How to Fly RC Park Flyers

Check the plane for cracks in the foam or loose equipment. Never fly a plane that does not pass your inspection. Try to have an experienced RC pilot with you for the first few flights.

Range check the RC equipment. Power the transmitter and reciever on and walk 50 feet from the plane with the antenna down. Have a friend remain with the plane. The servos should not twitch, and the control surfaces should move when the transmitter stick is moved. Do not fly a plane that fails this test.

Launch your plane at full throttle into the wind to help get airflow over the control surfaces. Once the plane starts to pick up speed climb to about 40 feet of altitude and throttle down to half to two-thirds.

Trim the control surfaces by letting the plane fly without any control inputs. This can be a difficult step if the plane is well out of adjustment. Use the trim tabs on the transmitter to add small inputs to the control surfaces. Ideally the plane should fly straight and level if you remove your fingers from the transmitter sticks.

Learn to fly the plane by first flying circles around the field. Once you are comfortable with that flight pattern, try moving to a figure eight.

Land your plane by aligning with the runway and reducing power to at least half-throttle. As the airspeed decreases, the plane will start to lose altitude. Slowly reduce the throttle until the plane descends steadily without dropping the nose. Keep this speed and heading and the plane should land safely. Move the throttle to the full off position right before the plane touches ground.