Traditional Helicopter - Pre-Flight Testing¶

Before your first flight, please follow these pre-flight checks:

Warning

The drive should be disconnected on electric helicopters when they are being handled. An accidental startup can cause serious injury.

Test leaning the helicopter in Stabilize mode¶

By hand, roll the helicopter to the left. The swash plate should lean to the right.
Roll the helicopter to the right. The swash plate should lean to the left.
Pitch the helicopter down (i.e. nose down). The swash plate should lean backwards.
Pitch the helicopter up (i.e. nose up). The swash plate should lean forwards.
Rotate the helicopter quickly clockwise - the tail servo should move as if you had pushed the rudder control left (i.e. it should try to fight against the rotation)
Rotate the helicopter quickly counter-clockwise - the tail servo should move as if you had pushed the rudder control right (i.e. it should try to fight against the rotation)
Next rotate the helicopter slowly. You should find that in a certain direction the rudder stays in the middle.

Using the transmitter, move the roll stick to the left. The swashplate should lean slightly to the left.
move the roll stick to the right. The swashplate should lean slightly to the right.
Move the pitch stick forward. The swashplate should lean slightly forward.
Move the pitch stick back. The swashplate should lean slightly backwards.
Move the yaw stick to the left or right. The tail should move in the same direction (and about the same amount) as when you are in manual mode.