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GDU SAGA

User Manual V1.0

Jan 2019

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Page 2: Table Of Contents
This document supports printing. Contents Features....................................4 User Notice....................................5 Warning....................................5 Instructional Video................................5 Download GDU Flight App.............................. 5 Registration..................................6 Real-Name Registration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)..................6 Safety Overview..................................7 Product Overview..................................8 Preparation of Aircraft and Remote Control......................... 8 Name of aircraft component.............................9...
Page 3 Installation of Mobile Device............................25 Control of Aircraft................................25 Camera Gimbal..................................28 Overview of Gimbal................................ 28 Installation of Camera Gimbal............................29 Control of Camera Gimbal.............................29 GDU Flight App..................................31 Device....................................31 Flight......................................37 Inspection before Flight..............................37 Calibration of Magnetometer............................37 Basic Flight..................................39 Technical Parameters................................41...
Page 4: Features
HD video and take photos in real time with a transmission distance of 10km. Endurance – Long Lasting Performance GDU SAGA is equipped with a large-capacity battery, and with optimization made in terms of this dynamic system and all performance indexes, its endurance time is increased to 35min.
Page 5: User Notice
Watching with a WIFI connection is recommended. Download GDU Flight App Please visit the official website www.gdu-tech.com or scan the QR code below to download and install the App. Please use the product with the App. 5 | 45...
Page 6: Registration
To ensure better after-sales services, please visit www.gdu-tech.com for registration. Registration does not affect the normal use of the product, however registering as a GDU member is still recommended. GDU will push the latest official news and special offers to members from time to time.
Page 7: Safety Overview
Please fly within legal areas. Operation · Do not make or answer calls in the course of flying. Please pay close attention to the display of the GDU Flight App to ensure flight safety. · Please return and land as soon as possible when the low power signal is on.
Page 8: Product Overview
Product Overview Preparation of Aircraft and Remote Control Unfold landing gears in turn; Extend arms to the limit and unfold blades in turn; Click ※ Please control the strength of extending the arms when unfolding the aircraft. Please stop extending when the structural limit is reached.
Page 9: Name Of Aircraft Component
Name of aircraft component Aircraft Rear LED Indicator Forward Vision System Aircraft Front LED Indicator Parameter Adjustment Interface Landing Gear 9. Downward Vision System Propellers 10. Gimbal Interface 11. Power Button Intelligent Battery Motors 12. Power Indicator of Aircraft 9 | 45...
Page 10: Name Of Remote Control Components
Name of Remote Control Components ※ When the gimbal of a 10X or 30X zoom camera is carried, number 19 refers to the zoom thumbwheel of the camera gimbal. 10 | 45...
Page 11: Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Status Indicator The flight status of SAGA can be judged by the tail indicator of the aircraft. Flight Mode SAGA supports the following three flight modes: Standard GPS mode (P) The GPS module and the intelligent vision system are employed to enable precise hovering and intelligent flight of the aircraft.
Page 12: Automatic Return
Sufficient flight space should be considered to ensure flight safety during the flight. Automatic Return SAGA has the automatic return to home(RTH) function. There are three ways of automatic return, namely, “one-click return”, “low power return” and “lost return”.
Page 13 In the case that the aircraft is more than 20m away from the return point, the aircraft will rise to the preset height (the aircraft will remain at the current height if such height is higher than the preset one), fly to the top of the return point, and then land slowly on the ground.
Page 14: Intelligent Vision System
the aircraft will flash quickly and the aircraft will be forced to land. ※ The stick can be also used to control the aircraft to land at a proper place in the course of landing. ※ The automatic low power return occurs only once in the same flight. ※...
Page 15 Application scenario of the downward vision system The downward vision system is applicable to the environment under 8m, with poor or no GPS signal. Steps 1. Switch the flight mode to the standard mode. 2. Turn on the power of the aircraft and wait for a successful aircraft self-inspection (normally the red light is on at the nose and normally the green light is on at the tail).
Page 16: Intelligent Flight Function
The precision of the intelligent vision system is easily affected by the intensity of the light and the object’s surface texture, while the ultrasonic wave may not work in normal ranges because of specific wave-absorbing materials. Therefore, please use the intelligent vision system with care in the following situations: Light conditions are less than 10 lux or greater than 10,000 lux.
Page 17 Use the follow/circle functions carefully if the shape of the target changes greatly or the target is out of sight during moving. When the communication may be interrupted in a complex outdoor electromagnetic environment, click the “one-click return” to avoid an uncontrolled aircraft due to interrupted communication in the course of flight.
Page 18 A. Double-click: Double-click the face or pedestrian on screen for target detection. The screen will display a green cursor after the target is selected. Frame: Click and drag the frame with a finger to adequately fit the target’s outline. The screen will display a green cursor after the target is selected.
Page 19: Propeller
※ Intelligent functions are only open for partial configured aircrafts. Propeller Folding propellers are used for SAGA, including ‘a’ propeller and ‘b’ propeller, which correspond to different motor rotation directions respectively. Removal and Installation of the Propeller Letters ‘a’ and ‘b’ are labeled on the propeller arm, the motor rotor, and the internal surface of the engine arm.
Page 20: Intelligent Battery
Intelligent Battery intelligent battery is 12000 mAh, with a flight duration of 35min The capacity of the GDU SAGA Turning On/Off the Power Supply Short press the power switch and then hold it down for 2s to start up the power supply of aircraft; repeat the operation to turn off the power supply of aircraft.
Page 21 Power Check Please remove the battery after turning off the aircraft. Short press the power switch once to check the battery capacity. Power indicator light of intelligent battery Charge Please ‘remove the battery from the aircraft’ after turning off the aircraft, and connect to the specific charger to charge.
Page 22 Input voltage: 100~240V Charging duration: 12000mAh battery ≤4 hours the total charging duration of battery and When charging the battery and remote control at the same time, remote control is within 5 hours. Input voltage: 100~240V Charging duration: A+B≤5 hours While charging, when the indicator light on the charger is red and normally on, it means it is charging;...
Page 23 As shown in the figure, push the battery upwards at the same time to remove the battery. ※ Please insert or remove the battery when it is turned off. Remove the battery after the completing the flight. ※ Please make sure the battery cover/battery is fastened with the body tightly and seamlessly. ※...
Page 24: Remote Control
2.5 hours. ※ Please make sure to use the original charger to charge the original battery and remote control. GDU is not responsible for product failures and damages due to the use of non-factory parts. HD Image Transmission...
Page 25: Installation Of Mobile Device
transmission distance of 10km. During flight, the orientation of the antenna is required to be adjusted properly so that the aircraft can always be within optimal communication range. Installation of Mobile Device Please insert the support for the mobile device Press the limiter open and fix the electric in the socket above the remote control;...
Page 26 Japanese: left stick- pitching, yaw/ right stick- throttle and roll. Chinese: left stick- pitching, roll/ right stick- throttle and yaw. The operation mode of the remote control by default is “American”. You can change it by entering the “control settings” interface of the App or the remote control parameter adjustment software. Switching Flight Mode The flight mode of the aircraft can be switched through flight mode via the switch on the remote control.
Page 27 Standard GPS mode (P) GPS module and intelligent vision system are employed to enable precise hovering and intelligent flight of aircraft. Sports GPS mode (F) The GPS module is employed to enable precise hovering. The handling sensitivity of the aircraft is adjusted and the maximum flight speed will be increased.
Page 28: Camera Gimbal
Camera Gimbal Overview of Gimbal SAGA supports several gimbals. All use a brand-new attitude fusion control algorithm to build a highly static attitude stability of accurate and 3-axial stabilized anti-shake gimbal so as to guarantee an accurate ≤0.01°. Even if it is under violent flight conditions, its dynamic stability accuracy of ≤0.02° can be guaranteed to avoid camera shaking.
Page 29: Installation Of Camera Gimbal
Installation of Camera Gimbal 1 Please remove the protection cover of the lens and 2 Please insert the Micro SD card according to the gimbal support; locations shown on gimbal; 3 Please insert the clip in front of the gimbal into the 4 Please pull the lock catch of the gimbal fixed plate;...
Page 30 Taking pictures, video recording, and gimbal re-centering can be done by clicking the operation button; C1 and C2 buttons can be user-defined in the App according to your demand. ※ The camera gimbal model in the figure is only for graphic purposes. According to the different configurations of the products, the camera gimbals carried are different.
Page 31: Gdu Flight App
GDU Flight App The GDU Flight App is an application for . Users can handle the aircraft, gimbal, and camera SAGA through this App so as to enable functions such as flight control, picture taking and video recording, route planning, parameter setting, and sharing.
Page 32 Camera interface ① Return to the homepage Click “return” to the App device page. ② GPS status Display GPS satellite search number. ③ Power of aircraft Display the residual power of aircraft. ④ Connection status of aircraft Can take off normally Display the connection status of aircraft.
Page 33 Display current flight distance. ⑦ Settings Click to get into the system setting interface of the aircraft, including control settings, flight settings, general settings, and camera settings. ⑧ Power of remote control Display the residual power of the remote control. ⑨...
Page 34 ⑮ Compass Display current orientation and the direction of the nose. ⑯ One-click takeoff/ landing Display takeoff key before taking off; display landing key after taking off. Map Interface ⑰ Direction locking Can lock the map direction of a mobile device. ⑱...
Page 35 ㉑ Electronic fencing The aircraft can fly safely within the electronic fencing. ㉒ Elimination Click to eliminate the track point or electronic fencing on map page that are not uploaded. ㉓ Switch to the camera interface Click to switch to the camera interface Settings: ㉔...
Page 36 ※ The interface language of the App can be kept consistent with the system language of the mobile device. If it is required to change the interface language, please change the system language of the mobile device Presently, the interface language only supports simplified Chinese and English with other language packages to be added later. It shall be subject to the latest version.
Page 37: Flight
Flight Inspection before Flight Inspect carefully whether each part of the aircraft is complete or not. If there is a crack or other damage,  please stop the flight. Inspect whether the battery, remote control, and mobile device are all charged up. ...
Page 38 Begin to calibrate magnetometer, put the belly Hold the aircraft by hand, the nose faces upward, and rotate the aircraft horizontally and downwards , flashing white light at the tail turns to be clockwise; if the yellow light flashes, the aircraft isn’t white light that is normally on, then the aircraft is horizontal.
Page 39: Basic Flight
Description on the status of indicator: ※ Please don’t move the aircraft during the self-inspection. ※ For initial use or flight zones with great spatial variations, please carry out the calibration of magnetometer, otherwise there is no way to unlock for the flight. ※...
Page 40 stop When the flight is completed turn off the aircraft and then the remote control. ※ Before takeoff, users should face the tail and over 5m away from the place where the aircraft is placed. ※ Please do not unlock and take off on a slope with a great angle. 40 | 45...
Page 41: Technical Parameters
Technical Parameters ● Aircraft Weight About 2400g (without load) Maximum load 1000g Maximum takeoff weight 3400g Maximum ascending 5 m/s(sports mode) velocity Maximum descending 3 m/s(sports mode) velocity Maximum horizontal flight 15 m/s (sports, there is no wind nearby the sea level) speed Maximum altitude flight 3500 m...
Page 42 Accurate suspension 0.3 to 8 m range Operating environment The surface texture and sunlight are adequate (>15 lux, normal irradiation environment of indoor fluorescent lamp) ● Load 4K camera gimbal Image sensor 1/2.3inch CMOS, effective pixels: 12.4 megapixels Lens FOV 104°, 35mm equivalent focal length 24mm F/2.8 Distortion <27% ISO range...
Page 43 30X Gimbal Image sensor 1/2.3inch CMOS, effective pixels: 12.4 megapixels Lens FOV:W: 68.4°; T: 2.67°; focal length: 6~180mm Distortion W:-1.08%, T:0.29% ISO range Adjustable/automatic: 100-3200(photo); 100-3200(video) Electronic shutter speed Adjustable/automatic 1~1/6000s Maximum resolution of 4000*3000 pictures Video resolution 4096*2160 @30fps Picture format JPEG Video format...
Page 44 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. GDU SAGA 44 | 45...
Page 45 This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. GDU Remote controller The portable device is designed to meet the requirements for exposure to radio waves as established by the Federal Communications Commission (USA).

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