Top Flite TOPA1020 - Manual (Page 15)

Adjust Leadouts This model is equipped with adjustab
le leadouts
.
The
lines can be adjusted b
y
means of a Phillips head set
scre
w
located inside the slot pro
vided f
or the leadouts
.
The leadouts can be loosened, then slid f
o
re and aft.
When the
y
are in place
, tighten the set scre
w do
wn to
pre
v
ent the leadouts from mo
ving bac
k and f
o
rth in
flight.
Y
ou should also chec
k the leadouts after each
flight, making sure the scre
w is tight.
As a gener
al guideline
, positioning the leadouts
fur
ther aft mak
es the plane pull harder on the lines
(f
or windy da
ys), b
ut also mak
es the plane
“handle”
or
react a little slo
w
e
r.
This positioning is recommended
for less-po
w
erful engines or longer lines and is also a
good w
a
y to counter the eff
ect of ha
ving not enough
wing tip w
eight.
Fur
ther f
o
rw
ard mak
es the plane pull less hard on
the lines
, thus quic
k
ening response
.
This can be
better f
o
r calm da
ys
, and better f
or f
aster
, more
po
w
erful engines or shor
ter lines
.
It is also a w
a
y to
counter the eff
ect of ha
ving too m
uch wing tip w
e
ight.
The e
xact placement of these leadouts will be a matter
of e
xper
imentation to match y
our flying style;
ho
w
e
v
e
r,
w
e
recommend center
ing the tw
o leadouts in their
slots as a star
ting point.
ENGINE SAFETY PRECA
UTIONS
•
K
eep all engine fuel in a saf
e place
, a
w
a
y
from high
heat, spar
ks or flames
, as fuel is v
e
ry
flammab
le
.
Do not smok
e near the engine or fuel;
and
remember that engine e
xhaust giv
es off a g
reat
deal of deadly carbon mono
xide
.Theref
ore
do not
run the engine in a c
losed r
oom or gara
g
e
.
•
Get help from an e
x
per
ienced pilot when lear
ning
to oper
ate engines
.
•
Use saf
ety glasses when star
ting or r
unning engines
.
•
Do not r
un the engine in an area of loose g
ra
v
el or
sand;
the propeller ma
y thro
w such mater
ial in
y
our f
ace or e
y
es
.
•
K
eep y
our f
ace and body as w
ell as all spectators
a
w
a
y
from the plane of rotation of the propeller as
y
ou star
t and r
un the engine
.
•
K
eep these items a
w
a
y
from the prop:
loose
clothing, shir
t slee
v
e
s
, ties
, scarfs
, long hair or
loose objects such as pencils or scre
wdr
iv
ers that
ma
y f
all out of shir
t or jac
k
et poc
k
ets into the prop
.
•
Use a
“chic
k
en stic
k”
or electr
ic star
ter to star
t the
engine
.
Do not use y
our fingers to flip the
propeller
.
Mak
e cer
tain the glo
w
plug clip or
connector is secure so that it will not pop off or otherwise get into the r
unning propeller
.
•
Mak
e all engine adjustments from behind the
rotating propeller
.
•
The engine gets hot! Do not touch it dur
ing or r
ight
after oper
ation.
Mak
e sure fuel lines are in good
condition so fuel will not leak onto a hot engine
,
causing a fire
.
•
T
o stop a glo
w engine
, cut off the fuel supply b
y
closing off the fuel line or f
ollo
wing the engine
man
uf
acturer’
s recommendations
.
D
o not use
hands
, fingers or an
y other body par
t to tr
y to stop
the engine
.
Do not thro
w an
ything into the propeller
of a r
unning engine
.
AMA SAFETY CODE (
EXCERPTS
)
Read and abide b
y
the f
ollo
wing e
xcer
pts from the
Academ
y of Model Aeronautics Saf
ety Code
.
F
or the
complete Saf
ety Code ref
er to
Model A
viation
magazine
, the AMA w
eb site or the Code that came
with y
our AMA license
.
General 1.
I will not fly m
y
model aircr
aft in sanctioned e
v
ents
,
air sho
ws
, or model flying demonstr
ations until it
has been pro
v
en to be airw
or
th
y b
y
ha
ving been
pre
viously
, successfully flight tested.
3.
Where estab
lished, I will abide b
y
the saf
ety r
ules
for the flying site I use
, and I will not willfully and
deliber
ately fly m
y
models in a careless
, rec
kless
and/or dangerous manner
.
5.
I will not fly m
y
model unless it is identified with m
y
name and address or AMA n
umber
, on or in the
model.
Note:
This does not apply to models while
being flo
wn indoors
.
7.
I will not oper
ate models with p
yrotechnics (an
y
de
vice that e
xplodes
, b
u
rn
s
, or propels a projectile
of an
y kind).
F
ailure to f
o
llo
w these saf
ety precautions ma
y
result in se
vere injur
y
to y
our
self and other
s
.
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