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THEA-130 / 160
Sprayer Drone
User Manual
2019.04
V1.0

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  • Page 1 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 2019.04 V1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Contents Disclaimer Flight Operation Environmental Requirements Pre-flight Check Compass Clibration Work in Manual Stabilization Mode Work in Manual Plus (AB point) Mode Repair and Maintenance Replace the Propeller Replace the Motor Replace the ESC...
  • Page 3 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Remote Control Protection Protect Content Return Logic Remote Control Security Data Link Loss of Control Voltage Detection and Protection Area Limited Protection Ground Station Setting Equipment Connection Function Introduction Route Planning Ready to Take Off...

  • Page 4: Disclaimer

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Disclaimer 1. To protect the legitimate rights and interests of users, please read the instructions, disclaimers and safety instructions provided with this product before using this product. Know your legal rights, responsibilities, and safety instructions; otherwise you may incur property damage, safety incidents, and personal safety hazards.
  • Page 5 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 1. To protect the legitimate rights and interests of users, please read the instructions, disclaimers and safety instructions provided with this product before using this product. Know your legal rights, responsibilities, and safety instructions; otherwise you may incur property damage, safety incidents, and personal safety hazards.

  • Page 6: Flight Operation

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Flight Operation Environmental Requirements -In an open environment, there is no occlusion, so as not to affect the search for satellite signals. -The wind is less than 5 (≤8m/s). -There is no strong magnetic field around, such as high-voltage lines, magnetite, etc., so as not to affect the normal operation of the magnetic compass.

  • Page 7: Work In Manual Stabilization Mode

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Rotate the drone horizontally until the LED turns blue and enter the vertical calibration phase, as shown below: Then the drone head vertically upwards and rotates. When the LED indicator turns off, then it flashes, and the calibration is successful.

  • Page 8: Work In Manual Plus (Ab Point) Mode

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual If the throttle is not pushed to more than 10% after unlocking, the motor will automatically stop and lock after 3 seconds. Immediately after the motor starts, release the rocker and take off as soon as possible.
  • Page 9 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Route Node Route Spacing Flying Direction Left Right Real-time Adjustment in AB Flight Mode At present, the function correction is made for the extension or shortening of the route in the AB mode. The flight control firmware is 180915 and above, and the extension and shortening of the route in AB point mode realized by the following method ,please pay attention.
  • Page 10 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Shorten the route of the AB point: When the drone flies to a position close to the shortened position, push the pitch switch (push or pull, to the far end is pull, to the near end is push), and the drone will slowly advance at 2m/s.
  • Page 11 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Route node Route spacing Flying direction Route breakpoint Complete Route Not executed route Avoids obstacles and continue to fly in AB Mode. At present, the manual intervention for obstacle avoidance is added for AB mode. The flight control firmware is 180915 and above.

  • Page 12: Repair And Maintenance

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Repair and Maintenance Replace the Propeller - Insert the propeller into the motor column (note the direction of the propeller). - Turn the propeller, align the mounting holes, and tighten the four M3x6 screws.

  • Page 13: Cleaning After Use

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Cleaning After Use The spray system needs to be cleaned after each use: Step1: Remove the filter from the nozzle and wash off the attachment. Step2: Wash the aircraft pesticide tank with soapy water.

  • Page 14: System Introduction

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual System Introduction System Characteristic Main features: · With the comprehensive flight status monitoring alarm function (including the state of power supply voltage, state of inertial navigation, GPS, link-state, etc.) and perfect emergency protection mechanisms (including return, hover, autonomous landing, etc.), and Paladin system can realize the control law of restructuring in...

  • Page 15: Introduction To Flight Mode

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Ground station software · Strong ability of route planning; · A powerful digital map; · A clear, intuitive flight instrument; · Convenient operation and anti-error operation of key instructions; · Integrated sensor calibration, protection configuration and other functions;...

  • Page 16: Installation And Connection

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Installation and Connection System Supporting List Master control High-precision and high-sensitivity GPS with positioning and orientation module using external compass Power conversion and monitoring module, allowing 6S~12S Flight indicator Data transmission radio on 2.4Ghz loaded on aerial vehicle, which is applicable for ground station users Data transmission radio on 2.4Ghz on the ground, which is applicable for ground station...

  • Page 17: Interface Definition

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Power System Description Power supply range of Version 2 flight controller power module: DC 24V(6S)~50V(12S); Power supply range of RTK base station: DC 24V (6S)~50V(12S) Power supply range of RTK board: DC 12V (3S)~50V(12S)
  • Page 18 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Interface definition picture on the front panel Chart 2.1 interface board description Name Use Instructions Remarks BY-RTK Difference airborne terminal. LEVEL1 Contactless level gauge. It should be pasted at the bottom of medicine box with free nail glue.

  • Page 19: Status Indicator Description

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Interface definition picture on the back panel. Interface name Use instructions Remarks S.BUS Receiver interface. CH1~CH8 Output Port of motor signal. CH1~CH8 correspond to NO.1~8 motor. The signal line splits into two, the shorter part links motors with odd numbers and the longer part links motors with even numbers.
  • Page 20 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Number Status of RGB Malfunction status Instructions Light is not on. Line fault or light fault Lights of all colors are always on, and It’s crashed. it cannot connect with the ground station.

  • Page 21: Remote Control Equipment

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Remote Control Equipment Receiver Paladin System could communicate with the receiver (like Futaba) which supports S.BUS through S.BUS protocol. If S.BUS function doesn’t supported by the remote control, an optional PPM encoder is required.

  • Page 22: Unlocking And Locking For Flight Control

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 7. Enter the FUNCTION menu, set AIL, ELE, THR, ROU to J1, J3, J2, J4 (Japanese Hand). Set AIL, ELE, THR, ROU to J1, J2, J3, J4 (American Hand).Please map Channel 5 to 9 to the appropriate switch or knob.

  • Page 23: Esc Calibration (Electronic Speed Controller)

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual ESC Calibration (Electronic Speed Controller) The purpose of ESC calibration is to match the PWM value output by the flight control with the range of PWM values that the ESC can receive. The Paladin system provides two ESC calibration methods(take HOBBYWING ESC for example): ·General steps of ESC calibration(ESC signal line disconnected to flight control):...

  • Page 24: Remote Control Protection

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Remote Control Protection Protect Content Paladin has perfect protection mechanism, the specific content and measures of protection are hown in table 4.1 TABLE 4.1 Paladincontent and Measures of Protection Protect Content Protect Measures Description Low battery voltage.

  • Page 25: Return Logic

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Return Logic The trigger conditions of aircraft into the return status are: remote control channel 7 (return mode) to high, the ground station control, the emergence of flight breakpoints, the phenomenon of runaway protection, etc.

  • Page 26: Data Link Loss Of Control

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Data Link Loss of Control Data link for aircraft and ground station connectivity, in order to improve ease of use, PALADIN the ground station is set to asynchronous equipment required that the actual flight plane can observe the state of the aircraft through the ground station, you can also disconnect the data link , only to observe the status of aircraft and lights to determine the aircraft work.

  • Page 27: Ground Station Setting

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Ground Station Setting Equipment Connection 1.Click “Not connected” will pop up the following dialog box, select “Connect” to connect the drone, “Connect handheld mapping device” to connect the handheld mapping device, “Connect RTK mapping device”...

  • Page 28: Function Introduction

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 3.Waiting for the drone to be connected (voice prompt). Function Introduction 1.Main interface function. 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved ©...
  • Page 29 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 2.Click “Display Seetings”, the user can select the parameter item you need (up to 6 items). Click ”Setting”, then will pop up the dialog box. Task Statistics: the cumulative number of working acres(Mu) ,Dosage (L) and time.
  • Page 30 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Frame Type Setting Select the drone type (it has been set at the factory, please do not change it Motor test: Input duration (recommended 3s-5s), throttle (recommended 10%-15%), then according to the diagram, check whether the propellers of the multi-rotor motors are normal (please test away from the crowd to prevent accidents).
  • Page 31 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Calibration Setting Calibrate accelerometer, horizontal calibration, dynamic balance correction. 3.Control Sensitivity Setting 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved ©...
  • Page 32 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 4.Safety Setting 5.Agriculture Plant Protection Setting 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved ©...

  • Page 33: Route Planning

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 6.System Setting(including system version etc.) Route Planning 1.Click enter the route planning interface. 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved ©...
  • Page 34 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 2.Click Enter the mark mode, then select 1. work (working area), select the mark mode on the right side, from top to bottom there are 3 modes: the mobile phone GPS positioning mark, mobile map manual mark, aircraft GPS mark.
  • Page 35 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 4.Click the on the left to generate the route the top parameters can be edited separately. From left to right: the route interval, flight speed, start position of the route, route angle, obstacle avoidance scheme, overall retraction of the work area (m), Expansion of obstacle area (m).
  • Page 36 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 5. After the route planning is completed, click on the left side, upload the route to the aircraft. 6.After the upload is completed, you need to click to download the route and ensure that the route is transmitted to the aircraft accurately.

  • Page 37: Ready To Take Off

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Ready to Take Off 1.Click to exit the route editing interface. 2.Click , the aircraft takes off automatically, the height is 2m. 3.Click , the aircraft enters the autonomous operation mode and will fly following the route that has already been uploaded.

  • Page 38: Rtk Use Instructions

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual RTK Use Instructions 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved ©...
  • Page 39 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved ©...
  • Page 40 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Software terminal connection method RTK work flow Turn on your mobile phone Bluetooth then match the devices with the default password 1234. 1. First work Connect your mobile phone and the base station and save the position of the base station.

  • Page 41: Concise Operation Process

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Concise Operation Process 1) check power cable and cable between peripherals and flight control; 2) launch ground station, and launch BY-GCS ground station; 3) switch on RC remote control equipment; 4) switch on the aircraft system and connect to the ground station;...

  • Page 42: Precautions

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Precautions Due to safety concerns, here is what you should pay attention to before using: Environmental factor precautions: 1) Try to be familiar with the flight environment and be far away from the obstacle and the crowd when flying 2) Don’t fly when in low spirits.

  • Page 43: Failure Analysis

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Failure Analysis 1) Cannot unlock a. The accelerator is not set the lowest. b. The tilt angle of the aircraft is too large. c. The signal line of the receiver doesn’t connect well, or it has connected to the wrong interface.

  • Page 44: After-Sales Service

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual After-sales Service Warranty regulation ·If the malfunction is caused by products quality, BOYING will offer limited quality assurance in the circuit part. ·Since the date of purchase, six months is the shelf life based on the proof of purchase.

  • Page 45: Installation Of Ground Station And Drivers

    THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual Installation of Ground Station and Drivers Installation Operating environment: WIN2000, WINXP, WIN Vista, WIN7, WIN8, WIN10 First, if you want to install it in Win10 system, it needs digital certificate authentication; the specific operation is as follows: 1) Click “settings”...
  • Page 46 THEA-130 / 160 Sprayer Drone User Manual This content is subject to change. Download the latest version from https://www.foxtechfpv.com/thea-130-agriculture-spraying-drone.html https://www.foxtechfpv.com/thea-160-agriculture-sprayer.html For everyday updates, please follow Foxtech Facebook page: Foxtechhobby YouTube Channel: Foxtech 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved ©...

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