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MX400/450 QUADCOPTER
Highlights
Website
www.mindpx.net
USER MANUAL
- Pure carbon-fiber frame, with foldable arms.
High performance MindPX flight controller with 168MHz floating point
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processor, super fast and accurate.
Separated power rails for flight controller and peripheral.
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Optimized for multiple radio system deployment.
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Modularized and flexible payload mounting configurations.
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DroneCode compliant sockets.
Contact
support@mindpx.net
V1.3
AirMind Inc.,

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  • Page 1 MX400/450 QUADCOPTER USER MANUAL Highlights - Pure carbon-fiber frame, with foldable arms. High performance MindPX flight controller with 168MHz floating point processor, super fast and accurate. Separated power rails for flight controller and peripheral. Optimized for multiple radio system deployment.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Support Where to buy Important Do NOT fly MX400/450 near any people or animal as it may cause serious damage to human or animal body. Keep MX400/450 away from any buildings, vehicles, private properties or public facilities. Pilots need to keep themselves from MX400/450 at a safety distance of at least 15 meters during the flight.

  • Page 3: Physical

    MX400/450 WheelBase 400mm(450mm) diagonal Weight 1027g (w/o battery) Propellers 1045, 1147 Flight controller / Processor MindPX V2.8 / STM32F427 IMU / Redundancy 10 DOF / Dual redundancy Motor 2312/960KV brushless 20A BLHeli Ublox M8N Output power rating 2 BEC power rails: 1.

  • Page 4: Quick Installation

    4. GPS and battery 5. Propellers Unfold arms MX400/450 is a foldable quadcopter designed for portability and flexibility. Fig. 1 shows the status of MX400 upon unboxing. Fig. 1 Folded MX400 frame body upon unboxing Users can easily unfold the quad as illustrated in Fig. 2. Rotate the arm following the direction in figure until you felt the feedback of arm in position and automatically locked.
  • Page 5 Fig. 2 Unfold arms On folding, pull the latch back and rotate arm down, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 Fold arms back Page 5...
  • Page 6 Antenna (optional) Note This step is optional if you do not want to use the on-vehicle gust-air radio system. MX400 is optimized for co-existing of multiple radio systems. Two antenna racks allow mounting of external antennas with different shape and size.
  • Page 7 Fig. 5 Install antennas Fig. 6 Fasten antenna Connect Gust-air BLE radio output to antenna socket Fig. 7 Connect gust-air radio with antenna Page 7...
  • Page 8 GPS/Compass and battery GPS/compass module needs to be mounted properly to avoid interference from other parts on frame. Fig.8 and 9 shows how the external GPS/compass combo should be mounted. It is important that the direction of external GPS/compass combo MUST align with the head of direction of the frame. GPS module 3M tape GPS racket...
  • Page 9 Finally, connect the external module’s cable plug to the sockets on the flight deck. Compass plug GPS plug Fig. 10 Connect the sockets Now it is time to connect the main battery. Insert the battery as shown in Fig. 11, and connect the battery plug to the receptacle on flight deck.

  • Page 10: Power On/Off

    MX400/450’s power switch is a LED button to the right side of battery receptacle. By default the button is at OFF status. Short click on the button will turn the power ON, and all parts on MX400/450 will be powered on. Long press on the button for at least 3 seconds will turn the power OFF again. This will shut down power of all parts on the drone.

  • Page 11: Propellers

    Propellers The propellers need to be installed in exact order as in Fig. 13. It is important to notice that installing into wrong position will make the copter overturned and may cause serious harm. The 2 pull propellers should be installed on motor 1 & 2 (clockwise - cw), while the 2 push propellers (marked with ‘R’) should be installed on motor 3 &...

  • Page 12: Rc Pairing

    Fig. 14 RC paring Before you use the remote controller to command the drone, it needs to be setup properly. Follow instructions in this link to configure the remote controller correctly for MX400/450. Taranis Q X7 remote controller setup instructions Arm/Disarm Warning: Before arming, please make sure no obstacle can be occluded with drone’s spinning propeller.

  • Page 13: Select Flight Mode

    After the remote controller is powered on and paired, lower the throttle stick to the low-right corner for a few seconds. The propeller will start to spin at a minimum speed. The drone is then in armed state and ready to take off. Fig.

  • Page 14: Flight Log - Using A Sd Card

    Select the right version for your OS. There are two methods to connect a MindPX to MindCentral, through Gust radio system, or using an USB cable. For how to connect through Gust radio system, please refer to Gust radio user manual. Here is the introduction of connecting using an USB cable.
  • Page 15 USB port Fig. 18 Connect to ground station The flight controller should be powered on. Wait for a few seconds until the flight controllers main LED turns in to any stable color. The MindCentral should auto-connect to the flight controller by now, and update its UI with drone’s status information.

  • Page 16: Calibrate The Drone In Gcs

    Calibrate the drone in GCS MindPX drone has multiple sensors integrated and needs to be carefully calibrated to achieve a stable flight quality. MindCentral provides intuitive GUI for this process and you can do all calibration processes with the software.
  • Page 17 Battery status To start a new flight, lower than 70% remaining battery is not recommended unless you know exactly what you are doing. Recharge battery to ensure enough air time of your vehicle. GPS lock Drone flight requires high accuracy of GPS coordinates. Upon power on, on-board GPS needs up to few minutes to lock into position with enough accuracy.
  • Page 18 Fig. 21 Safety settings Fig. 22 Return home settings The exact settings under ‘Safety’ tab should depend on your specific flight plan and terrain. Fig.21 & 22 is just an example setting. Adjust these settings to best fit into your own flight plan. Audio feedback Try to switch flight mode for few times and make sure you can hear voice feedback from MindCentral, as it can alert you when something happens while you were looking into other things.

  • Page 19: Autonomous Flight

    Autonomous flight Autonomous flight requires to use Gust radio as telemetry. After preflight check OK, pilot can command take off from MindCentral UI. Fig. 23 Take off command from MindCentral There are 2 major types of autonomous flight, goto mode and mission mode. Goto mode In this mode the drone will hold its position by default after take off, until pilot specifies a spot in map and issue the ‘goto’...
  • Page 20 Mission mode In this mode the drone will flight a preset route after take off. The route is planned by pilot in advance in MindCentral, and upload to MindPX. Fig. 25 Mission editor Warning The drone flies constant altitude by default. Check if any obstacles standing in the way of your planned path and adjust waypoint altitude values accordingly, or the drone may crash into it.

  • Page 21: Mx400/450/Mindpx Firmware Upgrade

    Launch MindCentral and select Set up view. Tap on the ‘Firmware’ tab. Then Use a micro-USB cable to connect MX400/450’s USB-GCS port to computer running MindCentral. Wait for a few seconds and a pop up menu will show up on the right side of screen (Fig. 26).

  • Page 22: Gust-Air Firmware Upgrade

    Linux & MacOS. The on-vehicle gust-air radio firmware can also be upgraded through MindCentral. Disconnect MX400/450 if it is still connected with MindCentral. Disconnect Gust-air if it is still connected with MindCentral. Launch MindCentral and select Set up view. Tap on the ‘Firmware’ tab. Then use a micro-USB cable to connect Gust-air’s usb port to the computer running MindCentral.
  • Page 23 Fig. 28 Gust Radio firmware upgrade Currently Gust-air can have 2 roles, Role A and Role B. Role A can accept connection while can also actively make connection to another Gust-air node. Role B can accept 2 connections but can not make connection to other nodes.

  • Page 24: Color Led Indicator

    Please visit www.mindpx.net for more information. If you have any technical issues related to our products, please post on MindClub forum to ask for help. Where to buy You can buy MX400/450/MindPX or related accessories/spare parts at AirMind Store, Or you can send email to support@mindpx.net for inquiry. Page 24...

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