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RC Electronics Raven Manual

Onboard air-data measuring system for r/c aircraft with telemetry
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Onboard air-data measuring system for R/C aircraft with
telemetry.
Manual version: 1.2
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  • Page 1 Raven Onboard air-data measuring system for R/C aircraft with telemetry. Manual version: 1.2 RC Electronics support@rc-electronics. eu www.rc-electronics.eu...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction..............................3 Key features of the Raven........................3 Specifications............................3 Physical overview............................4 Using the Raven module..........................6 Powering the module..........................6 Mounting the module..........................6 Connecting module to PC..........................9 Modes of operations..........................11 Electronic compensation........................11 Polar measurements..........................11 Firmware update............................12 Revision history............................12 - Onboard air-data measuring system for R/C planes with telemetry.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction The “Raven” is one component of RC Electronics model aircraft telemetry system. The Raven is the “on- board” unit intended to be used with the “Snipe” “Ground station”. The Raven is designed to measure many parameters of an R/C model aircraft and transmit them to the Snipe ground station via the telemetry channel working on 433 MHz frequency.

  • Page 4: Physical Overview

    Physical overview Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3 are showing the Raven module. It has two SMA connectors (one for RF and one for active GPS antenna), 3 pressure ports (Ptot – total pressure, Pst – static pressure, Pte – total energy compensated pressure from TEK probe) and a multi-color LED to show the status of the unit.
  • Page 5 GPS antenna Figure 2: The Raven module. RF antenna There are 2 ways of connection Pte Connect IAS probe to port: Ptot. IAS probe can be mounted in nose or on 1: When using normal TEK probe, tail where air is laminar.

  • Page 6: Using The Raven Module

    Snipe ground station. For example the Raven should be located in an area of the fuselage that is free of carbon or antenna extend cable should be used to mount antenna to non carbon area.
  • Page 7 GPS antenna has to be mounted where there is no metal or carbon above it and must be turned in such direction that white arrow is pointing up towards the sky as in Figure 4. Point this arrow towards the sky Figure 4: Correct position of GPS antenna - Onboard air-data measuring system for R/C planes with telemetry.
  • Page 8 Static tube installation In order to utilize the full capability of the Raven an Indicated Airspeed (IAS) probe must be install in the aircraft. The IAS probe must have two components, Ptot (total air pressure) and Pst (Static Air pressure).

  • Page 9: Connecting Module To Pc

    Connect the Raven module to a PC using a cable with a micro USB connector inserted into the micro usb slot on the Raven. When connected to the PC the module will power up and will open a new flash disk on the computer screen.
  • Page 10 Raven info.txt example: Device: Raven - device name Serial No: 178001 - device serial no. IGC Sn: 001 - device unique IGC number (for future use) HW: 1.1 - Hardware version of device Produced: 27.9.2018 - date of production FW v: r.0.9.B100...

  • Page 11: Modes Of Operations

    Electronic compensation can work only when an IAS probe (Indicated Airspeed) is installed in aircraft and connected to Raven. It is used when the user wishes to fine tune the TEK probe (TEK probe can be over or under compensating dynamic change of plane). For fine tuning of TEK probe set TE level in range of -10% to +10%.

  • Page 12: Firmware Update

    Firmware update 1. Download latest firmware for Raven from our web site. Firmware should have name Raven.rcu 2. Connect Raven to PC via USB cable 3. Copy Raven.rcu to Raven flash disk and do a power reset. 4. Check in Raven info.txt file that new version is installed.

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