VolantexRC ASW28 Instructions Manual - Landing
Remember to keep the model high enough to give yourself time to make correcti-
ons, but don’ t let it get too far away. Otherwise, it will be difficult to detect its attitude
and which way it is going.
One
final check before landing
is to
see how the model will react when it’s time to
land and you cut the power. To do this, while still at altitude, cut the motor power
,
t
he model should establish a gentle, downward glide path.
This is how the model will react when it’s actually time to land. Add power and climb
back
up to your original altitude
, throttle back then try the exercise again.
Practice a few of these “ climb and glides ” to judge how far out you will need to be
when its time to land.
Landing
To land, fly downwind
and off to one side
past the landing area
at about 75/100ft
.
Gently turn
across
the wind
and take a bit of power off so that the model gently
descends.
Just before you are in
line with the landing area turn into wind and reduce
power some more, you should now be on approach to the landing area and gently
descending. If you think you are going to undershoot the landing area then add a small
amount of power, if you think you are a bit high and will overshoot the landing area
then take power off or even close the throttle completely. Keep the wings level and the
nose pointing into wind at all times, if the model has been trimmed correctly it will be
descending nicely to the landing area. Once about head high close the throttle
completely if you have not already done so, then apply a very small amount of up
elevator until you are about 2ft from the ground, gently apply more up elevator as the
model slows and gets nearer the ground, by the time the model touches the ground
you should have almost full up elevator. Once again make sure you keep the wings
level at all times near the ground.
Later, once you have become more experienced with your plane, you can cruise
around and perform slow “ fly-bys ”
.
CAUTION: If, during a rough landing, the propeller becomes jammed and
cannot rotate, the battery and speed control will become very hot if
you attempt to add power . Immediately move the throttle down to
stop the motor. If you fail
to do this, the motor, speed control and /or
battery will be damaged.
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