Launch Advice - Best to have a friend with you who can help with the launch,
the range check and keep an eye on the plane.

1) RTFM - read the friendly manual if there is one- especially the launch
sequence.

2) Watch the video if there is one - sometimes the mfg has something on their
webs site on prep of the plane and your first luanches

3) When you get to the field, do a range check. Turn on the radio - antenna
DOWN. Connect the battery in the plane and place it where it can't move, or
have a friend hold it, but be clear of the prop and the tail.

Back away from the plane for about 30-40 feet, 15 -20 paces as you operate the
sticks. If the tail seems to work ok, turn the motor on - one quick rev to be
sure you have motor control, then off. Check the surface movements again.
Make sure they are moving in the correct direction (this one cost me a glider
crash) Turn motor on about 1/3 and check surfaces once more.

The whole process should take a minute or two. This is called a range check.
If you have control of the plane with the antenna down at this range, then
your radio and the receiver are working properly. You can launch.

Things to think about prior to launch - you want to launch, fly around and
land. No tricks, no loops. Safe up and safe down.

1) Do your first flights in calm air. No more than 5 MPH wind. Dead calm is
better. You want to fly the plane, not fight the wind.

2) Altitude is your friend. Don't be afraid to get it up to about 200 feet on
the first flight. If you make a mistake, this will give you room to recover

3) slow easy stick movements, not big hard movements. Start your
turns early. Flying a plane is more like driving a boat than a car. You are
traveling in a fluid so it takes time for the plane to respond. And, it
steers from the back, not the front, like a car or a bicycle.

4) Speed is your enemy. The plane should fly nicely at half throttle. Once
you are at the right altitude, come back to half throttle and just cruise at
that setting as you get to know the plane. You will get much longer flights
this way.

5) bring a watch to time your flights. No more than 5 minutes for the first
few. You don't want to take a chance on running out of battery on your first
few flights. At full throttle you should have 6-7 minutes. at half throttle,
about 12-15 minutes. Who ever launches is also the timer.

OK to launch -

Fully extend the antenna. Make sure the wing is on straight and centered.

Make sure the trims are centered - the moveable surfaces should be even with
the stationary part of the tail. If they are not, follow the instructions in
the manual to adjust them. You MUST adjust them with the battery in and the
radio on with the trims centered.

I suggest you hand launch rather than rise off the ground.

You need a large open space - at least 600X600 with nothing in the way. Stand
in one corner of the space. You MUST launch into the wind. MUST! While you
are flying keep the plane in front of you, up wind.

If you have a friend with you, one should launch the plane and one should work
the controls.

The launch is a firm LEVEL throw from the shoulder straight out. NOT UP.

Pull the elevator trim back two to three clicks, no more. Full power to the
motor. Take two to three steps and throw the plane straight out at shoulder
height like you were throwing a spear or a javelin, but out level, not up.
The plane will go out, may lose a little height then rise up. Only use the
stick to keep it going straight., left and right.

Keep the power at full until the plane is about 75 feet up, about tree height.
then move it back to about 3/4. It should continue to climb. Move the trim
forward the 2-3 clicks to the middle. The plane should continue to climb, but
more slowly. Watch our space. If you are running out of room begin your
turn. You want to climb in a big big circle. Move the sticks only a little
bit and give the plane a chance to respond. Slow smooth movements of the
stick.

Make big lazy circles as you climb and keep the plane in front of you. Use
the whole field.

When you get to about 150 -200 feet, take it back to half throttle. It should
fly about level at this throttle setting. You can use the elevator to take it
up and down in small movements, but if you pull the stick back too far or too
fast it will stall and the nose will drop, just let the stick go to center and
it should recover on its own.

When you turn, don't hold the stick in the turn for more than about 2 seconds
then let it come back to center.

You are flying.

After about 3 minutes from launch, you want to prepare to come down. Bring
the throttle to about 1/3 or where the plane starts to desend. You can use
the elevator to control the attitude, nose up and down, but for now, let the
plane just come down slowly.

You must land into the wind. MUST! So plan your circles so that you will end
up into the wind as you get close to the ground. When you are bout 10 feet
up, cut the throttle way back, but not off. and just line up for your
landing. Let the plane come down gently. A couple of seconds bufore you
land, turn the motor off and just let it glide in.

You are a pilot!