Painless360 Model Building/Repair Checklist

POST BUILDING/REPAIR CHECKLIST: BASIC AIRFRAME POST BUILDING/REPAIR CHECKLIST: FLIGHT CONTROLLER & FPV

□ ALL CONNECTORS, SCREWS, BOLTS AND WIRES CONNECTED AND □ FAILSAFE SET AND WORKING?
TIGHT? o SET AS RTH (IF AVAILABLE)
□ NO GLUE SEAMS MISSED OR CRACKS IN FOAM NEED GLUE □ LEVEL AND ANY PITCH OFFSETS SET?
□ FLIGHT CONTROLLER/STABILISER SECURELY FIXED □ MODES SETUP FOR FLIGHT?
□ NO SHORT ON MAIN POWER CONNECTOR? o SETUP TRIM AND AUTOTUNE? (IF NEEDED)
□ RADIO AND RECEIVER BOUND? □ OSD SETUP AND CORRECT UNITS SET?
□ CONTROLS □ VTX CHANNEL, BAND AND POWER LEVELS SET?
o MOVEMENT IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION? □ LAUNCH MODE CONFIGURED AND SET?
o THROWS AS EXPECTED? □ CONFIRM CORRECTION FOR CONTROLS IN STABILISATION MODE
o REFLEX OR TRIM POSITIONS SET FOR NEUTRAL? □ COMPASS CALIBRATED (IF FITTED)
□ MOTOR AND ESC □ CONFIRM GPS LOCK AND ABILITY TO ARM
o ESC CALIBRATED?
o PROP ON THE RIGHT WAY ROUND?
PRE-LAUNCH CHECKLIST FOR THE FIELD
o PROP NUT TIGHT?
□ CG PLACEMENT WITH BATTERY OK? □ BATTERY FULLY CHARGED (MODEL, RADIO, GOGGLES, CAMERA)
□ ALL CARBON FIBRE/REENFORCEMENT FITTED □ ALL CONNECTORS, SCREWS, BOLTS, PROP NUT TIGHT
□ PROP UNDAMAGED AND PROP NUT TIGHT
POST BUILDING/REPAIR CHECKLIST: RADIO AND RECEIVER o EDF INTAKES AND FAN CLEAR OF DEBRIS
□ CG PLACEMENT CORRECT
□ FAILSAFE SET FOR RECEIVER? □ COMPASS CALIBRATED (IF FITTED)
□ THROTTLE CUT OR ARMING SWITCH NEEDED/SET-UP? □ CONTROLS MOVE IN CORRECT DIRECTION
□ MODE CHANNEL NEEDED/SETUP? □ CORRECTION IN RIGHT DIRECTION (IF USING FC/STABILISER)
□ DUAL RATES NEEDED/SETUP? □ ABLE TO ARM MODEL AND SPIN MOTOR
□ EXPO ON CONTROLS NEEDED? □ MOTOR DIRECTION CORRECT
□ INSTANT TRIM NEEDED/SETUP? □ FAILSAFE WORKING
□ TIMER SET (IF NEEDED) □ RANGE CHECK OK
□ NEEDED LUA SCRIPTS ON RADIO (IF NEEDED) □ DVR RECORDING WITH ENOUGH EMPTY SPACE

REMEMBER: ONLY FLY WHEN YOU AND THE MODEL ARE READY: IF IN DOUBT, DON’T!

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