How Do You Preflight Check A RC Airplane?
This article will tell you how to perform a preflight check on a RC airplane to ensure your airplane will takeoff, fly and land safely. A preflight check should be performed before every flight to avoid crashing a $200 airplane due to a simple problem like a loose screw. Check the club’s frequency board to make sure no one else is on your channel. Place your card, cloths pin or whatever your club uses to designate that your channel is in use on the frequency board. Turn on your transmitter. Verify that the voltage of your transmitter battery is over the rated voltage of the battery pack. If it is a 9.6v battery pack, make sure the voltage is over 9.6v. Some transmitters show this as a bar graph or analog meter. If the meter or graph is below half way, charge the transmitter battery before flight. Check the voltage of the receiver battery. Using a volt meter, verify that the voltage is over the rated voltage of the battery pack. If it is below the rated voltage, charge the battery befor
