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Builders guide – FlightClub PROton (Witchcraft)
Safety First
Please build, fly and configure your drone safely. Moving propellers and mishandled
lithium batteries can cause serious damage to person and property. It is your
responsibility to operate safely when flying and handling your 'drone'!
Some related external resources (by no means exhaustive!): -
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The Home of British FPV Racing
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Dronesafe
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Summary of Contents for Electricwingman FlightClub PROton
- Page 1 Builders guide – FlightClub PROton (Witchcraft) Safety First Please build, fly and configure your drone safely. Moving propellers and mishandled lithium batteries can cause serious damage to person and property. It is your responsibility to operate safely when flying and handling your ‘drone’! Some related external resources (by no means exhaustive!): - •...
- Page 2 It is simply the best frame I have Parts list Frame: FlightClub PROton Ultralight Racing Quad Flight Stack: Sunrise Siskin 4 in 1 30A ESC, F4 FC and OSD (2-4S) Motors: BrotherHobby Returner R5 2306 2450kv (Deadpool are always popular but I...
- Page 3 Preparation and Dry Build There is no prep work required on this quad, FlightClub are pretty good at making sure everything is right. Dry building the frame is always recommended to work out where everything fits. FlightClub have done a nice video that shows how to...
- Page 4 The Build It is important to check the flight controller can connect to Betaflight and the gyro is working correctly before soldering anything, once something is soldered to the board it will void any warranty. Use of a flux pen and a small tip on the soldering iron is recommended as the pads on the flight controller are quite small.
- Page 5 Go to the “get Butterflight Configurator” button and click it then click on the version of configurator for your operating system and it will download, then run the install program in the download and the configurator will install.
- Page 6 The firmware should flash but if it is the first time Butterflight has been flashed the board may not go into DFU mode (because it does not match the existing firmware), this can be fixed by either using the boot button when you plug the USB in or by using Betaflight configurator and using the DFU command then switching to the Butterflight configurator.
- Page 7 Once the board has rebooted, reconnect and go to the Configuration tab In the mixer pane, enable “Motor Direction is Reversed” In the ESX/Motor Features select DShot1200 from the drop down. I also enable motor stop because I prefer to use Air Mode on a switch so I can disable it for landing, this stops the infamous Air Mode bounce landings and allows me to stop the motors by dropping the throttle when I land.
- Page 8 Scroll down, in the System Configuration panel set the PID loop Frequency to 8Khz and disable the Barometer and Magnetometer In the personalisation Panel enter the Quad or Pilot name Scroll down, in the Receiver Panel set the Serial Receiver Provider to SBus...
- Page 9 Scroll down and in the Other Features Panel, ensure the follow are the features that are enabled: Anti_Gravity Dynamic_Filter I also disable all beeper settings (because there isn’t a beeper on the quad) Then click on Save and Reboot...
- Page 10 When the Flight Controller has rebooted, reconnect. Go to the PID tuning tab, the PIDS show below are ballpark, it will vary depending on what props you are using as well as if you use different arms, different lipos, etc:...
- Page 11 Then go to the Filter Settings section and ensure it is set up as shown below and click on Save Go to the Receiver Tab From the Channel map drop down select Spktrum / Graupner / JR From the RSSI channel drop down select Aux 12...
- Page 12 Go to the Modes Tab Set up the modes as required, in the screen shot below I am using: A three position switch on Aux 1 to give Disarmed / Armed / Armed and Air Mode A three position switch on Aux 2 to give Rate mode / Horizon Mode / Angle mode...
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- Page 14 Go to the Motor Tab Here we are going to check the direction of rotation of the motors Make sure you have removed your props Click the I understand the risks switch in the bottom right quarter of the window, Plug the lipo in.
- Page 15 Go to the OSD tab and set up the OSD as required (features are enabled on the left and then can be drag and dropped on the screen). Click Save when done...
- Page 16 Go to the CLI tab. It is possible to copy and paste the recommended settings from the front screen before connecting here, however we are going to change a little: This is the current recommended settings: Set dterm_lowpass_type = PT1 We have already set this on the filter tab, but by all...
- Page 17 Click on Select BLHeli_32 Interface and from the drop down select BLHeli32 Bootloader (Cleanflight/Betaflight) MAKE SURE THE PROPS ARE REMOVED Plug in the lipo Click on Connect Click on Read Setup...
- Page 18 Click on OK on the popup. The latest Version of BLHELI32 can be installed by using the Flash BLHeli button However, what we really want to change here is the PWM Frequency on the bottom right which by default is 24khz, move the slider to the right so it is increased to 48khz...
- Page 19 When done click Disconnect and unplug the LiPo. If you changed any motor directions pop back into ButterFlight and retest them. Configuring the FPV components NOTE: Never power a video transmitter without an antenna attached, it will burn out the transmitter.
- Page 20 Final things Before flying for the first time (and regularly thereafter) test your failsafe (if you don’t you will have what is termed a “Flyaway” at some point where your quad departs like some homesick Mary Poppins and is never seen again.
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