Arkbird 421000001, Manual

Page 1: ...asy to adjust support delta wing 4 One button auto leveling one button RTH return to home lost radio signal return home 5 Cruise flight Keep straight constant height flight 6 Gyro normal balance and 3D balance Hover mode 7 Fence mode Auto Switching to Return to HomeMode while flying out of the rectangle area specified 8 4 Way point flight coordinate set by radio stick One board OSD features 1 2 V ...

Page 2: ...l check 1 Wiring Page 3 2 Power Supply P4 3 Installation P6 4 Switch Modes through CH5 and CH6 P7 5 GPS Save Home Position P9 6 Flight OSD Interface P9 7 Manual Mode P10 8 Reverse Balance Mode assistant Control P 10 9 GPS and Return to Home Instruction P11 10 OSD and Menu P12 11 Balance Mode and RTH Adjustment Very Important P17 12 Frequently Asked Questions P 18 ...

Page 3: ... 3 1 Wiring Use 3Pwires black ground red power white data Note the polar of camera wire DO NOT POWER ON before carefully check Especially 12V incorrect wiring will damage the autopilot permanently ...

Page 4: ...SD 12V Video Separated supply Power Supply Diagram Arkbird sensor s 3P wire can wire in the flight power 1 If 3S battery plug in the jumper Default it will supply power to 12V Video system Arkbird OSD 12V Video TX camera OSD12V 5V regulator provides additional 5V power for OSD CPU If not using OSD we also strongly suggest plug in OSD 12V to provide dual power to prevent any issue caused by ESC 5V ...

Page 5: ...he jumper connect another 3S battery 800mah 1000mah to the Video Power Port 12Vin on the third row If separated supply the sequence to power on is OSD 12V first and then ESC flight power Otherwise the OSD cannot initialize and display ...

Page 6: ...e Please keep away from motor to avoid vibration which will reduce the accuracy of sensor 3 While using on flying wing connect channel 1 output to right servo and connect channel 2 output to left servo DISABLE the mix function from transmitter switch Dip switch 4 to 0 to enable flying wing mix 4 While using on 3 channel plane connect channel 1 output to rudder to steering 5 When setting return to ...

Page 7: ...rol Use CH5 and CH6 0 to 100 to switch flight mode 2 While CH5 50 it switches to Manual Mode OSD shows 3 While CH5 50 and CH6 30 it switches to Balance Mode shows While CH5 50 and 30 CH6 70 it switches to Custom Mode Way point Mode or Fence Mode While CH5 50 and CH6 70 it switches to Return to home Mode shows ...

Page 8: ... 8 Pos and Negative ...

Page 9: ...o will flash but it is balance mode 6 Flight OSD Interface 1 When Arkbird is auto piloting the plane RTH mode Cruise flight the lower right will display Roll Pitch control Angle Value and Throttle Value Adjust Autopilot if these angles not appropriate 2 The idle current is 0 8Awhile turning off the throttle if the readout is wrong please enter the OSD menu and exit to reset the current value 3 Ple...

Page 10: ...ition otherwise please check the neutral point again see OSD menu CTL parameters 1 Aileron When rolling the plane to right aileron shall produce a left compensation automatically make plane go back horizontal On the contrary when rolling to left aileron will produce a right compensation Please see as below If the compensation direction is not correct please move the Dip switch 1 to the other side ...

Page 11: ... satellite switching to RTH the plane will go home automatically based on the home angle of last position before out of signal Within radio range please switch to Balance Mode and land Please keep an eye on the quantity of GPS signal and voltage value fly carefully Please note if the quantity of satellite is less than 7 the positioning might not be correct Set Fail Safe to RTH mode Fail Safe is a ...

Page 12: ...and push CH1 to left or right side for 6 seconds it will enter into main menu Exit the main menu if CH5 switches to auto mode 50 Moving stick up and down tochange the value pushing to right side to select and pushing to left side to exit and save parameters Main Menu ...

Page 13: ...rature variation is more than 10 degrees Aileron all the way to the right means it is waiting autopilot be put down OSD shows Waiting Neutral Point Check Put the autopilot paralleled to the ground Please prop up if there is a landing gear and move CH1 left and right to do 3 seconds neutral point check Aileron will be back to center once finished Note Pushing CH5 and CH6 to minus 0 and moving CH1 s...

Page 14: ...even the stick is back to center RTH Throttle Return to home throttle AUTO Throttle The autopilot will use the throttle value of level flight automatically as return to home throttle Default Safe Speed Minimum speed of return to home when speed is less than the certain value it will accelerate throttle in proportion to avoid lost while being upwind Safe Height Safe Height The minimum height of ret...

Page 15: ...verse Yaw KEY3 Yaw Reverse FlyWing KEY4 Conventional Delta Wing Fence Area Set Switching to CH5 50 and 30 CH6 70 within rectangle area and above safe height it is Balance Mode otherwise it switches to RTH mode Fence Mode Fence Mode ON or OFF North Dist North Distance m East Dist East Distance m South Dist South Distance m West Dist West Distance m Safe Height Set Height m ...

Page 16: ... East West distance away from Home m means East and means West Lat Dist Waypoint 1 South North distance away from Home m means South and means North Height Waypoint 1 Height m WP2 WP 2 On Off Lng Dist Waypoint 2 East West distance away from Home m means East and means West Lat Dist Waypoint 2 South North distance away from Home m means South and means North Height Waypoint 2 Height m WP3 WP 3 On O...

Page 17: ...fter neutral point check to see if OSD horizon tilts accordingly and quickly Please fly on default and record OSD video on the ground Observe the attitude through OSD and adjust parameters Adjusting Balance Mode Purpose Stick and SUB TRIM back to center plane can be able to flight levelly 1 Please increase control value ctl in CTL menu or plane s control surface when the stability not good enough ...

Page 18: ... high as possible If fly far than 2km please adjust this value more than 150m Please set cruise speed as Safe speed in RTH menu 12 Frequently Asked Questions Q There is no OSD OSD is incomplete A Check the wiring restart the power Notice that if separated supply the sequence to power on is OSD 12V first and then ESC flight power Otherwise the OSD cannot initialize and display If there shows OSD bu...

Page 19: ...lane can fly stably in horizontal under Manual Mode Attention Please read through carefully 1 The design purpose of autopilot is to keep balance of flight it is not able to manipulate plane or prevent stall You must have sufficient experiences of fixed wing to control the flight 2 The autopilot is only for small scale RC model For safety concern please do not install in plane for aerial photograph...