fly some rounds at a safe height to get used to the steering characteristics of the model.
Attention!
Do not allow the model to fly to far ahead in the distance and make sure the plane has enough speed at all times.
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