Top Flite TOPA1010 - Manual (Page 16)

As a gener
al guideline
, positioning the leadouts fur
ther
aft mak
es plane pull harder on lines (f
or windy da
ys),
b
ut also mak
es plane
“handle”
or react a little slo
w
e
r.
This positioning is recommended f
or less-po
w
e
rful
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 plane pull less hard on lines
,
thus quic
k
ening response
.
This can be better f
o
r
calm da
ys
, 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
.
D
o
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 r
un the engine in
a closed room or gar
age
.
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
face 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
a
ll out of
shir
t or jac
k
et poc
k
e
ts 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 the engine
, cut off the fuel supply b
y
closing
off the fuel line or f
ollo
wing the engine man
u
facturer’
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 Academ
y of Model
Aeronautics Official Saf
ety Code:
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.
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).
8.
I will not consume alcoholic be
v
e
rages pr
ior to
, nor
dur
ing, par
ticipation in an
y model oper
ations
.
9.
Children under 6 y
ears old are only allo
w
ed on the
flight line as a pilot or while under flight instr
uction.
Contr
ol Line
1.
I will subject m
y
complete control system (including
saf
ety thong, where applicab
le) to an inspection
and pull test pr
ior to flying.
Pull test will be in
accordance with the current Competition Regulations f
or applicab
le model categor
y.
Models
not fitting a specific categor
y as detailed shall use
those pull test requirements f
or Control Line
Precision Aerobatics
.
2.
I will assure that m
y
flying area is saf
ely clear of all
utility wires or poles
.
3.
I will assure that m
y
flying area is saf
ely clear of all
non-essential par
ticipants and spectators bef
ore
per
mitting m
y
engine to be star
ted.
4.
I will not fly a model closer than 50 f
eet [15m] to
an
y electr
ical po
w
e
r line
.
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