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Foxtech THEA 160S User Manual

Hybrid agriculture spraying drone
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  • Page 1 THEA 160S Hybrid Agriculture Spraying Drone User manual&Quick guideline...
  • Page 2 6. Other damages caused by self-modification or replacement of accessories or parts not manufactured by us , resulting in poor operation of the entire aircraft. 7. The damage caused by using products not produced by us or imitating Foxtech products.
  • Page 3 19. Pilots try to fly in places that are prohibited by laws and regulations or related administrative units. 20. The pilot fails to comply with the official announcement of foxtech on the official website of, this product manual, the user's quick start guide and this...
  • Page 4 Precautions for the use of aircraft 1. Please stay away from unsafe factors such as obstacles, crowds, and high-voltage lines when flying. 2. Be sure to fly under a safe take-off weight to avoid danger. 3. Please check whether the propeller and motor are installed correctly and firmly, and make sure that the forward and reverse rotating propellers are installed in the correct position.
  • Page 5 Requirements of flight environment 1. An open place with no tall buildings around as the flying field. if it's near buildings and trees, the GPS signal is relatively weak, and the GPS fixed-point function and GPS return-to-home function may be invalid.。 Open place Good signal 2.
  • Page 6 Item list Before using this product, please check whether the package contains all the following items. If anything is missing, please contact us. Quad copter ×1 Controller ×1 Propeller× 4 USB Flight control User manual ×1 7S battery X2 Charger×1 Tool kit ×1 data cable×1 Quick guideline ×1...
  • Page 7 Know the aircraft THEA 160S Agriculture Drone adopts a new design structure and embrace folding way, which is convenient for transportation and storage during operation. The body frame is made of imported 3K carbon fiber material, it's is high strength and light weight. The body shell is made of imported PC explosion-proof material, which is dustproof, waterproof and anti-corrosion.
  • Page 8 Controller 1. Antenna 11. Charge port 2. Mode button 12. Antenna 3. Left joystick 13. A-B point record 4. Switch of obstacle 14. Right joystick avoidance radar 15. Switch of terrain radar 5. Switch of auto-return 16. Switch of waterpump 6.
  • Page 9 Installation before flying, take out the aircraft, please check whether the aircraft is damaged during transportation, and confirm Preparation whether all the accessories of the aircraft are equipped with. Adjust the GPS of the aircraft horizontally, the direction of the GPS arrow points towards forwardly, then tighten the screws of the fixing parts.

  • Page 10: Installation Of Propeller

    Installation of propeller While installing, please check the rotation (CW/CCW) of propellers, then fix and screw them in matched motors(CW/CCW motor) with M4 screws which are packed with propelles. CCW propeller CW propeller Note: Please ensure the correct rotation of propellers and motors, in case of bring damage to the aircraft.
  • Page 11 “Amercian hand” “Japanese hand” Movement head of the Operation basics aircraft Controller control method: Please refer to right pictures to understand Rise/down movement of the aircraft: Default setting is “Amercian hand”, please refer to the left ones. Rise/back If needed to change to “Japanese hand”, please change it in setting =>...
  • Page 12 Flight safety notice Agri Assistance, 1 It's very important for protecting the safety of surrounding people and the environment with necessary safety instruction of flight. 1. Flying in an open field: pay attention to obstacles such as telephone poles and high-voltage lines while flying, and stay away from water, crowds and animals.
  • Page 13 Agri Assistance, 2 Connect APP: Power the controller and the aircraft => Open “Agri Assistance” => Open Bluetooth => Select and 1. Homepage, switch the mode of “Ground plan” and “Start” connect the controller accordingly, all data will be displayed after matched successfully. 2.
  • Page 14 Home page of fly status...

  • Page 15: Accelerometer Calibration

    Calibration of flying Accelerometer calibration Power the aircraft with self-check => enter APP => Click the menu and find sensor => Click “Accelerometer calibration” as below picture => Keep in static and wait for flasing LED light for 3~5 sec in calibration, APP is displayed normally.
  • Page 16 Calibration of flying Power the aircraft with self-check, wait for GPS signal to calibrate the compass. There are 2 methods to do it. Compass calibration 1. Enter APP => Open menu and find sensor => Click “Compass calibration” => When the LEG light is flashing, it means the calibration is started. 2.
  • Page 17 Calibration of flowmeter Power the aircraft with self-check => enter APP => Click the menu and find Spray => Click “Read” => Click “Flowmeter calibration” as below picture. => Fullfill the tank with 5L water => Enter “5L” in the blank => Click “Start” => Open the switch of spray to outlet the air => When it's out of water, the calibration is finished.
  • Page 18 Fly operation Please install propellers and all fly data are normal, unlock the aircraft with joysticks as picture 1 “↘” “↙” to start motors. Take off Push up left joystick “↑” to take off. Pull down left joystick “↓” until the aircraft is landed. After landed, there are 2 methods to stop motors. Landing 1.
  • Page 19 Ground plan Enter App, click “Ground Plan” Located the aircraft and pilot, clock the button of mission list as below picture. It's used for planning the graound, so as to do spray work by aircraft efficiently.
  • Page 20 Ground plan My ground: Select planned grounds do mission again(no need to change specs). Select the planned grounds aroundly. Add new plot: Add a new ground to do spray work. Around ground: It can distribute the spray work based on planned grouds, then start to spray. Or, if a new ground needs to be added, click “⊕...
  • Page 21 Add New Plot Set ground name: Enter ground name, time, crop type to identify spray works. Boundary point: Set the points of boundary. Obstacle point: Set the points of obstacles. New plot adding: After setting the name of the plot, click OK, and use the boundary point button to dot the work area. To form an area, it needs three boundary points at least, which can be deleted by a single point boundary point, and long press to drag the boundary point to reselect(The boundary points cannot be crossed).
  • Page 22 Add New Plot Edited plot: Edit the planned plots for times. Split: Split the planned plots for more aricraft to do spray work. Push plot: To share the planned plots. Share: Distribute the planned plots to groud list, then start to spray. Planned plots are needed to “Share”, enter name(refet to below pictures) to save plot information, then find it in ground list.
  • Page 23 Start Enter APP, click “Start” Locate the aircraft and the pilot, click ground list as below. To select grounds to do spray work by the aircraft.
  • Page 24 Start Help point: Adding point to correct positioning deviation while do second spray works. Route adjust: Adjusting the specs of flight line Start: Start to do spray work according to planned plot. Spacing: Adjusting the distance of each flight line, it's relavant to spray width. Indentation: Adjusting the distance between flight line and boundary.
  • Page 25 Start After setting the route, click “Start”, it will pop out a window of setting. Spray type: Set modes of spray, spray manual, accurate spray, linkage spray. Flying speed: 0～10m/s. Adjust radars and CT(Coordinated turn) Click “Confirm”, after uploaded the route and set the height of take-off. Slide the bar to the right to start auto-spray work. If it's not take-off, slide the bar to right, the aircraft will take off automatically and start spraying.
  • Page 26 Manual spray mode Manual spray: Please push the rod to manual mode to do spray work, open the switch of waterpump and the aircraft will start spraying. In the auto-spray work, after it's out of solutions, the light will flasing then it will be hovering and recording the point.
  • Page 27 A-B point mode Power the controller abd the aircraft, push “AB mode” up and down for 6 times quickly and stay on “AB mode”, the light will flash then wipe up AB points. Yellow, Green Red, Operate the aircraft to the ground, switch to “AB mode” and enter AB point spray. Frirstly, fly to A point as below picture according to different spray work, then swtch to “A point”, the light will flash it means A point is set successfully.
  • Page 28 Flight parameters Regardding parameters of the aircraft, they can be adjusted accordingly. Click “Read” and load current parameters please save them after changed, otherwise it won't be saved. Parameter like, max. speed, angle, back altitude, spray width, etc, it can be set accordingly. Back: The aircraft will be back to take-off point after finished mission Work End Action: according to setting height.
  • Page 29 Engine instruction (1)Button of switch: Switch of engine work. Controller indicators: (2)LED-Red light: Off work. (3)LED-Yellow light: Idling. (4)LED-Green light: Engine start and running. (5)LED-Blue light: Fufill of backup battery. IDLE STOP (6)RPM: Engine rotating speed. Displayer: (7)Vol: Current voltage. (8)T1: Current temp.
  • Page 30 Mixed gasoline ①Inlet of gasoline: #92/#95 gasoline ②Gasoline tank ③Inlet of motor oil: FD grade fully synthetic 2T two-stroke motor oil ④Motor oil tank ⑤Scale of motor oil. ⑥Scales(20:1、25:1、40:1、50:1） Before 10 hours, please mix the gasoline and motor oil in “40:1” scale in advance.
  • Page 31 Start 1, Connect the controller and power on, switch to idle, LED light Yellow, LCD displayer status is IDLE. There is a buzzing sound when powering 2, Pull the starter and release it after engine started. If it's not started with for 2 times, please close the choke and pump the oil for 1 sec, the start the engine after open the choke.

  • Page 32: Turn Off The Engine

    (There is a button for switching working status on the right of LCD screen. Short press is for switching status. Long press for 3 seconds, the engine will stop working from idling/running. ) Turn off the engine: After landed, switch to idle for 1min for fully cooling.