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RadioLink RLKA001028 User Manual

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  • Page 1 crossflight User Manual for Multirotor (Compatible with Fixed-wing/Glider/Multirotor/Helicopter/Car/Boat/Robot) CE FCC RoHS...
  • Page 2 2. Send message to us on our Facebook page or leave comments on our YouTube page 3. If the product is purchased from the local distributor, you can also ask them for support and repair as prefer. All manuals and firmware are available on RadioLink official website www.radiolink.com and more tutorials are uploaded.
  • Page 3 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This manual is based on the ARDUPILOT, with setting with RadioLink transmitter AT9S as example. http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/initial- More details about how to use flight controller please refer to:...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Contents 1. crossflight Introduction ..........................3 1.1 Spare Parts .............................. 3 1.2 Connectors ............................... 4 1.3 Parameters ...............................5 1.4 Advices ..............................6 2. Mission Planner ............................. 6 2.1 Install Mission Planner ........................... 6 2.2 Mission Planner Introduction ......................... 7 3.
  • Page 5 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 5.3.1 LED Indicator ..........................44 5.3.2 Arming and Disarming ........................44 5.4 ESC Calibration ............................. 48 5.5 Level Calibration ............................49 5.6 GeoFence ...............................50 5.7 Onboard OSD ............................53 5.7.1 Setting Introduction ........................53 5.7.2 Screen Introduction ........................54 6. AutoTune ..............................55...

  • Page 6: Crossflight Introduction

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 1. crossflight Introduction 1.1 Spare Parts...

  • Page 7: Connectors

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 1.2 Connectors...

  • Page 8: Parameters

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 1.3 Parameters 39.7*39.7*13mm Weight & Dimension Dimension (1.56"*1.56"*0.51") 16.5g (0.58oz), 54g (1.9oz when all Weight the connect wires included) Hardware Processor HC32F4A0PITB Sensor Gyro ICM42670 Compass VCM5883L Barometer LPS22HB Without FRAM, use the internal flash to store parameters, 2617...

  • Page 9: Advices

    7. PID usage. 8. Advanced configuration. 2. Mission Planner 2.1 Install Mission Planner Net Framework 4.6.2 need to be installed first before Mission Planner; Download Net Framework 4.6.2 here Then you can download Mission Planner for crossflight on RadioLink official website: https://www.radiolink.com/crossflight_missionplanner...

  • Page 10: Mission Planner Introduction

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Then download the Mission Planner from https://www.radiolink.com/crossflight_missionplanner Open the Microsoft installer file and select Run to run the installation utility. 2.2 Mission Planner Introduction Once installation is complete, open Mission Planner by clicking on its system icon.

  • Page 11: Initial Setup

    RadioLink. The default firmware of crossflight is for Multicopter. First, you have to upgrade the firmware you need when you the first time ready to use crossflight. Radiolink crossflight is default with quadcopter firmware, you have to install the right firmware if you use the other frame drone.

  • Page 12: Download And Install Firmware

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 3.1 Download and Install Firmware Please connect your crossflight and computer via USB cable. Open the Mission Planner to loading the firmware you need to your crossflight. Attention: (1) Do not click CONNECT before you upload the new firmware, please click DISCONNECT if you have connected successful before.
  • Page 13 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Pay attention: Please set Layout from “Basic” to “Advanced” in CONFIG/TUNING menu if any of the three questions as below encontered when you installing the Mission Planner. (1) It takes a long time to read the parameters.

  • Page 14: Frame Type

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com (3) There’s no INITIAL SETUP. Full Parameter List in 3.2 Frame Type Please setup as below: 1. INITIAL SETUP 2. Mandatory Hardware－>Frame Type 3. Choose Quad or Hexa or other frame types as you need 3.3 Accelerometer Calibration...
  • Page 15 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 1. Place vehicle level and press any key to save setting. 2. Place vehicle on its LEFT side and press any key to save setting.
  • Page 16 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 3. Place vehicle on its RIGHT side and press any key to save setting. 4. Place vehicle DOWN and press any key to save setting. 5. Place vehicle UP and press any key to save setting.

  • Page 17: Compass Calibration

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 6. Place vehicle on its BACK and press any key to save setting. 3.4 Compass Calibration There are two situations about compass calibration: 1. Without GPS, use internal compass 2. With GPS, use external and internal compass.
  • Page 18 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Please fixed crossflight and TS100, then click “Start” and turn crossflight and TS100 till the progress bar of Mag 1 and 2 to the end and comes out the MAG_CAL_SUCCESS marked words. Calibrate the compass as these steps below: Hold the vehicle in the air and rotate it slowly so that each side (front, back, left, right, top and bottom) points down towards the earth for a few seconds in turn.
  • Page 19 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com The mission planner will keep recording the data that collected by the compass sensor and the progress bar and the percentage will keep change when you calibrate the compass, if the percentage have not changed, please check if the compass is connect success.
  • Page 20 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Click OK and then reconnect crossflight to computer, compass calibrate success after restart the crossflight. Attention: When the progress bar moves to 100 and then restart from 0, it may because of the wrong calibrate action or interference.

  • Page 21: Radio Calibration

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 3.5 Radio Calibration This article shows how to perform radio control calibration using Mission Planner. RC transmitters are used to control vehicle movement and orientation. Copter and Plane minimally control throttle, pitch, roll and yaw, while on Rover we just control throttle and roll. Each of these control signals are mapped to transmitter stick/switch(s) and in turn to autopilot channels from the connected receiver.
  • Page 22 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 3. Setup CH3: THRO REV in REVERSE menu (setting steps: Press Mode button about one second to into BASIC MENU, and then turn the dial to choose REVERSE, press Push button to into the REVERSE menu, turn the dial to setup 3: THRO REV, press End to back to Basic menu.
  • Page 23 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com There are two tool pop-ups after you click “OK”, one for make sure both your transmitter and receiver are powered on and connected, and the motor of your drone does not have power and without propellers.
  • Page 24 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com CH1: low position = roll (towards the left), up position= roll (towards the right). CH2: low position =pitch(forward), up position =pitch(backwards). CH3: low position =reduced speed, up position =speed up. CH4: low position = yaw (towards the left), up position = yaw (towards the right).

  • Page 25: Flight Modes

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 3.6 Flight Modes crossflight has 20 flight built-in flight modes, 10 of which are regularly used. There are modes to support different levels/types of flight stabilization, a sophisticated autopilot, a follow-me system etc. Flight modes are controlled through the radio (via a transmitter switch), via mission commands, or using commands from a ground station (GCS) or companion computer.

  • Page 26: Stabilize Mode

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 3．Setup Flight Mode 1 is Stabilize both in Mission Planner and transmitter. Make sure the -swt- is ON (by press the 3 Posi-SW or 2 Posi-SW to make it ON or OFF) and then you can setup the PWM data.

  • Page 27: Acro Mode（Fpv

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com If you’re learning to fly, try Alt Hold or Loiter instead of Stabilize. You’ll have fewer crashes if you don’t need to concentrate on too many controls at once. (1) Pilot’s roll and pitch input control the lean angle of the copter. When the pilot releases the roll and pitch sticks the vehicle automatically levels itself.

  • Page 28: Parameters Setting

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Parameters Setting ACRO_RP_P controls the rotation rate for the roll and pitch axis. The default, 4.5, will command a 200deg/sec rotation rate. Higher values lead to higher rotation rates, lower to slower rotation rates. ACRO_YAW_P controls the rotation rate for the yaw axis. The default, 4.5, like roll and pitch, will command a 200deg/sec rotation rate.

  • Page 29: Auto Mode

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Note: The flight controller uses a barometer which measures air pressure as the primary means for determining altitude (“Pressure Altitude”) and if the air pressure is changing in your flight area due to extreme weather, the copter will follow the air pressure change rather than actual altitude. When fitted and enabled, a downward facing rangefinder such as LiDAR or SONAR will automatically provide even more accurate altitude maintenance, up to the limit of the sensor.
  • Page 30 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com AUTO mode incorporates the altitude control from AltHold mode and position control from Loiter mode and should not be attempted before these modes are flying well. All the same requirements apply including ensuring that vibration levels and compass interference levels are acceptable and that the GPS is functioning well including returning an HDOP of under 2.0.

  • Page 31: Poshold Mode

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com passes the next waypoint. Ending a mission Missions should normally have an RTL as their final command to ensure the copter will return after the mission completes. Alternatively, the final command could be a LAND with a different location. Without a final RTL or LAND command the copter will simply stop at the final waypoint and the pilot will need to retake control with the transmitter.
  • Page 32 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com before returning home or maintain the current altitude if the current altitude is higher than RTL_ALT. The default value for RTL_ALT is 15m. RTL is a GPS-dependent move, so it is essential that GPS lock is acquired before attempting to use this mode.

  • Page 33: Simple And Super Simple Modes

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com descent. The “Loiter” time may be adjusted from 0 to 60,000 milliseconds. 4. WP_YAW_BEHAVIOR: Sets how the autopilot controls the “Yaw” during Missions and RTL. (1) 0 = Never change Yaw. (2) 1 = Face Next Waypoint including facing home during RTL.
  • Page 34 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Normal Mode Without Simple or Super Simple enabled, the pilot’s transmitter stick inputs are applied in the orientation of the copter. For example, in the diagram above when the pilot applies roll input right (red) the vehicle rolls to its right.

  • Page 35: More Flight Modes

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Generally, when arming you should stand behind the vehicle with its nose pointing directly away from you. While flying you should try to keep the vehicle flying in front of its starting position because if it flies behind you all the controls will feel reversed.

  • Page 36: F/S(Failsafe) Setting

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Drift Mode: This page provides tips for flying in Drift Mode and methods for tuning your copter to fly optimally in Drift Mode. Sport Mode: Sport Mode is also known as “rate controlled stabilize” plus Altitude Hold.
  • Page 37 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Make sure transmitter and receiver connect success and work with SBUS signal. F/S setting steps: Setup in transmitter: setup the throttle trim to -120 by trim switch and then press Mode button one second into BASIC MENU, choose and into F/S menu, put the throttle stick to the bottom to setup 3: THRO 3%. Please setup the throttle trim back to 0 after setup the THRO 3% success.
  • Page 38 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com (1) at least 10 PWM higher than your Channel 3’s PWM value when the throttle stick is fully down and the transmitter is off. (2) at least 10 lower than your channel 3’s PWM value when the throttle stick is fully down and the transmitter is on.
  • Page 39 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com You can turn off transmitter to check if the Failsafe function setup success(the PWM of CH3 is smaller than 975) If enabled and set-up correctly the radio Failsafe will trigger if: (1) The pilot turns off the RC transmitter.

  • Page 40: Ekf Failsafe

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com You can check your Failsafe by performing the following tests with the crossflight connected to the Mission Planner either via a USB cable or telemetry link. You can complete these tests without plugging in your LiPo battery but if you do connect a battery you should first remove the propellers.

  • Page 41: Optional Hardware Setup

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com FS_EKF_THRESH Note: This parameter is for advanced users Allows setting the maximum acceptable compass and velocity variance 5. Optional hardware setup Prepare a drone first, a X frame quadcopter as a sample, please mount a crossflight as below steps after you have assembled the drone.

  • Page 42: Connect Crossflight To The Aircraft

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Set the rotation direction and degree and the corresponding values basing on the variation of the flight controller and the aircraft vehicle and input to save. Restart and test if the movements of the flight controller are correct at the homepage of Mission Planner.
  • Page 43 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Octocopter Tricopter...

  • Page 44: How To Recognizing Clockwise And Counterclockwise Propellers

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Note Since there’s no voltage output from the flight controller, an extra BEC module needs to be connected to power supply servo for this model frame 5.2.2 How to recognizing clockwise and counterclockwise propellers The diagrams above show two types of propellers: clockwise (called pushers) and counterclockwise (called pullers).
  • Page 45 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com The battery monitor module provides a stable 5.37V and 2.25Amp power supply which reduces the chances of a brown-out. Allows monitoring of the battery’s voltage and current and triggering a return-to-launch when the voltage becomes low or the total power consumed during the flight approaches the battery’s capacity.
  • Page 46 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com If you find the voltage is not correct (i.e. if off from the hand-held volt meter’s reading by more than perhaps 0.2V) you can correct the APM/PX4’s reading by doing the following: 1. On Mission Planner ‘s INITIAL SETUP | Optional Hardware | Battery Monitor screen set the “Sensor” to “Other”.

  • Page 47: Led Indicator, Arming And Troubleshooting

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Using the power analyzer you can also measure the current and compare to results displayed in the Mission Planner. 5.3 LED Indicator, Arming and Troubleshooting 5.3.1 LED Indicator Blue and red flashing: Initializing Yellow flashing twice: Error, Arming rejected Blue flashing: Stabilize, can be armed.
  • Page 48 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 2. Plug in your LiPo battery. The red and blue lights should flash for a few seconds as the gyros are calibrated (do not move the copter) 3. The pre-arm checks will run automatically and if any problems are found a crossflight will double blink the red arming light, on a Pixhawk the RGB led will blink yellow.
  • Page 49 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Compass offsets too high: the primary compass’s offsets length (i.e. sqrt(x^2+y^2+z^2)) are larger than 500. This can be caused by metal objects being placed too close to the compass. If only an internal compass is being used (not recommended), it may simply be the metal in the board that is causing the large offsets and this may not actually be a problem in which case you may wish to disable the compass check.
  • Page 50 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com If powered through a USB cable (i.e. while on the bench) this can be caused by the desktop computer being unable to provide sufficient current to the flight controller - try replacing the USB cable. If powered from a battery this is a serious problem and the power system (i.e. Power Module, battery, etc) should be carefully checked before flying.

  • Page 51: Esc Calibration

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 5.4 ESC Calibration ESC calibration will vary based on what brand of ESC you are using, so always refer to the documentation for the brand of ESC you are using for specific information (such as tones). “All at once” calibration works well for most ESCs, so it is good idea to attempt it first and if that fails try the “Manual ESC-by-ESC”...

  • Page 52: Level Calibration

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 6. Pull the transmitter’s throttle stick down to its minimum position. 7. The ESCs should then emit a long tone indicating that the minimum throttle has been captured and the calibration is complete. 8. If the long tone indicating successful calibration was heard, the ESCs are “live” now and if you raise the throttle a bit they should spin.

  • Page 53: Geofence

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 5.6 GeoFence AC 3.0.1 (and higher) includes a simple “tin can” shaped fence centered on home that will attempt to stop your copter from flying too far away by stopping at the fence (if in Loiter mode and using Copter-3.4 or higher) or initiating an RTL.
  • Page 54 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com If the vehicle strays outside these borders it will switch into RTL or LAND. At the moment the fence is breached a backup fence is erected 20m further out (or up). If the copter breaches this backup fence (for...
  • Page 55 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Warning 1. The minimum recommended fence radius is 30m. 2. The fence requires the GPS to be functioning well so do not disable the GPS arming check nor the EKF failsafe while the fence is enabled. Conversely if you disable either of these checks, disable the Fence.

  • Page 56: Onboard Osd

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com 5.7 Onboard OSD OSD is the abbreviation of On Screen Display in English. It is a kind of screen display technology, which is used to display characters, graphics and images on the display terminal. The status of the aircraft can be...

  • Page 57: Screen Introduction

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com OSD_W_TERR: Terrain warn level. Set level below which TER_HGT item will flash. -1 disables. OSD_W_AVGCELLV: AVGCELLV warn level. Set level at which AVGCELLV item will flash. OSD_TYPE: 1 means the chip of OSD is MAX7456. 5.7.2 Screen Introduction The Screen interface is the interface displayed on the user's screen, where the user can independently design the interface layout, display options, etc.

  • Page 58: Autotune

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com ① The area is the layout displayed on the screen. Users can freely drag and drop the options inside to customize and adjust the layout of the screen. ② The area is the content displayed on the screen. Users can tick the content they need and display it on the screen.
  • Page 59 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com How to invoke AutoTune 1. Wait for a calm day and go to a large open area. 2. Ensure the ch7 or ch8 switch is in the LOW position. 3. Take off and put the copter into AltHold mode at a comfortable altitude.
  • Page 60 Refresh Params: exhibit the newest parameters which have modified no the Mission Planner. Compare Params: compare the current and the previous parameters. Load Presaved: load the parameters that Radiolink upgrade the files which design for 210-250 frame racing drone to crossflight.

  • Page 61: Download Dataflash Log

    Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com Search: write down the name of parameters you want to setup, much same as the keyboard shortcuts function. 7. Download DataFlash Log There are two ways to record your flight data. With some exceptions, the two methods record very similar data but in different ways: Dataflash logs use the crossflight onboard dataflash memory, which you can download after the flight.
  • Page 62 Radiolink Electronic Ltd www.radiolink.com...

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