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  • Page 1 Aircraft Aircraft System Professional·Leading Unprecedented Technology User’s Manual Please read this Manual carefully before use, and keep it handy for future reference.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Product Introduction ....................... 1 Safety Precautions ......................1 Charging ......................... 2 Use a Battery Indicator to Detect the Battery Level   ......................  2 Precautions for Use of the Charger   ...........................  3 Specification of the Charger   ...............................  3 How to Use the Charger  ...

  • Page 3: Product Introduction

    Professional·Leading Product Introduction Thanks for choosing the unmanned aircraft system manufactured by AEE, boasting a globally unique vertical take-off and landing aircraft with quad rotors. With the integrated design based on the highest standards in the world and the professional remote control for airborne photography device, ground station control device, and miniaturized real-time monitoring recording, it can satisfy all requirements under different environments and missions.

  • Page 4: Charging

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading loss of control. * For editing of waypoints, please make sure each waypoint is high enough in altitude (relative to the take-off position of the aircraft) to avoid intersection between the air route and mountains or buildings, which may result in collision and damage.

  • Page 5: Precautions For Use Of The Charger

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Black wire to “–” Notice: The black wire should be connected to “– ” during connection. After connection, the battery indicator first displays the total voltage, and then displays the voltage information of each battery cell in sequence: ALL (total voltage), No. 1, No. 2. No. 3, No. 4… Precautions for Use of the Charger 1.
  • Page 6 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Step Illustration Description Pull off the latch, and hold the battery cover in the direction shown in the figure; apply force according to the Step 1: direction of arrows to disengage the battery cover from the body and then remove it.
  • Page 7 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Step Illustration Description Connect charger wires Step 1: according to the figure, and pay attention to the polarity of terminals. Select charging interface corresponding to the number of the Step 2: cells (2S, 3S, 4S, 5S and 6S); connect the power plug after connecting the charging interface.
  • Page 8 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading select LiPo BALANCE, and the screen displays: 3) Press again for confirmation, and the current values begins to pulsate: ; press at this moment to decrease or increase the current value; press for confirmation after the current is adjusted to the proper value.

  • Page 9: Precautions For Use Of Lithium Battery

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading After charging is completed, please disconnect the battery from the charger in the sequence shown below: Then pull out the charging First disconnect the power plug Finally pull out the charger interface wires To avoid short circuit caused by accidental contact between the positive and negative connectors, which may further result in damage of the battery or other safety accidents, DO NOT pull out the charger wires from the charger before the power plug is disconnected.

  • Page 10: Aircraft

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 8000mAh&6000mAh&4000mAh box for aircraft: 2pcs 1pc (5000mAh) 2pcs each Propeller (4pcs/set): 4 sets Propeller holder Undercarriage (2pcs/set): Sunshade: 1pc (4pcs/set): 4 sets 4 sets Remote control strap: 1pc Video antenna: 2pcs Radio antenna: 2pcs AV output cable of remote control (optional): 1pc USB data cable (8-pin) of USB data cable (5-pin)

  • Page 11: Guide For Components Of The Aircraft

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading * The aircraft system integrates flight control software, data radio, image radio, control joystick and mission control buttons; thus, flight data and real-time images can be viewed conveniently during the flight, and real-time control of air route and mission of the aircraft can be realized. Guide for Components of the Aircraft Propeller...

  • Page 12: Install Battery

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading counter-clockwise propeller which should be installed on a support arm with “P”. Wrong installation of clockwise and counter-clockwise propellers will inevitably result in errors in the aircraft lift system, further leading to unpredictable consequences. Place the propeller blades and propeller holders on corresponding motor shafts; use the wrench ( to clockwise tighten the propeller holders ( A propeller with “P”...

  • Page 13: Preparations Before Take-Off

    Control the Flight with the Remote Control The remote control is specially developed for AEE unmanned aircraft system to make it convenient for controlling the flight of the unmanned aircraft. The remote control can independently control the flight of the aircraft, and can simultaneously display the flight status of the aircraft and the real-time images from the airborne camera.

  • Page 14: Description Of Buttons

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Radio antenna LCD display (touch screen) Local recording button Menu/return button Local recording indicator Throttle (up, down) / course Airborne recording indicator Video antenna (left, right) joystick   Power switch indicator Throttle fine Course fine adjustment button Airborne recording button adjustment button Strap hole...
  • Page 15 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Name of button Illustration Description of function The remote control saves the video recording sent back Local recording on by the aircraft to local memory. Press it to start recording, remote control press it again to stop recording. Airborne camera video The airborne camera begins recording when it is pressed recording...

  • Page 16: Preparations For The Remote Control

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Preparations for the Remote Control * Installation of Antennas Install the antennas shown below in the corresponding positions of the remote control and clockwise tighten them. Radio antenna corresponds to: L-Radio Video antenna corresponds to: R-Video Radio antenna (longer) Video antenna (shorter) “Radio”...

  • Page 17: Set Parameters On The Screen Of The Remote Control

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading * Screen upon Power-on: Indication of airborne recording status Heading Indicator Indication of local recording status of remote control Indication of battery Indication of level of aircraft battery level of remote control Indication of GPS signal strength Horizon instrument (indication of roll and pitch attitudes)
  • Page 18 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading - 16 -...
  • Page 19 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading At this moment, turn the left and right joysticks by the maximum angle possible, toggle the flight mode switch and rotate the PTZ control knob, and the relevant indication bars will pulsate correspondingly; the functions of roll, pitch, throttle, course, automatic flight switch and angle adjustment of airborne camera can be checked.
  • Page 20 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 1920 × 1080i 1920 × 1080P 1280 × 960P 1280 × 720P 1280 × 720P 848 × 480P PAL-system 50f 16:9 25f 16:9 25f 4:3 50f 16:9 25f 16:9 100f 16:9 Zooming is not supported in the mode of 848x480P 100f. ...
  • Page 21 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Photo Shooting Settings Image resolution of photo shooting 3.0M (2048×1536 4:3) 5.0M (2592×1944 4:3) 8.0M (3200×2400 4:3) Selection of Shot Mode: Single shot: In the one shot mode, the system will take one photo when “Shutter” is pressed once. Continuous capture (three): In this mode, the system will take three photos continuously when “Shutter”...
  • Page 22 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Local Settings of Airborne Camera Touch to enter the interface of “Local Settings of Airborne Camera”: 1) Loop Recording: ON, OFF When “Loop Recording” is ON, recording is saved as a segment file by each 10 min; if the space of the memory card is not enough, the first recording file will be overwritten automatically.
  • Page 23 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Yes   4) Restore Factory Settings This operation will restore all settings of this device to the factory settings. Yes   5) Date Setting a. Touch “Date Setting” to enter the setting interface of “Time Indication on Image”: b.

  • Page 24: Start The Aircraft

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 3. After selecting the desired language, touch “Save” to complete setting. * Information of Software Version Start the Aircraft * Start the Aircraft Notice: During outdoor flight, please make sure that the figure of GPS signal strength indicator is greater than or equal to 6.
  • Page 25 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Front (aircraft nose) Left Right Rear See the following table for details: Joystick Attitude of aircraft Illustration Climb Upwards Rise The motor speed and the propeller speed increase. The climbing speed Horizon increases with the joystick turning angle.
  • Page 26 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Rotate the nose leftwards (rotate counter-clockwise) Rotate the nose counter-clockwise Turn the left joystick leftwards, and keep the right joystick in the original position. Fly forwards Fly forwards The nose tilts downwards; (nose direction) the aircraft inclines forwards and flies along the nose Horizon Pitch...

  • Page 27: Go Home And Shut Down The Aircraft

    The ground control station (hereinafter referred to as the “ground station”) is one of the ground control devices for AEE unmanned aircraft system. Compatible with the main functions of the hand-held remote control, it allows you to easily edit waypoints on a 3D map, set air routes, view real-time information such as coordinates, flight attitude,...

  • Page 28: Functions And Features Of The Ground Station

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading speed and video sent back by the aircraft. With a built-in professional industrial computer, multi-mission processing can be realized. The aircraft can fly autonomously along the air route preset in the ground station software, and real-time videos and other information sent back by the aircraft can be received and saved. Functions and Features of the Ground Station With the waypoint editing function, at most 100 waypoints can be added.

  • Page 29: Preparations For The Ground Control Station

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Support rod It is used to support the screen panel when the ground station panel is open; it can be taken in when the panel is closed; use a screw to fix it. Main power indicator It will be on when the main power switch is turned on.
  • Page 30 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 1. Counter-clockwise rotate it out 2. Take off the support 3. Clockwise rotate the support rod and fix it * Installation of Antennas Differentiation of antennas: Radio antenna Video antenna Metal antenna High-gain dual-band Metal antenna High-gain dual-band directional antenna directional antenna...

  • Page 31: Introduction To Main Interfaces Of The Ground Station Software

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Before use, please first check if the battery level of the ground control station is high enough. In case of low battery level, please use the power adapter to charge the ground station: Connect the power adapter to the external DC power supply * Startup...
  • Page 32 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 1 “File” Menu  Load Mission: Load local-stored flight missions.  Save Mission: Save the currently edited flight mission. 2 “View” Menu Click the “View” pull-down menu to make settings corresponding to the content displayed in the interface: ...
  • Page 33 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading  Language Setting: Chinese, English  Video Store Setting: Storage paths of videos and screenshots can be selected. 5 “Help” Menu 6 Toolbar Connect or close serial ports, load mission, save mission, display track, etc. 7 Video Management Window (Please see the section of “Functions of Video Management Window in Ground Station Software”...
  • Page 34 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Green indicates the current status of the mission.  Click “Edit Waypoint” to reedit the Waypoint list; the mission that has been edited. color of a waypoint icon changes to green  Click “Finish Editing” to confirm the when it is clicked, current mission;...

  • Page 35: Execute Manual Fly Missions With The Ground Station

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Execute Manual Fly Missions with the Ground Station Flight missions can also be executed through manual operations with the ground station. The steps are as follows: Start the ground station software Switch to the “Manual Fly” mode Power up the aircraft to receive satellite signals Connect serial ports and send joystick data Check before take-off...

  • Page 36: Execute Auto Fly Missions With The Ground Station

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Execute Auto Fly Missions with the Ground Station An auto fly mission can be executed according to the following steps: Start the ground station GS software Connect serial port and send joystick data Power up the aircraft to receive satellite signals Edit the flight mission You can continue to edit a completed Complete mission editing...
  • Page 37 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading If maps cannot be loaded normally after the ground station software is opened, please restart the software, connect to the network and try loading again. 2 Connect Serial Ports  Connect serial port COM1 (ground station connects to the communication serial port) Find [COM1 Connect] on the toolbar;...
  • Page 38 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Click “Calibration”. Rotate the left and right joysticks by 360° until the progress bars of 4 channels pulsate. Push the left and right joysticks, and observe whether there is corresponding pulsation on the progress bar of each channel.
  • Page 39 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading address after the “Positioning” button is pressed. Method 2: When the number of GPS satellite is no less than 6, you can directly click “Display Track”; at this moment, the map will locate to the current position of the aircraft. After the ground station software is started, the default position displayed on the map is the last added position.
  • Page 40 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading and can be edited. Change waypoint position: Method 1: Use the left mouse button to drag the waypoint to the desired position. Method 2: Edit longitude and latitude in the Flight Mission Editor. Input the desired longitude and latitude in the corresponding attribute values, then the waypoint will automatically move to the corresponding position.
  • Page 41 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 6 Upload Mission After finishing waypoint editing, click [Upload Mission] to upload the current flight mission to the aircraft. 7 Download Mission After the mission is successfully uploaded, click [Download Mission] to verify if the mission uploaded is correct; the following dialog box will pop up after “Download Mission”...
  • Page 42 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading  Step 2: Select the desired flight mission, click “Open” and the ground station software will automatically load the information of the selected flight mission. After successful loading of the mission, you shall perform steps in 5, 6 and 7 in the ground station control software before the aircraft can execute the loaded flight mission.
  • Page 43 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 10 View Locking/Switching Function After track display, the map interface will automatically enter the view locking state. If [Lock View] is clicked, the view will be unlocked and you then can move the map. Click this button again to lock up the view. In the view locking mode, the map view will move as the aircraft position moves;...

  • Page 44: Video Management Window Function Of The Ground Station Software

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 14 Landing Click [Auto Landing] after the aircraft returns, and the aircraft will automatically land vertically. 1) There might be minor difference between the landing position and the take-off position. 2) To avoid unpredictable consequences, do not randomly click “Auto Landing” in the course of flight. 3) To close the ground station, please first shut it down normally and then turn off the main power switch.
  • Page 45 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading 2 Screenshot Click [Screenshot] on the toolbar to capture the current screen and save the screenshot file to the ground station computer; the system will automatically pop up a dialog box indicating the image store path: 3 Zoom in / Zoom out Click “Zoom in”...
  • Page 46 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Bit Rate 7 Photo Shooting Setting Image Size Shot Mode Continuous Shot Mode 8 Camera Setting TV-out Format Only PAL can be selected  Average metering: use this mode when the luminance difference between the photograph subject and the background Metering Mode is relatively slight and steady.
  • Page 47 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading the photograph background and the subject or the photograph subject relatively accords with the background.  Central spot metering: It applies to small-sized subject under extremely bright or dark background. The airborne camera memory can be Formatting formatted to remove all files in it.

  • Page 48: Map Backup

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Map Backup The ground station system adopts the data platforms of Google Earth and Google Satellite. During map browsing, the system will automatically save the data of browsed maps to the system so that you can view the browsed maps offline.
  • Page 49 Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Double-click to open the Google Maps Data Management software: Backup operation: First, open the ground station GS software in the Windows system, and make sure maps of Google Satellite and Google Earth have been downloaded and can be used. Then, go back to the Ubuntu system to open the Google Maps Data Management software.

  • Page 50: Video Files

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Before data recovery, please first back up data; otherwise, data recovery cannot be performed. Delete Data: Delete data that have been backed up; select the backup data you want to deleted, and click “Delete Data”; the system will pop up a dialog box indicating successful deletion: Exit from Google Maps Data Management: Click “Exit”...

  • Page 51: Specification

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Working status Sound definition (different in interval and length) Level 2 alarm for low battery of aircraft Beep beep --- beep beep --- beep beep… (fast) continuous Level 1 alarm for low battery of aircraft Beep beep --- beep beep --- beep beep… (slow) repeat once every 2min (approx.) Level 2 alarm for low battery of remote control Beep --- beep beep --- beep --- beep beep…...

  • Page 52: Protection Mechanism

    Quad-rotor Aircraft System Professional·Leading Speeds of four motors are obviously inconsistent with (1) Make sure the aircraft is placed on a flat ground each other after startup (some run fast, while some run before take-off slowly) (2) Use the pitch and roll joysticks of the remote control to optimize take-off process.
  • Page 53 Popular in European, National Hi-tech Patented American and Asian Enterprise Technologies Markets Please read this Manual carefully before use, and keep it handy for future reference.
  • Page 54 Created in China Made in Shenzhen Add.: 14F, Microprofit Mansion, No. 6, Gaoxinnan 6 Road, South Area of High-tech Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen Tel.: 0755-29518908 Fax: 0755-27358999...

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