Great Planes FlyLite EP Slow Flyer ARF - GPMA1107 - Manual (Page 22)

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Landing
Always be ready to land your FlyLite at any time. After a few fl ights you will be able to predict when the motor is going to quit
(within a minute or so), but even then one can never be precisely certain when this will happen. Run time depends on many
variables such as battery condition, the type of fl ying being done and how much throttle is being used. When you notice that
motor power just doesn’t seem to be what it was before, this is usually an indication that the battery is getting low. If you
can predict when this is going to happen, you can give yourself extra time to try more than one landing pass if the fi rst one
doesn’t work out. Most of the time though, when the motor does quit unexpectedly it is no problem because the FlyLite glides
extremely well and all you have to do is glide it in for a landing.
LANDING PROCEDURE
1. Cut power on the
downwind leg. 2. The nose should drop automatically. Allow
the plane to establish a nose-down, 180°
banked turn by applying rudder.
3. Continue the ascending
banked turn working the
elevator to maintain airspeed
and the nose-down attitude.
4. Level the wings, applying elevator as necessary
to control the descent. If necessary, apply throttle
to stretch the approach to reach the landing zone.
Or, apply throttle and go around again if the plane
is too high.
5. Continue to apply “up” elevator as
the model slows, finally ending up
with full “up” elevator the moment
the plane has lost all flying speed at
the same time it touches down.
WIND
Always land into the wind if you can—sometimes this is not possible if the motor quits unexpectedly. Landing into the wind
will reduce the FlyLite’s ground speed for the slowest, softest possible touchdown. All you have to do is cut the power and
circle around to the landing zone. While the plane is descending use the elevator to control the rate of descent. In general, the
lower and slower the plane becomes the more “up” elevator you should be holding until you “run out” of elevator the moment
the plane cannot remain airborne and touches down. Of course, if the motor has quit you will have only one chance and will
have to land the plane wherever it is. But if you still have battery power and the plane is too far away, just apply throttle to fl y
it closer or even fl y past and try another landing. Eventually you will be able to land your FlyLite right at your feet!