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TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

 

 

1. SAFETY ADVICE

2. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR USE 
3. REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

PREPARE YOUR ANAKIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1: CONNECT YOUR RX 

 

2: INSTALL VTX ANTENNA  

3: CALLIBRATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLLER & ESC’S
4: SETUP ANAKIN SETTINGS IN FLIGHT CONTROLLER

5: LOAD A SKY-HERO ANAKIN PID PROFILE FILE

ANAKIN FRAME ADJUSTEMENTS

 

1. ARMS’ GEOMETRY

2. MOTORS TILT ANGLE 

3. CAMERA ANGLE

4. ATTACHING PROPELLERS ON MOTORS 

USING LINK9

   

 

 

STARTING SEQUENCE

 

 

WARRANTY TERMS

 

 

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INTRODUCTION

CONGRATULATIONS on your purchase of a SKY-HERO Anakin, we hope that it will provide you with many years of fun and entertainment.

SKY-HERO products are designed and developed in Belgium (Europe), but distributed and supported across the globe through a network of dealers and 
outlets that can provide assistance and advice.

The SKY-HERO ethos is simple; provide cool, flexible, high quality aircraft, and back all products with a fair and reasonable support service.

SAFETY ADVICE

THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT A TOY!

All SKY-HERO aircraft can be considered as a sophisticated leisure products, which require handling with care and caution in order to avoid injury to 
yourself or others. Ensure that you fully review all of the information in this instruction manual and familiarise yourself with the characteristics of this 
SKY-HERO aircraft before attempting to fly it.This instruction manual has been designed with safety in mind and is provided to help you assemble your 
aircraft and to prepare it for use. Assembly of this aircraft requires basic mechanical and electrical skills and flying this type of aircraft requires basic 
coordination skills and some practice.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR USE

The aircraft should not be flown by children and definitely not anyone under the age of 14
Failure to follow and comply with the safety advice and recommendations in this manual, can result in serious injury to you, others or property.
You should always check the local laws and regulations of the country where you will operate the aircraft, to ensure you are in com- pliance with them. 
In particular you should avoid any sensitive areas such as Military establishments, Airports, Power stations and populated areas.
Always keep an adequate safe distance around the aircraft, ensuring that you avoid proximity to buildings, people and anything which is outside of your 

control.

The aircraft is controlled by radio signal which can be subject to interference outside of your control, a loss of radio contact with the aircraft puts it out 

of your control and could cause unpredictable results.

Never fly the aircraft in confined or built up areas, where you might lose visibility of the aircraft.
Never fly the aircraft in bad weather or strong winds, doing so could cause you to lose control with unpredictable results.
Never approach the aircraft until the propellers have stopped turning and never try to touch it whilst it is in flight.
Keep your batteries away from children, young children could attempt to put them in their mouth with dangerous consequences.
Do not expose the aircraft to water, moisture or liquids.
Do not attempt to fly the aircraft when battery power is low (including transmitter battery).
Before each flight, make sure that all propellers are securely attached, that there is no damage to the aircraft or its electronics and wiring.
Always disconnect the battery power to the aircraft before turning off the transmitter and always turn the transmitter on (checking the position of all 
controls) before connecting the battery
Always following the instructions provided with your Flight Controller and any accessory equipment such as transmitter, battery chargers etc.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

At least one Lipo 3S 1300 mAh or greater is recommended.

Link9 of other compatible radios (See page 3)

Basic toolset

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Summary of Contents for ANAKIN ARF

Page 1: ...1 1 GUIDE N ATU RAL BORN RACER Anakin User guide V1 0 Version ...

Page 2: ...ance and advice The SKY HERO ethos is simple provide cool flexible high quality aircraft and back all products with a fair and reasonable support service SAFETY ADVICE THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT A TOY All SKY HERO aircraft can be considered as a sophisticated leisure products which require handling with care and caution in order to avoid injury to yourself or others Ensure that you fully review all of t...

Page 3: ...ADVICE THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT A TOY All SKY HERO aircraft can be considered as a sophisticated leisure products which require handling with care and caution in order to avoid injury to yourself or others Ensure that you fully review all of the information in this instruction manual and familiarise yourself with the characteristics of this SKY HERO aircraft before attempting to fly it This instructio...

Page 4: ...d signal wire needs to be swapped FIRST then connect the REY RED BLACK plug to the PPM output of your receiver no other wires need to be connected See below S BUS The S Bus is another communication protocol from Futaba that can also be used on other radios like Taranis and Radiolink It also combines all output channel information into single servo lead For S Bus receiver use the S Bus signal wire ...

Page 5: ... signal wire and connect it to the S Bus port on the main board remove the multi colored P M PPM signal cable from its socket DS SPEK R R SA ELLI E ONNE ION Another receiver option is the Spektrum R Satellite It allows a Spektrum R or OrangeR satellite receiver to be connected to the CC3D For JR Spektrum DSM satellite receiver plug the signal wire on the satellite to the DSM port on the main board...

Page 6: ...e BLACK and RED wire out of the plug and put back in reverse order DSM2 DSMX satellite receiver signal wire swap How it should looks when completed Anakin T is set by default on a m configuration According to your local policies you can amplify the emission signal up to m To do so you have to follow the instructions described in the pictures beneath Cut the wire to turn 25mW to 200mW or reconnect ...

Page 7: ...OpenPilot 1 OpenPilot IN3 1 exe M S X http www sky hero com softwares OpenPilot 1 OpenPilot MACOS 1 dmg Linux 32 bit Debian package http www sky hero com softwares OpenPilot 1 OpenPilot LIN 3 1 deb Linux 64 bit Debian package http www sky hero com softwares OpenPilot 1 OpenPilot LIN 4 1 deb Nothing needs to be changed here just click Next Nothing needs to be changed here just click Next Click Next...

Page 8: ...ing PPM SB S or DSM receiver the OneShot ESC will be active in blue rather than grey out choose OneShot ESC and click Next Now the basic configuration has completed review the se ngs and click Next Now you will proceed with the sensors calibration for the CC3D Put the ANAKIN FP on a flat surface click Calculate button to start the calibration and click Next when done Click Next to calibrate on ESC...

Page 9: ...e one showing in the diagram Follow the instructions to find the neutral rate slowest constant speed of the first motor and click Next then do the same for the three other motors Click Next to conti nue se the default se ng here unless you know what you are doing then click Next Click the Save button to save all previous se ngs Click Finish and back to the home page ...

Page 10: ...lexi Port and Main Port se ngs and make sure they are the same as on the screenshot If there s any diffe rence please change accordingly and click Save If you ve chosen DSM receiver in the wi ard there are T O things to check 1 Click Hardware tab on left check the Flexi Port and Main Port se ngs and make sure they are the same as the screenshot If there s any diffe rence please change accordingly ...

Page 11: ...e all the se ngs Click Attitude tab from the left and make sure you put 1 into the Roll se ng This is very important failing to do so will cause an instant crash on your first flight Click Flight data tab from the bottom bar check the hud and make sure it corectly reflect all the movements of the ANAKIN WARNING PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY THESE SETTINGS UNLESS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH CC3D AND KNOWS WHAT YO...

Page 12: ...n r 1 uav ip FOR ADVANCED PILOTS Standard setup http www sky hero com softwares PIDS intermediate uav ip FOR EXPERTS Sky Hero expert default http www sky hero com softwares PIDS factory pilot uav ip Sky Hero team pilot Yves Coppye setup http www sky hero com softwares PIDS anakin yves 1 uav ip STEP L A A S ER ANA IN PI PR ILE ILE AIR RA T E AVI R FOR YOUNG PILOTS beginners Early beginners setup ht...

Page 13: ...ag more speed and flight time 10 0 ANAKIN FRAME AD STEMENTS Anakin has been conceived to be adjustable in many ways You can play with several frame adjustments to make a perfect match between your profile and the flight behaviour of the frame Arm s geometry Motor Tilt Angle Camera Angle They can be combined almost to infinity To make changes on the frame please refer to the Anakin Assembly Instruc...

Page 14: ...ent Sky Hero recommends that you use a propeller balancer to balance your propellers then install the propellers on each motors ensuring that their direction of rotation corresponds to the diagram below 3 CAMERA ANGLE 0 10 Flat vision ideal to start and learn 10 20 Perfect nd stage FP experience Anakin has been conceived to be adjustable in many ways You can play with several frame adjustments to ...

Page 15: ... if you are using a LINK9 To use your Anakin ARF with your Link9 YO M ST first upgrade the Sky Hero CC3D flight controller with the latest firmeware To do so you must previously download the OpenPilot Software ERSION 1 see page and do the following CHANGE MODEL TYPE Discard the message warning you do not have the latest version by clicking OK Then click on the Firmeware Tab at the bottom of the ap...

Page 16: ...n your Link9 on Plug your lipo in your model Push and hold the bind button until the Led start blinking Push again the button again until it starts blinking blue meaning S B S mode Once the Led turns solid blue it s bound BASIC COMMANDS See hereunder how to control your Anakin T it cannot hold the central position when released Roll it can return to the central position when released Pitch it can ...

Page 17: ... before flying in ATTI or Manual modes 3 FLIGHT TEST YOUR ANAKIN Fly minutes in hover and then land your aircraft Disconnect the battery and check the temperature of the motors and tubes they may be warm but must not be hot Recharge the battery and check the capacity mAh that your charger puts back into the battery This mAh value will cor respond to the power consumption of your Anakin during the ...

Page 18: ...TY PERIOD E SKY HERO P P WARRANTY LIMITATIONS P SKY HERO S Y A P SKY HERO SKY HERO I SKY HERO SKY HERO SKY HERO D ATTENTION R DAMAGE LIMITATION SKY HERO I SKY HERO SKY HERO SKY HERO I QUESTIONS ASSISTANCE AND REPAIRS SKY HERO P SKY HERO REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY I SKY HERO P P P SKY HERO P ...

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