MA DRONE 3, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...DRONE 3 A quick start guide M V...

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Page 3: ...RX SBUS re ceiver 9 Using a Spektrum remote satellite receiver 10 Calibrating your transmitter in Mission Planner 11 Charging batteries 12 How the controls work 12 WARNING LIGHTS AND SOUNDS 14 The Pi...

Page 4: ...driven by 30A motor speed controllers and these speed control lers are in turn controlled by the Pixhawk flight controller REAR black ducts FRONT blue ducts BIRD S EYE VIEW SIDE VIEW Landing gear opt...

Page 5: ...ge below the middle section with plates off Macro micro microcontroller Speed controller Battery GPS Macro micro Orange RX SBUS Pixhawk interface cables for optional external hardware Micro SD adapter...

Page 6: ...fe of your motors Structural integrity Just like on a full size helicopter you should pre flight check your Hoverbike Drone before powering on This would include checking for the following items All s...

Page 7: ...vehicle s receiver Luckily our Hoverbike Drone can return to home if you go too far from one another Please see https pixhawk org users rc_failsafe for how to setup your failsafe mode However it is b...

Page 8: ...e check your local aviation regulations related to drones and or RC helicopters Please Always fly your Hoverbike Drone with the thought in the back of your mind that something may happen and buffer yo...

Page 9: ...you are able to control your Hoverbike Drone The Hoverbike Drone will be shipped with an Orange RX receiver ready to bind to your Spektrum radio transmitter If you don t have a Spektrum radio transmi...

Page 10: ...lug the satellite receiver and the bind plug and the Pixhawk into the DSM2 receiv er Connect the Hoverbike Drone via the USB cable The receiver should be blinking rapidly showing that they are ready t...

Page 11: ...n and with AUTO selected in the drop down click connect to connect your Hoverbike Drone to the computer Click the Initial Setup tab at the top of the Mission Planner page Select the Mandatory Hardware...

Page 12: ...s and never to charge at over 15 Amps We recommend charging with the balance leads connected When flying from two or more batteries in parallel you need to ensure that the bat teries have the same vol...

Page 13: ...nd backward Roll side Makes the Hoverbike Drone go sideways Yaw turn Makes the Hoverbike Drone turn Contents System overview 4 In the box 5 Caring for Drone 6 You Drone 7 Safety first 8 First time set...

Page 14: ...he Pixhawk LED and sound meanings Solid green Plus single long tone Armed with GPS lock Ready to fly The Pixhawk failsafe lights and sounds Flashing yellow RC failsafe activated Flashing yellow plus q...

Page 15: ...t or no wind and the area should be clear of people and obstacles First time ready to fly Place your Hoverbike Drone on the ground and lift battery plates off plug in BOTH batteries Now leave the Hove...

Page 16: ...or right yaw and move it up or down by moving the left stick up and down height To land slowly lower the throttle stick until your drone is safely back on the ground FLIGHT This procedure is the same...

Page 17: ...19 About Drone 20 Note Loiter mode is heavily dependent on the accelerometers being well calibrat ed To check the calibration of your Hoverbike Drone s accelerometers connect it to Mission Planner an...

Page 18: ...awk buzzer and the Pixhawk light goes solid green Pixhawk Arming button Motors Pixhawk Contents System overview 4 In the box 5 Caring for Drone 6 You Drone 7 Safety first 8 First time setup 9 Batterie...

Page 19: ...d in position with GPS as in loiter mode Pilot s yaw input controls the rate of change of the heading When the pilot releas es the yaw stick the vehicle will maintain its current heading Pilot s throt...

Page 20: ...than 45A This means that the batteries are using just over 1 3rd the rated current of a 20C pack Flight controller The Hoverbike Drone uses the Pixhawk flight controller We tested our own flight con...

Page 21: ...o power the flight controller After the power passes through the power module it continues on to the motor speed controllers to drive the motors Spares You can purchase the following spares from our w...

Page 22: ...nual http 3drobotics com wp content uploads 2014 03 pixhawk manual rev7 pdf Pixhawk failsafe mode setup https pixhawk org users rc_failsafe Mission Planner http ardupilot com downloads did 82 Flying m...

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