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User Manual V4.0
Australian Version - Mode 1
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  • Page 1 AUTO SPLASH DRONE AUTO VERSION User Manual V4.0 Australian Version - Mode 1 www.swellpro.com www.uavwholesale.com .au www.swellpro.com...
  • Page 2 Due to any unforeseen changes or product upgrades, the information contained within this manual is subject to change without notice. It is advised to check the Splash Drone’s product page at www.swellpro.com which is updated on a regular basis. This will provide services such as product information, technical updates and manual corrections.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    15. Damage(s) or injuries caused by abusing & modifying the protective circuit inside of Battery. 16. Any legal liability incurred by illegal activities. Please use products within limits permitted by local laws and regulations. SWELLPRO reserves all the rights for final interpretation. Symbols Highlighting Forbidden (Im portant.
  • Page 4: Product Introduction

    6. FQA 1.Product Introduction Developed by SwellPRO, Splash Drone is the world’s 1st amphibious & waterproof drone. 71% of the earth covered by water, 60% of the people live by ocean or lake. There isn’t a drone that can survive from landing on water. The Splash Drone fills this gap on the drone market.
  • Page 5: Function Abstract

    9. Circle Flight: Fly the drone surround the specified target to make 360° aerial filming. 10. Self-tighten Carbon Fiber Propeller: Strong and durable, and no more wrench need to fix the propeller. 11. Smart Charger: All-In-One design, no more complicated setting, support 2-4S Li-Polymer battery. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 6: What's In The Box

    Lipo Battery x 1 pc Quick-release Landing gear x1 set 2.4G Radio controller x 1 set OSD Cable x 1 set Transmitter Ground station x 1 set Receiver Ground station x 1 set © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 7 7 Inch diversity LCD FPV Monitor x 1 set Receiver Antenna of FPV Monitor x 1 set AV Out cable of FPV Monitor x 1 set Power Adapter for FPV Monitor x 1 set © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 8: Splash Drone Auto Version

    Smart balancing Charger x 1 set Charging cable in EU Specification x 1 set Charging cable in U.S. Specification x 1 set Aluminum-alloy Suitcase x 1 set 4. Splash Drone AUTO version 4.1 Configuration 4.1.1 Aircraft Configuration © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 9: Radio Controller Configuration

    14. Front/Rear Sub-trim 28. Battery cover Remark: 16,19,20,21,25,26 are spare buttons for extra usage if any. The default Throttle control is American Mode (Left Joystick), Right throttle (Japanese Mode. is available basing on request. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 10 SWC2 SWC3 SWC3 ATTI Mode 4.2.1.3 Gimbal controller VRC, VRD is a gear switch to adjust the Roll/Pitch of Gimbal to get a better photography angle, please refer to 4.6.2 for more details. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 11 Left stick controls forward & backward in the horizontal plane Push up joystick to fly forward. Pull down joystick to fly backward. Aircraft keep hovering when aileron joystick stays in the neutral position. Larger stick movement brings higher speed. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 12 The week point is that the GPS & compass module is the quite sensitive with magnetic interference. Make sure you fly in a place without strong magnetic interference place and good GPS signal. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 13 After regaining the radio signal, aircraft will be Safe controllable by switching SWB to take over the flight, no matter in ATTI or GPS Return mode. 4.2.2.2 Graphic Illustration Circle Flight SWC2 © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 14: Controller

    2. When the controller screen is in OSD display, the system will not auto lock the screen. 4.2.3.2 Menu Introduction for Radio Controller Menu Introduction Flight Speed (m/s) Rate © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 15 CCW motors; Install the 2pcs propeller with black spinner onto CW motors. Tighten them. Propeller Propeller with silver spinner Propeller with black spinner Graphic Assembly Location Motor with silkprinting ‘CCW’ Motor with silkprinting ‘CW’ Installation Graphic © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 16 DO NOT drive a nail in, hit with a hammer, or stomp on the battery. Do not disassemble or alter the battery. Do not use the battery in strong electrostatic areas; otherwise the electronic protection may be damaged which may cause a hazard. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 17 25%, two LED blink means 50%, three LED blink means 75%, and four LED blink means the battery is fully charged. 5. During the charging process, if all 4LEDs keep blinking, that’s mean ERROR occur. Check your connection or battery status. Image I © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 18 Solid RED when re-power on the Drone. 4.3.1.1 Calibrate Accelerometer by controller Accelerometer Calibration 1. Firstly turn on Radio controller, then power on aircraft. Wait till the aircraft com pletes Self-checking, then Flip SWB gear at SWB2 (RTH) position. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 19 USB cable. Wait till system finishes self-checking. (No any more beep... Sounds emit from motors.) 2. Install the software assistant from link: www.swellpro.com, Double click to Open the software assistant, make sure the connection is successful. Choose ‘ACC’ In ‘BASIC’ menu.
  • Page 20 5. Click ‘ Confirm’, then give all reminder dialogues a firm ‘OK’ to complete calibration. 6. Click ‘Download’ in right-upper corner to save changes, and disconnect by clicking ‘Disconnect’ once again. Then Radio controller calibration is done. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 21 Wait 2mins to finish compass data collection. When the solid red indicator change into blinking slowly, the Compass calibration is done successfully. Ensure battery is re-connected after this. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 22 Suggestion: ‘Practice makes perfect’ is always correct to fly any aircraft. Therefore, Please practice flying with empty-loading when using Splash Drone AUTO at the first time. After getting familiar with whole flying process, just help yourself to attach accessories to enjoy great &...
  • Page 23 Please place aircraft away from the speaker devices in vehicle. Please turn off WIFI function before loading sport camera onto aircraft, any obedience will influence the transmitter and leads to malfunction in aircraft. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 24 6. Or Single red blinking from the indicator LED.) Pull the 2 joysticks to their lowest location in opposite direction as showed in right pictures. lock motors Note: Good GPS signal is necessary to unlock motors under GPS mode. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 25 SWB2 GPS communication. Principles in Automatic Return-To-Home Flying height >20m Distance away from take-off location >15m (Aircraft will keep the original height to execute the Automatic Return-To-Home.) © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 26 During descending, the landing location can be controlled by Aileron Joystick, however the Throttle joystick is unavailable. 4.4.5 Navigation Indicators There are 4 navigation LEDs on the arms: the Red LED represent the nose direction, Green LED represent the rear direction. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 27 There are 2 battery warning levels, both of them can be set in the Assistant Software: Low-battery warning LED Indication Default factory setting is 14.8V, the indication First Level LED blink three times intermittently. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 28 If wanna to see flight data on the Radio controller screen, please remove the cable that connects to the ‘COM’ channel in the receiver, and connect the OSD converter to the ‘COM’ channel according to below picture: © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 29 Instruction ‘SWELLPRO Smart Ground Station APP Installation Guide’.. To run the ‘SwellPRO’ APP, please activate the GPS in your Android device. 3. Run the ‘SwellPRO’ APP, tap on the ‘GPS Coordinate’ to find the current location and choose the flying area.
  • Page 30 Wifi icon in the right-upper corner, it will pop up ‘Connection Type’ window. Choose ‘BLUETOOTH’ and press ‘Connect’ to scan the available device. Note: The Bluetooth signal name always start with ‘ UAV..’, see below pictures. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 31 Way-points can be easily set by tapping the location on the map, it’s also applicable to set specified parameter for every way-point (Height, hovering time, circling, and etc.. a. Please refer to below Image to set the specified way-points and flight path. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 32 & tablet automatically. Note: Please keep flight far away enough from the area with strong magnetic interference, it will significantly affect the performance of radio link signal. Follow-me © 2015 SWELLPRO All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 33 10 meters away from interference. If there happens to have many receiver terminals that are operating around you, please keep 10 meters away from the nearest receiver terminal to avoid the interference from each other. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 34 Try to install the parts according to the proved locations. But some senior pilots can change the location, like putting the GPS outside etc. Flight controller Video transmitter Gimbal controller board Battery 4.6.3 Waterproof Gimbal Installation There are two parts for the waterproof gimbal: controller box and gimbal bracket © 2015 SWELLPRO All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 35 CH7 channel, Green wire for ROLL control to CH8 channel. Ground cable to any ground (see above illustration diagram. 6. Open the wat e camera, place the cable to proper location, then in controller board Receiver © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 36 5. Insert the USB AV cable into the camera, and insert the camera into the case, close it. 6. Adjust a proper angle for the camera, and insert the video cable into your VTX inside the drone © 2015 SWELLPRO All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 38 4.6.8 Flight with OSD on Controller Note: OSD on radio controller CAN’T be used together with Smart ground station at the same time. Actually, Flight data feed from ‘SwellPRO’ APP is the same as it shows on display of radio controller.
  • Page 39 After getting all cables well-connected, below operation is necessary to get the flight data ready to show on your radio controller: 1. Download the assistant software from link www.swellpro.com , unpack and install it into computer. 2. Switch on radio controller and power on drone, then Connect Drone with Computer by the USB cable enclosed (refer to the socket on Power Distribution Board) ©...
  • Page 40 3. Open the software assistant icon ‘SwellPro(en).exe’, after clicking ‘Connect’ successfully, Choose ‘Advanced’ menu to find Sub-menu ‘RTN’, then single click ‘RC’ Item in the course of ‘COM Protocol’, just execute ‘Download’ order in right-upper corner of the interface is OK.
  • Page 41 2. Choose the ‘PARAMETER’ item by shortly pressing the center location of right switch, then enter into [PARAMETER] interface. 3. Choose the ‘STK-MODE’ item by rotating the round edge of right switch. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 42 Splash Drone is here to satisfy your different operation habits. 6.6 Does the Splash Drone support Follow-me function? A: Splash Drone AUTO version supports the Follow-me mode, it can be realized by the smart ground station. 6.7 Is it normal when pulling throttle down to the lowest position, but the motors don’t stop...
  • Page 43 A: The reserved channel for pay-load releasing mechanism is SWA/SWD in the radio controller, the channel is CH7/CH8 in Receiver. flip SWA/SWD to carry & release lifesaver, swim ring, mini radio appliances to support emergency or even a bottle of water. © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...
  • Page 44 Flight controller ( Foam Specification: Material EPDM, Type: DEO-90, Density: 70kg/m³, Thickness: 5mm); Upgrade the latest firmware to V4.0 and load the tuned Parameter profile into the 2-Axis waterproof Gimbal. Please refer to the detailed notice on www.sewllpro.com © 2015 SWELLPRO All Right s Reserved...