RedRobotRC Strider flex 250, Assembly Manual And User Manual

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Page 3: ...enter frame Nylon 10mm M F Standoff x4 flight controller Rubber Soft Bobbin x3 HD plate Captive nut x8 RROSD plate M3 Nylon locking nut x4 arm slot Don t be alarmed if you see extra hardware those are included as spares If you find anything missing please contact your retailer or email SUPPORT REDROTORRC COM immediately M3 Allen hex key driver size 2 M3 Hex socket driver Soldering Iron with a thic...

Page 4: ...Pololu MinimOSD 4S 1 3Ghz warning VTX and Camera are both filtered Only camera power is regulated at 12V or 5V Power to the VTX pins is not regulated The flight battery voltage will be applied directly to your VTX Most 5 8 Ghz video transmitters have a built in regulator with a wide range to easily accept 3S 4S standard Most 1 3 Ghz video transmitters do not have built in regulators and will need ...

Page 5: ...2300kv o Sunnysky x2204 2300kv o Cobra 2204 1960kv 4S recommended 18 14 AWG cable preferably silicon coated 10 Battery connector Deans T plug XT60 etc to match your battery style 3S or 4S LiPo Batteries 1300 2200 mAh range 5 6 propellers o 5030 o 5040 o 5045 o 6030 o 6045 1 pin Female to Female Standard Servo Cables Radio Receiver o Frsky D4R ii 2 4Ghz recommended o EzUHF long range o Spektrum 2 4...

Page 6: ...nal but recommended SMA Pigtail lead 4 6 Video Antenna o Immersion RC Skew planer Set 5 8Ghz FPV Camera o HS1177 o PZ0420 o Surveilzone CC1526 Optional but recommended HD Action Camera o Mobius o GoPro Monitor or FPV Goggles Receiver or FPV Goggles with built in Video Receiver ...

Page 7: ...d chase lights 3 rear 2 front controlled by manual switch Conveniently located onboard front rear RGB LEDs power signal connectors Onboard switching regulator can power up to 20 RGB leds Built in current sensor up to 100A Built in RSSI signal conditioning circuit to handle pwm and analog rssi signal types MinimOSD Plug and Play no extra wiring required for MinimOSD to access battery voltage curren...

Page 8: ...d power video CAM 12V FPV cam connector Filtered and regulated to 12V Pin definition ground 12v video CAM 5V FPV cam connector Filtered and regulated by Pololu Step down Pin definition ground 5v video Buzzer Input Use a female female servo cable to connect to Naze32 s negative buzzer signal pad Pololu Output Power output pins from Pololu RGB Input Use a female female servo cable to connect to FC s...

Page 9: ...ulator Installation SKIP THIS STEP IF YOU DON T INTEND TO USE RGB LEDS Wrap 1 2 layers of Kapton or electrical tape around the Polulu 5V step down regulator before soldering to the bottom of the PDB exactly as shown ...

Page 10: ...10 2 Lay Nylon M3 x 12mm x4 flat and insert through bottom plate Top with Nylon M3 x 3mm Spacer x4 ...

Page 11: ...op of bottom plate Hand tighten Nylon 10mm M F Standoff x4 securely onto screws 4 Slide a nylon spacer in between plates and insert a 16mm Aluminum screw through hole Hand tighten 35mm Nylon standoff to it Repeat 10x until all edges are complete ...

Page 12: ...plates taking note of bolt pattern so your motor wiring faces inward Insert Aluminum M3 x 10mm through slot in plates arm Tighten M3 Nylon locking nut so that the arm can still move loosely Repeat 4x until all arms are attached ...

Page 13: ...the bottom of the frame Place captive nut into the slot and screw tightly until captive nut is fully seated Push arm inward against screw and angle arm forward so it sits as far forward as possible in the kidney shaped slot Tighten nylon locknut until arm can only be moved with hard force Repeat 4x until all 4 arms are assembled Shown below in 5 configuration For 6 use the outer holes ...

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Page 15: ...rms there are both 16mm x 19mm M3 slots and 12mm x 16mm M2 slots You may have to flip the arm over if your motor wires are facing the wrong direction 2 Solder the MinimOSD on to the top of the PDB 3 Cut the pins off Optional ...

Page 16: ...d optional 7 Check motor direction and swap a wires if it s incorrectly spinning 8 Solder battery cable to designated pads near the rear install braid optional 9 Mount Flight Controller with Nylon Hex nuts Connect Motor Signals from ESC to flight controller Only one Power and Ground wire is required A servo crimper and 2 54mm jumper pins can be used to shorten cabling Please follow the instruction...

Page 17: ...oint Frame shown naked for clarity 1 Optional Step If using a CCD board Camera Insert CCD Board Camera assembly into slot on the center plate 2 Lay top plate on to standoffs and press camera plate into top plate slot if it is used Screw Aluminum M3 x 6mm into all standoffs x10 Fully tighten with Allen wrench ...

Page 18: ... small zip ties through the center slots or side slots in the HD plate passing through the top plate CCD plate if used and back into the HD plate Tighten zip ties until they take up slack but do not compress bobbins Clip excess length This step will insure your plate will not separate from the frame in a crash ...

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Page 20: ... we simply cannot provide any software firmware support that wasn t developed and released by us USB Programmer Instruction 1 Connect the USB programming dongle RR PRGM to a PC running Win XP 7 8 and make note of the installed COM You can also go Device Manager to find out the COM number 2 Connect the USB PR programmer to FLEX PDB Programming port for the MinimOSD as shown ...

Page 21: ...ider FLEX PDB PLEASE REMOVE ALL PROPS 1 2 Use MinimOSD Extra config tool or Arduino environment to download firmware 2 Config MiniOSD using KV_Team_OSD_GUI exe included in the KV Team OSD v2 2 above 2 1 Click on the COM port to connect 2 2 Click Browse and choose MW_OSD_Team mcm in data folder 2 3 Click Upload and wait for about 2 5 minutes 2 4 Click Load and select our sample config file or you c...

Page 22: ...ve back in the slots to absorb the force of the crash and prevent things from breaking Make sure to check your arms that they are forward in the slots before flying again You may need to slightly loosen the nuts to move them forward and re tighten If using the HD Camera anti vibration plate and zip ties set to the right tension you should never need to adjust If the plate is not secured with zip t...