The Micro Mosquito is a small remote-controlled helicopter designed for indoor use. It uses two sticks and a dial to manage the throttle and stabilize and steer the craft. The left control stick moves up or down to control vertical thrust. The right control stick moves in four directions: up and down to control the helicopter's forward or backward movement and left and right to control the helicopter's spin. The dial on the middle adjusts the helicopter's trim: the spin of the helicopter while hovering without signals from the right control stick. The controller also has a small on/off switch beneath the trim control. Sliding the switch to the right turns the helicopter on to prepare it for flight.
Instructions
1. Push up gently on the left thumb stick to increase throttle to the helicopter. Continue to push up until the helicopter lifts off the ground. Once the helicopter is off the ground, ease off of the throttle lever slowly until the helicopter stops gaining altitude and begins to hover.
2. Turn the dial in the center of the remote with your right hand to adjust the trim of the helicopter. If the helicopter is rotating clockwise, spin the trim control counter-clockwise. If the helicopter is rotating counter-clockwise, spin the trim control counter-clockwise.
3. Push the right-hand stick to the right to rotate the helicopter clockwise. Push the right-hand stick to the left to rotate the helicopter counter-clockwise.
4. Press the right stick forward to move the helicopter forwards. Pull it backward to move the helicopter backward.
5. Push the left thumb stick down slowly to lower the helicopter. Push up on the throttle just before the helicopter reaches the ground to slow the descent rate for a smooth landing.
6. Lift the helicopter off the ground using the left control stick and hover the helicopter a foot above the ground. Hold the helicopter at that altitude for five seconds and land the helicopter. Repeat this exercise with different target altitudes to learn to maintain altitude.
7. Hover the helicopter 2 feet above the ground, then put it into a spin using the right control stick. Try to maintain a steady altitude with the left control stick while you stop the helicopter's spin. Practice spinning the helicopter in different directions.
8. Mark two targets on the ground, a takeoff target and a landing target. Place the helicopter on the takeoff target facing toward the landing target. Have the helicopter lift off, then tilt the right control stick forward to have the helicopter fly toward the landing target. Attempt to land on the target. Repeat this several times with the helicopter facing in different directions to learn horizontal flight.
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