Warning Notes - GRAUPNER heim Bell 230 Instructions D'utilisation

Warning notes

• • • • The contents of this kit can be assembled to produce a working model helicopter, but
the model is by no means a harmless plaything. If assembled incorrectly or handled
incompetently or carelessly it can cause serious injury to persons and damage to
property.
• • • • When the model helicopter's engine is running, the two rotors are spinning at high
speed and contain an enormous quantity of rotational energy. Anything and
everything that gets into the rotational plane of the rotors is either damaged or de-
stroyed - and that includes parts of your body. Please take extreme care at all times
with this machine.
• • • • If any object obstructs the rotational plane of the revolving rotors, severe damage will
probably be caused to the rotor blades as well as the object. Broken parts may fly off
and result in enormous imbalance; the whole helicopter then falls into sympathetic
vibration, you lose control and have no way of predicting what the model will do next.
• • • • You may also lose control if a problem arises in the radio control system, perhaps as
a result of outside interference, component failure or flat or faulty batteries, but in any
case the result is the same: the model helicopter's response is entirely unpredictable.
Without prior warning it may move off in any direction.
• • • • Helicopters have many parts which are naturally subject to wear, including gearbox
components, motor, ball-links etc., and as a result it is absolutely essential to check
and maintain the model regularly. It is standard practice with full-size aircraft to give
the machine a thorough "pre-flight check" before every flight, and this is equally im-
portant with your model helicopter. Constant checking gives you the opportunity to
detect and correct any faults which may develop before they are serious enough to
cause a crash.
• • • • The kit also includes two additional information sheets - SHW 3 and SHW 7 - which in-
clude safety notes and warnings. Please be sure to read them and keep to our re-
commendations. They are an essential part of these instructions.
• • • • This helicopter is designed to be constructed and operated by adults, although young
people of 16 years or more may do so under the instruction and supervision of com-
petent adults.
• • • • The model features sharp points and edges which may cause injury.
• • • • Flying model aircraft is subject to certain legal restrictions, and these must be obser-
ved at all times. For example, it is essential to take out third party insurance, you must
obtain permission to use the flying site, and you may have to obtain a licence to use
your radio control system (regulations vary from country to country).
• • • • It is important to transport your model helicopter (e.g. to the flying site) in such a way
that there is no danger of damaging the machine. Particularly vulnerable areas are the
rotor head linkages and the tail rotor generally.
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