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Pre-Flight Checkout

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Before your first flight, it is very important that you follow this pre-flight checkout! Use the Configurator plots to visually view your multicopter response graphically.

The propellers should be taken off to prevent injury. Be careful! Spinning propellers can cause serious injury!!!

  • Arm the motor output by moving the throttle stick to the lower right. Increase the throttle to 50%.

  • By hand, roll the multicopter to the left. The left motor command should increase. The right motor command should decrease.

  • Roll the multicopter to the right. The right motor command should increase. The left motor command should decrease.

  • Pitch the multicopter down (the front motor should be lower in position than the rear motor). The front motor command should increase. The rear motor command should decrease.

  • Pitch the multicopter up (the front motor should be higher than the rear motor). The rear motor command should increase. The front motor command should decrease.

  • Rotate the multicopter clockwise. The front and rear motor commands should increase (assuming the motors are wired to rotate in the clockwise direction).

  • Rotate the multicopter counter-clockwise. The left and right motor commands should increase in value (assuming the motors are wired to rotate in the counter-clockwise direction).

  • Using the transmitter, move the roll stick to the left. The right motor command should increase. The left motor command should decrease.

  • Move the roll stick to the right. The left motor command should increase. The right motor command should decrease.

  • Move the pitch stick forward. The rear motor command should increase. The front motor command should decrease.

  • Move the pitch stick back. The front motor command should increase. The rear motor command should decrease.

  • Move the yaw stick to the left. The front and rear motor commands should increase.

  • Move the yaw stick to the right. The left and right motor commands should increase.

First flights

If you pass all pre-flight checks, you can connect propellers and start doing "Hand test" and first learning flights.