1.2 Lab Kit S. No. Item Quantity DJI Tello Drone with Protective Cage USB WiFi Dongle Spare Battery Propeller Guard Micro USB Charging Cable 2. Drone Specifications Brand: DJI (World leader in drones) Category: Nano (Nano category drone (Weighing less than 250g), operating below 50 feet (15 m) in airspace / enclosed premises are exempted from restrictions according to Drone Laws in India) Size: 3.86 x 3.64 x 1.61 inches (9.80 x 9.25 x 4.10 cm) Weight: 200g including battery and cage...
3. Charging the Drone AFTER UNBOXING THE KIT, CHARGE THE DRONE’S BATTERY FOR 2 HOURS. ONLY AFTER THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED, PROCEED TO OPERATE THE DRONE 3.1 Charging using Micro USB Cable 1. Ensure the drone is turned off. 2.
4. Protective Cage ENSURE THE PROTECTIVE CAGE IS ALWAYS FIXED ON THE DRONE. THE PROPELLERS SPIN AT HIGH SPEEDS AND IT IS RISKIER TO USE THE DRONE WITHOUT THE CAGE. The cage is not very rigid, it is designed to be mounted and fly along with the drone. It is light weighted and rough use will cause damages.
4. Remote Control using Smartphone 4.1 Tello App Installation Procedure Android version: 5.0 Lollipop or later IOS version: 9.0 or later 1. Open Play store in Android or App Store in IOS. 2. Search for Tello. (or) Use the links below, a.
5. Programming the drone 5.1 Software Installation Recommended operating system: Windows 10 64-bit 1. Download Drone-Softwares from here 2. Extract the downloaded Drone-Softwares.zip into a folder 3. Go inside the extracted folder, first run the AdobeAIRInstaller and follow the on-screen instructions to install Adobe AIR 4.
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9. Now you might get another popup from Windows Firewall asking for permission. Inside, select the checkbox next to Private Networks and click on Allow access 10. You should be able to see a black colour window with some messages like the image below.
11. Now close the window. This tello-server application will be used everytime when the user wants to program the drone. So its better to have the file as a shortcut on the desktop 12. IMPORTANT: Right click on the tello-server file, select Send To and click on Desktop (Create Shortcut).
In the case of desktops, since there will be no Wi-Fi by default, the USB Wi-Fi Dongle can be used to connect with the drone. 5.4 Creating and running program on the drone 1. Drag and drop the necessary blocks such as takeoff, fly forward, fly backward and land. Make sure all are connected.
6. Replacing Propellers When a propeller is damaged, the drone would not be able to fly at all. The damaged propeller should be replaced with a new one. USE ONLY THE PROPELLER REMOVAL TOOL TO REMOVE THE PROPELLER FROM THE MOTOR. DO NOT PULL OUT THE PROPELLER USING HANDS.
7. Troubleshooting Drone is flying automatically by itself in a particular direction after taking off 1. Drones are sensitive to light conditions and depend on the environment in which they are flying. 2. If the drone is automatically moving by itself along one direction after taking off (Without giving any such controls from the app), it might be due to the fact that there is no enough light present in the room (or) if the floor has a reflective surface with plain single color.
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