blazobob
Senior Heliman
Location: us
| hi
somehow i missed your first post , thanks you to jschenck's last post for pointing it out
i agree with him completely
do not start and run it without main blades
do not tether it or tie it down in any way
set it up , and double check your pitch response , in whatever flight modes you choose , this would be with the engine off , if you want -5 degrees at bottom stick , and +10 at top ( just tossing in numbers here ) make sure you are getting these with a pitch gauge in those modes
if you have not run a IC heli before there are a few things to know , make sure the throttles butterfly is closed when the TX throttle stick is down ( throttle not reversed )
put one foot on a skid , and have a good grip on the head with one hand when you pull the starter chord , you want to be ready , especially for the very first start to be able to kill the engine , if something goes wrong , say the ignition or vibration causes glitching , i am thinking you could choke the engine to kill it in case of trouble , once you have started it and it behaves , this is not a problem , it is just a machines maiden start up you should be ready for anything , don't ask me how i know
once it is running , you can back off to a safe distance and run it up a bit , or let it idle , you can run it up till it is just getting light on its skids , and idle back down and run it some like this , this is a good time to be able to tach it , and if you go into hover , expect the tail to kick some as with factory carb settings it will be rich
once you get to hover , watch to see if the tail is hunting and set your gyros gain , check the temp of the tail servo when you land , if the gain is too high it can get hot
i like to hover for just a few minutes , and then land and look over all the links and fasteners , this is a good time to find out if you forgot to loctite anything
there are only about a million things to cover and i have just scratched the surface , i hope some of this helps , bob
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