Super Cub Manual
Flying Tips
• Sensor Assisted Flight Envelope (SAFE™) technology
is designed as flight assistance, not an autopilot.
The pilot is always in control and required to fly the
aircraft at all times.
• Start in Beginner mode (SAFE switch position 0).
As you learn and become more confident, change
modes to advance your flying skills.
• Always keep your aircraft in plain sight and upwind
from you.
• Do not attempt your first turn at low altitude. Higher
altitudes allow for greater possibility of correction.
• Always make deliberate and steady control stick
movements for smooth control of your aircraft.
Panic Recovery Mode:
If you feel you have
lost control in any
mode, hold the Panic
Recovery button. The
SAFE technology will
return the aircraft to a
stable attitude (wings
level with a slight
climb). Always fly at a
safe altitude, as Panic
Recovery may cause the aircraft to lose some
altitude when leveling the wings. Release the
Panic Recovery button to turn off Panic mode
and return to the current SAFE flight mode.
NOTICE: If a crash is
imminent, reduce the
throttle. Failure to do
so could result in extra
damage to the airframe,
as well as damage to the
receiver and motor.
NOTICE: Crash damage is
not covered under
warranty.
It does not appear the "Panic Button" did not work but worked just like it was designed to, as per the manual.
All the panic button will do is set wings level, depending on what angle you were to start with, it may drop some to level it out .
The Super Cub air frame is not like the Delta Ray for example or the Apprentice. The Delta Ray with it's Delta design will level out rather quickly, the Apprentice with it's large wing area will level out moderately fast, but the Super Cub will level out slower than the other two, but will level out. Why it says to be at a greater altitude.
Unless you were in a dive or spin or had lost the plane, do not know why you would use the Panic button anyway, unless you were about to land to keep the wing level ?
And pushing the panic button would not make it turn , it can cause it to lose altitude to level the wing, but it would not drop out of the sky, unless you ran the battery down below the LVC ( Low voltage Cutoff) but you still should have control even with motor off or pulsing to land....and the panic button would keep the wing level.
Could be the winds were blowing more than you think, and you got in a down draft, but again with the Cubs design it should have not "dropped" out of the sky, it would have glided away or came down at an angle, the panic button would keep it level in any event.
You may have panicked yourself, and simply lost it.And could have been you did not hold the button down as much as you thought ?
Not sure without seeing what happened .
But you could see if the panic button works simply by taking off and banking the plane and hit the Panic button, it should immediately level the plane.
Had you simply switched to beginners mode and let go of the sticks it would have self leveled even in a dive .The High wing design would pull the plane near level on it's own if you had altitude, the Modes the SAFE allows for instance in beginners mode and panic mode will level the plane. The Beginners mode only allows limited controls to move, but has SELF Leveling when you let go of the sticks....Intermediate Mode only allows a limited control movements but has no self leveling, and experience mode is like flying the Cub as always with no limit of control surfaces and no self leveling, but in ALL 3 Modes the panic button if held down will bring the plane to level, but again you have to keep it down.
Wind at altitude is twice the rate as it is near the ground and the winds increase with every foot you climb, and depending on where you are and how the winds are blowing ( gusts fir example) those 5-10 MPH winds could have been as much as 20-25 MPH and if they are swirling and or down drafts it can push the plane into the ground no matter what you do, or carry you in a circle no matter what control input you give the plane ( that happened to me a few weeks back ) wind can do allot of things to a foam plane when you least expect them to.
but you will have to see what the button does on your next outing, if it is not working then, you need to contact the place you bought it or the manufacturer concerning it.But i dare say you will learn it was something else ( the Pilot) not the button. Lol
read this
supercubclub.proboards.com/thread/5484/fly-help?page=1&scrollTo=39113I would ask as Fly mentioned , here you talked about Ailerons and Flaps
supercubclub.proboards.com/thread/5453/stock-super-cub-receiver-channel?page=1&scrollTo=38910So I am not sure which Super Cub you do have the NEW SAFE Version or the older with ACT
IF by chance you have the older ACT system ( that is what helped you, to cause a crash) and IF you have the New SAFE system ( You caused the crash alone )Most Likely
