Heli-Max HMXE0821 - Manual (Page 11)

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Hovering: Once the helicopter is in the air simply try to keep the helicopter in
one spot. This will take some practice, remember, and wind has a big effect on
the stability of the helicopter. Please take your time.
Landing: Level the helicopter into a steady hover and slowly decrease power
until the helicopter settles onto the ground. You might notice as the helicopter
is ready to touch down it moves around a little. This is normal as the helicopter
enters ground effect.
BASIC MANEUVERS
Once you are comfortable with hovering at different orientations and landing, it’s
time to move on to more advanced maneuvers.
Slow Pirouettes: Add a small amount of tail rotor (left or right) and try rotating
the helicopter slightly sideways and see if you can hold it there. If you become
uncomfortable, bring the tail back towards you. Once you are comfortable, try
moving the helicopter to the side and turning back. Then fly back to the other
side in straight lines. You can try rotating the helicopter around 360°, which is
called a pirouette. The helicopter can drift during this maneuver so make certain
you have plenty of room when you first start practicing.
Nose-In Hovering: After pirouettes it’s time to move onto nose-in hovering.
The best bet is to wait for a calm day. Take off and climb to 15 feet, practice half
pirouettes from tail-in to nose-in hovering, and try to lengthen the delay between
transitions. This will allow you to practice nose-in and still give you a chance to
get out of trouble. As you improve you’ll remain nose-in for longer periods of time.
Forward Flight: Now it’s time to work into basic forward flight. Just take the basic
hovering maneuvers listed above and slowly fly out farther and faster and always
bring the helicopter back after one pass. Practice controlled slow flight in close as
well. The more time you spend practicing here, the easier things will be later on.
AEROBATICS
So you are getting comfortable in fast forward flight? Well, now it’s time to slowly
progress into aerobatics. Your AXE 100 CP is more than capable of full aerobatic
performance. Once you are in forward flight start using the idle up switch
(UP-1) which raises the rotor RPM for aerobatics and allows the AXE 100 CP
to fly inverted.
Chandelles: Your first step is chandelles. Fly straight across in front of you and
pull up to a 45° angle. Now at the top, when the helicopter slows down to a stop,
apply left or right tail rotor to bring the nose around 180° and continue back down
the 45° angle. As you progress with the maneuver you can pull a greater angle
than 45°, but 90° would be considered a stall turn.
Loops: Once you become comfortable with the chandelles and stall turns it’s
time to move onto the loop. The key to the loop is to enter with plenty of speed.