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Operating Guidelines
8.1 Preflight
Initial Conditions:
Finalize all the preflight procedures to your drone and payload. The following tasks are in
addition to the regular preflight tasks –
Ensure that the thumb screws and the mounting legs screws are firmly closed.
Connect the parachute cable to the SAP and store the pyro dummy. Notice that the
white line on the connector should face upwards.
Verify that the electronic TerminateAir cables are connected (the short and the long
black cables).
Make sure that the rotors may spin freely without any existing or potential contact with
the parachute system.
Carefully remove the safety pin, then turn on the RC (optional). At the end of the
initialization process, the SmartAir LED should be
Turn on the power to the drone
Verify that the electronic TerminateAir LEDs are on
Go back to a safety distance of at least 5 meters
8.2 Takeoff
When climbing, you must climb to approximately 7 meters before the system is armed.
Climb until you hear a single long beep, and the LED is GREEN.
The system is now armed and ready for activation in case of an emergency.
8.3 Before Landing
When approaching landing, and the drone slowly while keeping it level. Three seconds after
the rotors are stopped on the ground, the parachute system automatically disarms. At that
point, a long double-beep is heard and the LED is BLUE.
Caution
Rough maneuvers in close proximity to the ground might result in parachute
deployment.
8.4 After Landing
Place the safety pin inside the canister and (optional) turn off the RC.
Disconnect the parachute cable from the SAP and connect the pyro dummy.
Warning
Do not move the drone or system while the system is armed (green LED). An angle breach
may cause the system to deploy. The parachute and cover will be projected at high
speed and may cause injuries. Inserting the safety pin all the way in will prevent this risk.
The safety pin is in.
BLUE
and the RC LED should be green.
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