SKY-HERO ANAKIN ARF, User Manual

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 ...

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