Pre

- flight Standard Operating Procedures



### • C h e c k c a r e f u l l y t h a t all p ar t s are c o nn e c t ed and w or k i n g c o rr e c t l y

i n c l u d i ng p r o p e ll e r s

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, R C c o m p o n en t s

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• A ll flight c on t ro l s u r f a c e s s hou l d h a ve 1 5

- 20 m m o f mo v e m e n t in

ea ch d i r e ct i on

.

• Ch e ck t h e c en t e r o f g r a vi t y

• C h e ck a ll c on t ro l s u r f a c e f un ct i on s a ga in f o r c or r e ct mo v e me n t a n d

d o a r a n g e te s t.

• C h e ck a ll f u n cti o n s be f or e ea c h fli g h t.

• S t a r t t h e m o d e l w i th f u ll t hr o t t le an d h a n d l a un c h sl i gh t l y u p wa r d s.

• O n l y u s e t h e M A JA i n a t e m p er a t u r e ra n g e o f

– 5 t o + 5 0 ° C.

In Depth Explanation for Pre

- flight

E ve r y t i m e you i n t e n d f l yi n g t h e UAS, e ve r y t h i ng mu s t b e p r o p er l y l o c a t ed and f ir m l y s e c u r e d

.

C h e c k f o r p o ss i bl e d a m a g e, and d o n o t f l y if the UAS is not i n p er f e c t operational or d er.

W h e n e v er you a r e h o l d i ng t h e UAS m a k e s u r e t h at you a r e s t a n d i ng on a s a f e s ur f a c e a n d c a nn o t

s l i p. W e a r s h oes w i t h h ig h

- g r ip s o l e s

, s u c h as t r a in e r s

.

Double check f re qu en c ies before you switch radio o n

. N ever l e a v e yo u r r a di o c on t r o l s y s t em

u n gu a r d ed, as o t h er p eo pl e m i g ht pi c k it u p a n d t r y t o u s e i t

.

D o n ot s w i t c h on the e l e c t r ic m o t o r u nl e s s you a r e s u r e t h a t t h e r e is n o t h i n g in t h e r o t a t i o n al

pl a n e o f t h e p r o p e ll e r. D o n ’t a tt em p t t o s t op t h e s p i n n i n g p r o p el l er w i t h y our h a n d s

. N e v er r un

an e l e c t ric m o t o r w i t h a p r o p e ll er f i t t ed u nl e s s it is f ir m l y an c h o red

.

I n order to fly UAS s a f e l y a n d avo i d p r o bl ems it is e s s en t i al t h at you a r e a w a r e o f i t s p o s i t i on and

a t t i t u d e t h r o u g h o u t e a c h f light

- s o d on ’ t l e t i t f l y t oo f a r a w a y !

I f you d e t e c t a c on t r ol p r o bl em or in t e r f e r en c e du r i n g a f li g h t

, i mm ed i a t e l y l and t h e UAS t o

p r eve n t a p o t en t i al a cc i d e n t

.

UAS mu s t a l w ays g i ve w ay t o f u l l

- s i z e air c r a ft

.

T a k e

- o f f and l an d i n g s t r i ps s h o u ld b e k ept f r ee o f p eo pl e and o t h er o b s t a c l e s

.UAS c an o nl y w ork r el i a bl y if t he b a t t er i es a r e k ept f ul l y c h a r g ed. N ever u s e b a t t er i e s w hi c h a r e

h ot ( over 5 0oC), f aul t y or d a m a g ed. H eed t h e in s t r u c t i o n s p r ov i d ed b y t h e b a tt e r y m anu f a c t u r e r

a t all t i m e s

.

B e f o r e e v e r y f li g ht b e s u r e t o c a r r y o u t a r an g e c h e c k, and en s u r e t h a t all f u n c t i ons a r e w o r k i ng

c or r e c t l y.

N o t e in p ar t i c u l ar t h at t h e m o t o r c on t r ol f un c t i on on t h e t r an s m i t t er m u s t f ir s t b e s e t t o t h e O F F

p o s i t i on b e f o r e you s w i t c h o n t h e s y s t e m

. A l w ays s w i t c h on t h e t r an sm i t t er f ir s t

, t h en t h e

r e c e i vi n g s y s t e m

. W h e n s w i t c h i ng o ff

, re v er s e t h e o r d e r: r e c e i v i ng s y s t em f ir s t

, t h en t h e

t r an sm i t t er.

C h e c k t h at t h e c on t r ol s ur f a c e s w ork i n t h e c o r r e c t “ s en s e ”

, i

. e. t h ey m o v e in t h e d i r e c t i on

w hi c h c o r r e s p onds t o t h e s t i c k m o ve m e n t

.

A ft e r ea c h s e ss i on r e m o v e a l l t h e b a t t er i es f r om t h e UAS a n d s t o r e t h em in a di sc h a r g ed s t a t e

at a t e m p e r a t u r e o f a b out + 5 ° t o +2 5° C

. T h ey s h o ul d b e k ept o u t o f t h e r e a c h o f c h i l d r en a t a l l

t i m e s

.