4 Flying Elios
ELIOS USER MANUAL
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Moving the right stick up and down controls the
pitch angle of Elios, making the aircraft go forwards
or backwards.
Up makes the aircraft go forwards.
Down makes the aircraft go backwards.
Centered, Elios stays level.
Moving the right stick left and right controls the
bank angle of Elios, making the aircraft go to the left
or to the right.
Left makes the aircraft go to the left
Right makes the aircraft go to the right
Centered, Elios stays level..
The drone does not have an onboard GPS to help it stay fixed in one
place. The pilot must make continous inputs to correct the drift
caused by small trim errors and local air currents.
Failsafe
Loss of communication
If the communication link between Elios and the GCS is lost, the aircraft will automatically enter the
emergency landing mode. It will slowly descend and land on the ground, wait 30s and then shut down
the motors.
The aircraft will leave this mode if the communication link is re-established, after which flight may be
resumed.
Battery level critical
If the battery reaches a critical level, Elios will automatically enter the emergency landing mode, and
the aircraft will slowly descend. The pilot is still able to override this, but to prevent any accident, the
drone should be landed and turned off within 30sec.
Overriding this failsafe for too long might result in permanent
damage to the battery and could result in a crash.
