When taking off, you always want to give it full throttle. Once it's off the ground and stable, you can back off the throttle, no worries.
I forgot to tell myself that today when doing a low level test flight in my yard and was too cautious with the throttle... It got off the ground about a foot, went forward along the ground, the props dug in and it flipped. I knew exactly what I'd done wrong while it was happening. Dope...
I gave it full throttle after I cleaned the grass out of the props, checked each prop, checked the battery, etc... and up it went, ran like a clock and did everything I asked of it. Perfect flight.
Just thought I'd share that since there are so many new people on here lately, and there'll probably be even more after Christmas.
I'm still pissed at myself...
Also... instead of trying to land it, let it hover a foot or so over your head, grab onto one of the landing gear and, with your other hand, power it down until the motors stop. You'll save a lot of money on props...
-slinger
I forgot to tell myself that today when doing a low level test flight in my yard and was too cautious with the throttle... It got off the ground about a foot, went forward along the ground, the props dug in and it flipped. I knew exactly what I'd done wrong while it was happening. Dope...
I gave it full throttle after I cleaned the grass out of the props, checked each prop, checked the battery, etc... and up it went, ran like a clock and did everything I asked of it. Perfect flight.
Just thought I'd share that since there are so many new people on here lately, and there'll probably be even more after Christmas.
I'm still pissed at myself...
Also... instead of trying to land it, let it hover a foot or so over your head, grab onto one of the landing gear and, with your other hand, power it down until the motors stop. You'll save a lot of money on props...
-slinger