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Welcome to your CoDrone EDU journey! For the best experience, all users should go through this manual before flying the drone to understand proper use and safe operation, even experienced users. Our warranty assumes proper use of the drone. Once you’ve read through this manual, head over to our “Getting Started”...
What’s Included Table of Contents Extend antenna for best connection What’s Included Before You Fly front Getting to Know Your CoDrone EDU Getting to Know Your Controller Powering On CoDrone EDU Smart Controller Charging Pairing Basic Flight Commands Propeller removal...
CAUTION over hard surfaces like concrete and patterns with solid parallel lines. Flat, well- CoDrone EDU is designed for indoor use only. Rules for drone flight cement. lit, and patterned surfaces will work best. outdoors will vary depending on your location. The CoDrone EDU also cannot withstand wind.
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Check your firmware The drone and controller occasionally have firmware updates. Be sure to update to the latest firmware before flight. robolink.com/codrone-edu-firmware Using land is the safest The pilot or a spotter should Extend and point the way to stop your drone.
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Getting to Know Your CoDrone EDU front Action button Bottom range sensor Used to calibrate the Reads the distance from the bottom drone’s color sensor and Front range sensor of the drone to the nearest flat surface reset the IMU (sensor).
Then, push the right joystick in the settings. Can also be direction you want to flip. Antenna programmed with robolink.com/codrone-edu-controller code. Extend and point at drone for best Press: When connected to a computer by connectivity.
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Charging Powering On Low battery Powering on the controller You can check your drone and controller’s battery levels The controller takes two AA batteries (not included). Press and hold the button on the LCD screen. When the drone battery is low, the until you hear a chime to power on.
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Pairing Verify that you are paired by Paired! Not paired pressing R1 a few times. The colors of the drone and controller should change together. Your new drone and controller are already paired out of the box. If you want to pair the controller to another drone, you can pair by following these steps.
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Quick take off To start the motors, push both joysticks While flying, these are the controls for the drone, using the joysticks. The following is downward, angling them toward the middle. using Mode 2 controls, which is the default. Then, push up on the left joystick to take off. This method will take off more quickly than Forward the L1 method (see page 15).
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Please note, a propeller’s color does not indicate its rotation. However, we Your CoDrone EDU comes with 4 spare propellers. You can use the propeller removal recommend placing the red propellers at the front of the drone. This will help identify the front of the drone during flight.
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Motor issues usually result from hard crashes. Here are common signs that a motor should be replaced. Motor placement is also important for the CoDrone EDU. Like propellers, there are 2 types of motors, indicated by the color of the wires. Motor directions should match propeller directions.
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Learning to Code with CoDrone EDU Update How to update your drone and controller’s firmware: To start learning how to code, head to our lessons: robolink.com/codrone-edu-firmware Compete Learn about the Aerial Drone Competition: robolink.com/aerial-drone-competition learn.robolink.com/codrone-edu Resources Use these resources to help you on your journey learning to pilot and code with...
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