After practicing on the simulator, find your self reasonable size room, in this room you should have all doors closed as any wind can affect the movement of the dragonfly, turn off the air-condition or heating.

With the training kit bolt on:

Step l

First check that all the controls are correct. We suggest you loosen off the two screws of the electric motor and slide it away so that the pinion gear from the motor is no longer engaged to the main gear. Now turn your transmitter on followed by plugging in the helicopter. Centre all trims and pull the throttle stick down to the bottom. Please note at this stage that you might have to adjust the throttle trim so in this position, the electric motor is not turning.

Next check the swash plate is level. To adjust this, use the trims on your transmitter for forward and aft and left and right cyclic.

Once you have achieved all these initial settings, unplug the helicopter from its battery and turn the transmitter off. Re-engage the electric motor and make sure that you do not make the gear mesh too tight between the pinion gears and the main drive gear. To achieve this slide through a piece of paper between the two gears so there is slightly backslash.

In the appropriate room which is quite large and with no obstacles, place the models in the middle, turn the transmitter on and plug in the flight battery and wait until the LED light is activated. Then test that the servos operate properly but please remember do not apply any throttle. Keep the throttle stick at the off position.

If everything is working correctly, position yourself at least 2 metres behind the helicopter and slightly off to one side. Please be sure that you are able to see the nose of the helicopter.

Please note when flying that you always watch the nose of the helicopter. If the nose of the helicopter twists to the left, you are then required to give right tail rotor to correct this (for example when using Mode I type radio, you push the left hand stick to the right). Watch the nose and slightly apply enough throttle until the model becomes light on its skids.

All helicopters exhibit a small amount of unavoidable drift on takeoff due to the side thrust of the tail rotor and also the turbulence coming from the main rotor blades which is called "rotor wash". This is mainly noticed as drift to the left just before takeoff. Therefore it is possible that the machine will tend to yaw its nose to the left or right when a small amount of power is applied, then straighten up when more power is applied to give authority to the model.

Observe whether or not the helicopters tips forward or backwards. If it tips forward, you will need to apply elevator trim towards the rear. This is reversed if it tips the other way. Do this until there is no more detectable forward or backwards or even sideward tendencies.

Always when applying the throttle, please apply it softly. Too much throttle will make the helicopter climb too quickly and you may have difficulties in correcting it quickly enough.

Step 2

First flights should be what are called "bunny hops". This is initially applying a slight amount of power to get the machine light on its skids.

Once this has happened, apply more power to lift the machine so it is approximately 30 centimeters off the ground. Watch for any change of direction of the model. If you cannot correct it immediately, decrease the throttle and land.

This is the initial technique to learn to fly. You must do this until you believe you are starting to put in the right correction commands to keep the helicopter in one spot. How many times and how many batteries you will achieve this in will depend on your ability to become familiar with the feeling and feedback from the model.

At the preferred height of 30 centimeters which we find is best for flight training, always make sure you watch the nose of your helicopter not the tail. Keep practicing and you will find that your flights will become longer.

Also please note that depending on the size of your room, after a few minutes the air circulating around the room can cause some turbulence created by the model. If you find this is off-putting, we suggest that you land and let the air settle.

Please remember that model helicopters no matter what type will never stay still. They will always require some form of input to stop the drift or the tendency to turn. This is not a sign of something faulty with the helicopter, but more the nature.

As you become more familiar with your helicopter, you will find that your hand and eye co?ordination will enable input to correct the movement of the helicopter as soon as it starts, and this will start to show smooth flight.

Step 3

Once you believe you are now familiar with the basic hovering of your helicopter, you should now start experimenting with turning the helicopter slightly to the left or right using the tail rotor (yaw).

Please note always remember if you have turned your helicopter to the left, if you get into any trouble, yaw the helicopter back to the right so you have the tail pointing at you for easier reference. We suggest that you turn the model some 45 degrees towards you always remembering to watch the nose.

Takeoffs are a little easier than landing. This is due to the ground effect turbulence of the rotor blades. However spot landing at a modest rate of descent is not as difficult as it might seem. As you become more proficient with your helicopter finding a larger hall so you can start to fly around more or even on dead calm days, by going outside you can achieve some forward flying circuits. If you do fly outside, please remember any wind will affect the performance of the humming bird. Please keep this in mind and do not get surprised if it suddenly climbs or drops without you making any input. This can be caused by a slight breeze or even a thermal wind coming through.

Remember practice makes perfect and even we suggest buying a computer flight simulator can greatly enhance and speed up the learning technique. In addition a simulator is great for teaching you "nose in". This is when the nose of the helicopter is pointing at you which, once this is done, some of the inputs are reversed which can catch out the novice pilot.

Please keep in mind once you notice that the performance of the helicopter is dropping, this is a sign that the flight pack is going flat. We suggest that you immediately land and recharge your battery.

Remember the proper environment of no wind and a large space without obstacles is the key to learning.