ImmersionRC vortex 250 pro, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...250 Pro Instruction manual International edition Rev 1 0 April 2016 Living Manual...

Page 2: ...ces Arm Assembly Camera Mounting Plate Flight Camera GoPro Camera Mount Lost Model Alarm The On Screen Display OSD The Welcome Screen The Main Menu The LED Setup Menu The Flight Controller Menus The V...

Page 3: ...Spektrum Radios FrSky Taranis Radio Futaba S Bus Radios Version 2 OSD Firmware from onwards Gaming Beta The Birth of a Gaming Mode The History How Does It Work Enabling Gaming Mode Race Guidelines Fl...

Page 4: ...pare parts and Upgrades Support Frequently Asked Questions Q I have taken my 250 Pro apart and this Spring Thing popped out where does it go Q How do I calibrate my 250 Pro ESCs Q Can I fly in the rai...

Page 5: ...x emits 2 long beeps followed by a short beep on startup Q When I fly all I see is the ground Q My Vortex flips instead of taking off Q I updated to the latest BetaFlight x y z and my quad is no longe...

Page 6: ...ave a note and the editors will listen Thank You The team that designed the Vortex would like to thank you for purchasing this product Many hours of development and testing time went into the Vortex 2...

Page 7: ...getting started guide as far as equipment battery selection and how to run the Vortex 250 Pro Wizard REMOVE PROPS Mini quad props can do some serious damage when coming in contact with human skin Unl...

Page 8: ...on The separate Getting Started guide should be used when setting up your Vortex 250 Pro for the first time It includes sections on choosing an appropriate battery and R C receiver and also the operat...

Page 9: ...t to put too much strain on this connector It is a lightweight surface mount part and if the quad is dragged around by the USB cord it may not survive 2 LED board button used to change Video Tx band t...

Page 10: ...quired in normal use with the bootloader and firmware shipped with the 250 Pro See the Firmware Upgrades chapter for more details 4 Socketed Video Tx Module Either a 350mW or 25mW 5 8GHz Custom NexWav...

Page 11: ...ocated behind the flight camera The connector can be easily accessed without the need to disassemble the quad Looking from the front of the quad the pinout is as follows left to right 1 Video 2 Gnd 3...

Page 12: ...without a battery installed a little research may be required to identify which ones 7 Receiver PPM Connector CPPM Only When using a classic PPM a k a CPPM receiver use the PPM connector a 3 pin JST P...

Page 13: ...located on the top of the Fusion Gen2 PCB is used This connector contains both a 5V and a 3 3V supply to support most of the receivers on the market today For longer range flight the latest EzUHF firm...

Page 14: ...connector take care to hold the cables and avoid unnecessary strain on the Vortex PDB Pulling these cables too hard may pull the traces off of the PCB Connector Part Numbers and Sources If any of the...

Page 15: ...instead of the much more convenient connector option may not seem ideal Various connectors were tried but one compact enough robust enough and capable of carrying 20 Amps per motor was not found A cu...

Page 16: ...f FatShark cameras with lightweight plastic cases from the 600 and 700 TVL CMOS cameras through to the 900 line CCD The Vortex is shipped with the 600 line CMOS installed certain quads may be shipped...

Page 17: ...the rubber dampers 3 Remove the plate mount the GoPro recliner and attach with the supplied aluminium screws from the bottom of the plate 4 Re install the anti vibe plate the pins and the clips that...

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Page 19: ...oved the following welcome screen is displayed This shows various pieces of status information including the Flight Controller version number and Flight Controller API version which is fairly importan...

Page 20: ...de 2 ers holding the throttle stick down and to the left will enter the main menu Note that this stick position needs to be held for a few seconds before the menu appears To navigate the menu use the...

Page 21: ...ented later in this manual The Pseudo lets you name your quad This is useful when several Vortexes are being used in a race and simplifies Video Tx channel assignments The Pack Capacity should be set...

Page 22: ...Alarms may be enabled and disabled in the Alarms Setup menu It is highly recommended to start flying with all alarms enabled and disable them if required after getting used to the quad 22...

Page 23: ...y of the LEDs will reflect the current throttle position For Parameter Mode Frequency the blink rate of the LEDs will reflect the current throttle position For Parameter Mode Gradient the LEDs will sh...

Page 24: ...of flight controller menus is possible without a laptop and USB cable All of the critical parameters PIDs Expos Loop time etc are available Note that the PID Setup menu is a two page menu keep moving...

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Page 26: ...Note that all of the Flight Controller parameters can be preset by loading one of the installed Pro Tunes 26...

Page 27: ...the new FatShark 4 band RaceBand Dominator module WARNING Please play attention to the legality of the channels that you are using in your area While the authorities have been relatively tolerant of...

Page 28: ...t Controller R C Transmitter Control Modes Mode 1 Common in Europe Pitch Throttle Yaw Roll Mode 2 Common in the USA Throttle Pitch Yaw Roll Mode 3 Pitch Throttle Roll Yaw Mode 4 Throttle Pitch Roll Ya...

Page 29: ...ded to start flying the quad FPV in Angle mode get some altitude and switch into Acro mode Landings in Acro mode can be a bit challenging for the beginner so switching to Angle mode before landing is...

Page 30: ...builds the day they are released but we are committed to keep up with changes Check the ImmersionRC Vortex product page for compatibility information NOTE Do not install new Cleanflight builds nor bu...

Page 31: ...rmal flight controller disarm control Mode 1 Yaw left Throttle stick down Arm Flight Controller Mode 2 Throttle stick right and down Mode 1 Yaw right Throttle stick down Reset vTx Channel Mode 2 Throt...

Page 32: ...get brushless motors to spin in the correct direction Once props are installed at power up before arming the flight controller a simple spin of a prop will program the rotation sense NOTE This proced...

Page 33: ...he OSD firmware Now as a user you can choose your favourite pilot choice of props battery flight style etc and all flight controller settings are configured for you based upon his pro tune Thanks to t...

Page 34: ...to the rear mounting plate and the cable connected No other cabling is required CPPM sends all PPM channels down a single cable and eliminates the mass of wiring that most mini quads have to contend...

Page 35: ...also from the control stick to the flight controller For minimum latency with reasonable range the Spektrum radios and satellite receivers are a great choice with the best average Stick to Flight Cont...

Page 36: ...his value must be as close as possible to a min of 1000 center of 1500 and max of 2000 It is highly recommended to start with a clean configuration new model for all radios Spektrum Radios Spektrum ra...

Page 37: ...coding session in the Vortex OSD and we had our answer we had synthesized pure adrenaline directly injected into a quad racer s veins with no contact required The entire dynamics of the race had chang...

Page 38: ...amer Fly a few laps around your course and get a rough estimate for the lap time Enter this value into the Game Setup menu along with the number of laps you wish to fly Arming the quad will automatica...

Page 39: ...he race shows the time min and max altitude and the number of points accumulated How the time and points are combined to decide who won is an exercise left to the gamer for now Let us know what you th...

Page 40: ...de of a room 2 NEVER walk back to the pilot area with a powered up quad This is similar to 1 and is the most common cause of issues at the race track When retrieving a model unplug the battery before...

Page 41: ...SC and or Motors It s located in Vortex Menu Diagnostics Motor Test WARNING This test can be extremely dangerous great care is required The Vortex should be securely anchored to an immovable object id...

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Page 43: ...independently in sequence and then all together Use the roll stick left to go to next steps Motor1 Motor2 Motor3 Motor4 All Motors Test Summary The summary screen and the graph could help you to ident...

Page 44: ...To exit the test move the Roll stick to the left 44...

Page 45: ...h may be analyzed after a flight In order to benefit from the BlackBox it should be erased before flying To do this enter the OSD on the Flight Controller setup page The erase will take approx 10 30 s...

Page 46: ...s very likely If your Vortex is not recognized as a valid USB device when you plug it in your PC you will have to install a driver first You can download it from here CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Dri...

Page 47: ...website and start the update If during a previous upgrade you had a problem causing the OSD to be bricked you can still recover from this state using the procedure below Upgrade procedure for bricked...

Page 48: ...nstructions for Cleanflight IRCFUSIONF3 NOTE Sometimes it may need few attempts before it starts flashing so keep trying few times if upgrade does not start NOTE Upgrading Cleanflight to a version not...

Page 49: ...configuration of the EzUHF receiver should be as follows 1 10 Channel PPM output 2 PPM on servo channel 1 3 UPSTAT on PPM slot 10 Note To ease programmation of UPSTAT on a receiver equipped with v1 51...

Page 50: ...ot125 Feature Enabled Rx Mode PPM Sum Mode all channels down a single cable Minimum Throttle 1100us Maximum Throttle 1900us Minimum Command 1015us Angle mode on Aux1 1300 1700us Horiz mode on Aux1 900...

Page 51: ...kets ITU Region 2 Americas Greenland eastern Pacific Islands Assuming that the user has a Ham license the 5650 5925 MHz band may be used Note that all 8 channels of ImmersionRC s RaceBand are legal in...

Page 52: ...8 5847 5866 Band B 5 5865 5845 5825 5805 5785 5765 5745 5725 Band A ITU Region 1 Europe Africa Middle East Iraq Soviet Union With a Ham license the legal band varies widely from country to country but...

Page 53: ...ottom led board will turn green or red if a problem is detected one after another as follows 1 GYRO sensor detected 2 ACCEL sensor detected 3 BARO sensor detected 4 Flight Controller OSD APIs Compatib...

Page 54: ...he salt on any exposed copper surfaces may result in the product failing at some point in the future The Sun The camera use in the Vortex or any camera for that matter does not appreciate being left s...

Page 55: ...and CH1 8 5658 5695 5732 5769 5806 5843 5880 5917 MHz Frequency A Band CH1 8 5865 5845 5825 5805 5785 5765 5745 5725 MHz Frequency B Band CH1 8 5733 5752 5771 5790 5809 5828 5847 5866 MHz Frequency E...

Page 56: ...e Receiver Power 5V or 3 3V 200mA max Flight Characteristics Flight Time Depends upon battery and flight style Maximum Range Highly dependent on battery and flying style Maximum Speed 100km h with app...

Page 57: ...Kit Stage 1 titanium screws etc V25PCK3 5 stock replacement arm V27PCK3 6 replacement arm for use with 6 props and 2000kV motors V25PCK4 Replacement CF Top plate V25PCK5 Replacement FR4 front bumper...

Page 58: ...of FPVlab com We actively monitor this forum and provide support here A very active Facebook Group is also a good place to go with support or any other pre post sales inquiries for the Vortex product...

Page 59: ...ically restrains the video transmitter module during a serious collision Secondly it acts as a heat sink transmitting heat from the transmitter module into the air and into the frame Lastly it reduces...

Page 60: ...corrosive salt water is involved is to rinse the entire quad in distilled water available where car parts are sold used to refill car batteries This rinsing process will remove potentially conductive...

Page 61: ...tor screws touching the windings Motor screw length on any mini quad is absolutely critical especially for upgrade motors which have extremely thin base material Q My R C Receiver isn t auto detected...

Page 62: ...end an email to repairs immersionrc com including a photo of the motor and bell Q My vortex beeps continuously The beeps are coming from the ESC s They start to beep when they don t receive any PWM If...

Page 63: ...that needs reversing Q I updated to the latest BetaFlight x y z and my quad is no longer tuned BetaFlight is a superb piece of software updated almost daily to add new features and is really the bleed...

Page 64: ...e you equipment is in proper working order is checked prior to every flight and that your are familiar with and respect the equipment s capabilities and limitations Do NOT fly recklessly do NOT fly ne...

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