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Warnings
• • • • The contents of this kit can be assembled to produce a working model, but the
helicopter 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
destroyed - 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 the rotor blades will
probably be severely damaged 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
important 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 - SHW3 and SHW7- which
include safety notes and warnings. Please be sure to read them and keep to our
recommendations. 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
competent 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
observed at all times. For example, you must take out third part insurance, you must
obtain permission to use the flying site, and you may have to obtain a licence to use
your radio control system (varies 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.
• • • • Controlling a model helicopter successfully is not easy; you will need persistence and
determination to learn the skills, and good hand-eye co-ordination is a pre-condition.
• • • • Before you attempt to fly the model you should study the subject of helicopters in
depth, so that you have a basic understanding of how the machines work. Read
everything you can on the theory of helicopters, and spend as much time as you can
watching other model helicopter pilots flying. Talk to chopper pilots, ask their advice,
and enrol at a specialist model flying school if you need to. Many model shops will
also be prepared to help you.
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