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DRONE 3

A quick start guide

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Page 1 DRONE 3 A quick start guide...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents SyStEm OvERviEw whAt’S iN thE bOx CARiNg fOR yOuR hOvERbikE DRONE unfolding and folding yOu AND yOuR DRONE REmEmbER - SAfEty fiRSt fiRSt timE SEtup binding your radio transmitter binding your radio transmitter to pixhawk with Orange Rx SbuS re- ceiver using a Spektrum remote (satellite) receiver Calibrating your transmitter in mission planner...
Page 4 Contents SyStEm OvERviEw the hoverbike Drone is an unconventional quadcopter due to the overlapping blades System overview 4 and protective propeller ducts. However, under the covers it is functionally no different in the box to a traditional quadcopter. It has 4 brushless DC motors that drive the carbon fibre Caring for Drone 6 propellers.
Page 5 Contents whAt’S iN thE bOx the hoverbike drone will arrive folded - see page 6 for unfolding instructions. System overview 4 in the box Caring for Drone 6 you + Drone Safety first first time setup batteries macro micro batteries micro SD Controls microcontroller...
Page 6 Contents CARiNg fOR yOuR hOvERbikE DRONE unfolding and folding System overview 4 in the box to fold, release the pins on the bottom side, then fold section over top. Caring for Drone 6 you + Drone Safety first first time setup batteries Controls warning signals 14...
Page 7 yOu AND yOuR DRONE Contents System overview 4 the hoverbike Drone can be thought of as these three distinct items: • Vehicle flight controller (vehicle’s brains) in the box • vehicle receiver (vehicle’s mouth and ears) Caring for Drone 6 •...
Page 8 Contents REmEmbER - SAfEty fiRSt System overview 4 in the box Blades Caring for Drone 6 The Hoverbike Drone uses carbon fibre propeller blades which are incredibly you + Drone strong. Even when they spin at low speeds they are fast and sharp enough to lose a finger.
Page 9: System Overview
Contents ALL INSTRUCTIONS HERE RELATE TO MODE 2 RADIO TRANSMITTER System overview 4 fiRSt timE SEtup in the box Caring for Drone 6 In order to fly your Hoverbike Drone for the first time you will need to link and cali- brate your radio transmitter to the drone.
Page 10 Contents Caution: ensure your throttle stick and throttle trim is all the way down on your transmitter with the other sticks centered. The receiver remembers these stick positions and if the re- System overview 4 ceiver loses signal from your transmitter it will send these stick positions in the box to the Pixhawk.
Page 11: Caring For Drone
Contents Calibrating your transmitter in mission planner it is required that you calibrate your radio transmitter with the Pixhawk flight control- System overview 4 ler so that the Pixhawk flight controller can learn all your radio’s control endpoints by in the box moving all stick and switches to their extreme positions.
Page 12: You + Drone
Contents follow the radio calibration procedure as described in mission planner. System overview 4 All other stages of the setup have been done for you. You are now ready to fly your in the box own hoverbike Drone. Caring for Drone 6 you + Drone unplug uSb cable from both the pixhawk and the pC.
Page 13: Safety First
Contents Throttle (height). makes the hoverbike Drone go up and down. System overview 4 in the box Caring for Drone 6 you + Drone Safety first first time setup batteries Controls Yaw (turn). makes the hoverbike Drone turn. warning signals 14 First flight Every flight flying modes...
Page 14: First Time Setup
Contents wARNiNg lightS AND SOuNDS System overview 4 the pixhawk lED and sound meanings in the box Caring for Drone 6 flashing red and blue. initializing. please wait. you + Drone Safety first Double flashing yellow. Error. System refuses to first time setup arm.
Page 15: First Time Ready To Fly
fiRSt timE READy tO fly Contents For your maiden flight and until you are confident with the controls, it is recommended System overview 4 that you fly your Hoverbike Drone in ‘loiter’ mode, this is how the Hoverbike Drone will arrive to you.
Page 16 Contents Do not move the hoverbike Drone from this position; pixhawk: it should be left until the light on the Pixhawk flashes green. this time is required for gpS satellites to be ac- System overview 4 quired and for the home position to be logged, and the flashing green indicates that the correct number of sat- in the box ellites are acquired.
Page 17: Start Up
Contents bEfORE EvERy flight Below are the required steps for every flight. See unfolding/folding in- System overview 4 structions on page 6. in the box Start up Caring for Drone 6 Note: loiter mode is heavily dependent on the accelerometers being well calibrat- you + Drone ed.
Page 18: Arm For Flight
Contents Leave the drone whilst the Pixhawk flashes red and blue, pixhawk: it should not be disrupted at this stage (after connecting the battery). System overview 4 in the box After connecting the batteries you should hear the mo- motors: Caring for Drone 6 tors start beeping, quickly followed by a tune from the pixhawk buzzer.
Page 19: Different Flying Modes
DiffERENt flyiNg mODES Contents ‘loiter’ mode System overview 4 ‘loiter’ automatically attempts to maintain the current location, heading and altitude. in the box The pilot may fly the Hoverbike Drone in ‘loiter’ mode as if it were in ‘manual’ mode. Caring for Drone 6 Centering the sticks (pitch, roll, yaw) will continue to hold position.
Page 20: About The Hoverbike Drone
Contents please see: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/flight-modes/ System overview 4 for information on flight modes available: Stabilize, Alt Hold, Loiter (& OF_loiter), RTL in the box (Return-to-launch), Auto. Additional flight modes: Acro, Sport, Drift, Guided, Circle, Position, Land, Follow Me, Caring for Drone 6 Simple and Super Simple.
Page 21 Contents wiring the stock wiring system takes power from two 6S battery packs in parallel and passes System overview 4 this through a power module. This power module does two things. The first is to mon- in the box itor the voltage and current to tell the Pixhawk flight controller what the current state Caring for Drone 6 of the batteries is.
Page 22: Every Flight
Contents links pixhawk System overview 4 http://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-pixhawk in the box Caring for Drone 6 pixhawk user manual http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pixhawk-manual-rev7.pdf you + Drone Safety first pixhawk failsafe mode setup first time setup https://pixhawk.org/users/rc_failsafe batteries mission planner Controls http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?did=82 warning signals 14 flying modes First flight http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/flight-modes/ Every flight...
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