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SAFETY PREGAUTIONS
your
circle
to
drift downwind
with the
thermal. Be
careful when following a thermal downwind though as
you
still
have to be able to make it back to
the field!
lf the sailplane is flying along and all of a sudden turns
by itself, it has
probably
flown near a thermal. Keep in
mind
that thermal
will have
tendency to turn the
plane
away, so
make
a 180 degree turn and fly back towards
the thermal . lf
you
don't
quickly
encounter lift
start
searching around that area. lf
you
find the
thermal,
follow the
procedure
outlined
above to take advantage
of it.
Thermals can be
generated
at any time
of the day, but
the strangest thermals are usually
produced
when the
sun
is
directly overhead 10:00am to 2:00pm
seems to
be the best time to find the strongest thermals.
lf
you
find
yourself getting
too high or
you're
having
trouble
getting
out of a strong thermal. DO
NOT dive
the
plane
to lose
altitude.
This
will very
quickly
over-
stress the airframe and blow the wings
off the
pla
The easiest
and safest
way
to
qulckly
lose
altitude
i
apply full rudder
(either
right
or
left)
and full up
eleva
This will
put
the
plane
into a tight spin that will
normally
not over-stress the airframe. This is
especially useful if
the sailplane
gets
sucked into a cloud
or
gets
too high
to see. The
spinning action
will
give
the
sun a better
chance of reflecting off of the wing
and catching
your
attention.
As
you
might
expect,
with
all this rising
air, there must
also be some sinking
air.
This
sinking air is the
sailplane
pilots
enemy and
one of
the
factors that really
make
eHawk
1500
challenging.
"Sink"
as it is referred
to, is usually not as strong
as
the
nearby thermals, but
is
can
quickly put
a sailplane on the
ground.
Sink in
one
of the reasons,
you
have to be very
careful when
chasing a thermal downwind.
lf
you
encounter sink,
immediately
turn and fly 90 degrees to the
direction of
the wind. Apply a little down elevator to
pick
up some
speed and
get
out of the bad
air as
quickly
as
possible.
You as the
pilot
of this radio
controlled model are
responsible for
any accidents that may
occur during its
use. We recommend
that
you
fly
your
model at a model
club
field
which is specially set up for modelflying.
But
always be sure that
you
operate the model in a
safe and
careful manner and read the
Safety Cautions which
enclosed in the kit
as
following.
Now that
you
have
completed the
assembly of
your
eHawk 1500 model we feel
that have
a
very
capable
and
good
looklng
2-meter electric
sailplane. We hope
that
you
will enjoy this model
and
get
many hours
of
flying
pleasure
from
its use. Thank
you
for
purchasing
this eHawk 1500 from Thunder
Tiger and we look
forward
to
providing
you
with other
great
RiC
products
in the future.
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R/C Model
Airplane
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THUNDER TIGER CORPORATION
http://www.thunderti
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