• Teach the Dragan!yer what level is. Place the helicopter on a level surface. Stand in front of it 10$15 feet
away and hold the left control stick full down and right for a couple of seconds. The two green LED#s will
blink to con"rm that the level position has been saved.
• The Dragan!yer is now ready to !y.
During the arming sequence, always be prepared for the motors to turn on! If they do
come on, the fact that you are carefu!y holding the helicopter wi!prevent injury or dam-
age. If you can’t throttle the motors back, turn the helicopter power switch “Off,”discon-
nect the battery. If review of the Troubleshooting Section of this manual does not identify
the problem, contact Draganfly Innovations.
• Throttle up and make your trim adjustments. It#s better to move to a hard surface to do this so you can ob$
serve the helicopters movements without lifting o'. The more time and care you take in setting the trim the
more likely that the helicopter will lift o'into a stable hover. Keep in mind that the trim adjustments may
interact. That is, when you trim out yaw movement, it may cause a previous adjustment to worsen. These are
very subtile e'ects and it is easy to over correct. With experience and !ight hours, this process will get eas$
ier. The goal of this step is for the Dragan!yer to lift straight up and not drift signi"cantly in any direction.
• Use your experience with the simulator to guide your "rst !ights. On the initial !ights get a feel for the
controls. Develop an understanding of what the helicopter is doing and how you should react. By not using
Thermal Intelligence, the helicopter will be reacting only to your manipulation of the controls. However, use
of Training mode position will make the helicopter react more gently to your movement of the controls. Af$
ter the experience of several !ights, you can move to the Active mode position and get a feel for more in$
stant reactions to your use of the controls.
• On a fully charged battery, the Dragan!yer will stay airborne for about 13 to 15 minutes. As the battery
nears discharge, the Dragan!yer will automatically begin to reduce its power consumption. You will notice
that it will take increases in throttle to keep the aircraft at a given altitude. When you notice this, prepare
for landing immediately while you still have su*cient control.
• At the end of your !ight, this shut down procedure MUST be followed exactly.
Caution: The fo!owing end-of-flight sequence is mandatory. Failure to fo!ow these steps
can result the the Draganflyer powering up suddenly and uncontro!ably. This can injure
you or others and damage the Draganflyer.
• Turn the Dragan!yer power switch %O'.&
• Disconnect the Dragan!yer#s battery.
• Turn the Transmitter power switch %O'.&
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