SunFounder 250+, Manual

Page 1: ...1 22 SunFounder 250 Radiolink T8FB Remote Controller Assembled From Wiki Contents 1 Introduction 2 Features 3 Components Test Before Assembly 3 1 1 Battery Balance Charger and Power Adapter Test 3 2 2 Battery Indicator Alarm with Buzzer Test 3 3 3 Power on Radio Transmitter 3 4 4 Assembled Kit Test 3 5 5 Trial Flight 4 Calibration after flight 5 Related links Introduction ...

Page 2: ...ase it you will be issued together with attractive packaging It features stability flexibility and activity Mini Design EMAX motors with 5045 plastic propeller give SunFounder 250 racing quadcopter more powers Pushing the throttle you will feel the fast reaction of the drone You can realize a stable flight in a high or low altitude or in a forest with the SunFounder 250 Features 1 Pre assembled th...

Page 3: ...al flight Components Test Before Assembly Please check whether the components on the list are damaged or missing Remember to test the components like battery power indicator alarm etc before assembly If everything works fine then we can start the test for assembled kit 1 Battery Balance Charger and Power Adapter Test Test Operations 1 Connect the PR301 Li ion Polymer Balance Charger Power Charger ...

Page 4: ...Battery 3 cell Li Polymeter Battery to the balance charger DO NOT connect two or three batteries to charger at the same time Then the charging indicator lights up in red Figure 1 3 indicating it s charging Figure 1 3 3 When the charging indicator turns from red to green Figure 1 4 it means the battery is fully charged Figure 1 4 Note 1 When you connect the balance charger to power if the power ind...

Page 5: ...ry is damaged Only when each of all the cells reaches 3V it will turn to normal charging The charging indicator will light up green when the battery is fully charged Please take out the battery in time to avoid battery deformation or even explosion caused by overcharging 3 The battery may fail to be charged because of over discharging thus remember to mount a battery indicator alarm When an alarm ...

Page 6: ...re 1 6 3 TURN OFF the stabilzator then connect the anode and cathode of the device to those of the battery Figure 1 7 use two wires with different length to distinguish from each other so as to avoid short circuit by careless operation Figure 1 7 4 Turn on the device to start the recovery When the output current changes to 0 or almost 0 the recovery is done as shown in Figure 1 8 ...

Page 7: ...under 250 Radiolink T8FB Remote Controller Assembled Wiki http wiki sunfounder cc index php title SunFounder_250 2BRadiolink_T8FB_Remote_Controller Assembled 7 22 Figure 1 8 2 Battery Indicator Alarm with Buzzer Test ...

Page 8: ...t pins to the corresponding headers as shown in Figure 2 2 3 If they are connected correctly the alarm will beep for three times and then it will display the total voltage of all the cells and the voltage of each cell in cycle 4 The warning voltage threshold can be set by the button on the back of the alarm as shown in of Figure 2 1 Each press will add 0 1V and the setting will be saved automatica...

Page 9: ...unfounder cc index php title SunFounder_250 2BRadiolink_T8FB_Remote_Controller Assembled 9 22 Power on Radio Transmitter Connect the High Discharge Lithium Polymer Battery to the transmitter as shown in Figure3 1 then insert it in and put the battery cover back as shown in Figure 3 2 ...

Page 10: ...ount the propellers battery and battery indicator alarm before flying it For security reasons DO NOT mount the propellers in this step to prevent accidents in later test 1 Cut the velcro tape into halves each slightly shorter than the battery and paste the two pieces on the center of the frame and the back of the battery separately as shown in Figure 4 1 place the battery on the velcro tape area o...

Page 11: ...ki sunfounder cc index php title SunFounder_250 2BRadiolink_T8FB_Remote_Controller Assembled 11 22 Figure 4 1 Figure 4 2 2 Mount the battery indicator alarm to the battery align the pins and headers to mount the alarm as shown in Figure 4 3 and fix it on the frame with nylon ties ...

Page 12: ...mbled Wiki http wiki sunfounder cc index php title SunFounder_250 2BRadiolink_T8FB_Remote_Controller Assembled 12 22 Figure 4 3 3 Turn on the transmitter Figure 4 4 Then power on the aircraft connect the power cord on the plane with that of the battery Figure 4 5 ...

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Page 14: ...oller blinks Keep this status for 3 seconds when the blinking slows down release the Throttle Now the aircraft is unlocked successfully Figure 4 6 5 Pull the Throttle upward slightly Figure 4 7 and you can see the motor starts to spin Note If you have mounted the propellers unconsciously DO NOT pull the Throttle stick rapidly because it s very DANGEROUS Figure 4 7 6 Pull the Throttle to the bottom...

Page 15: ... Flight If all previous tests work fine just mount the propellers to start the trial flight 1 There are two types propellers CW propeller Figure 5 1 and CCW propeller as shown in Figure 5 2 Remember to distinguish the propeller types and mount them as shown in Figure 5 3 with the CW props at No 1 3 and CCW ones at 2 4 then fix them with black or white bullet caps separately Figure 5 1 Figure 5 2 ...

Page 16: ...uter for debugging For more details please check the instruction manual CC3D Software Debugging Calibration after flight In the flight previously you may encounter some problems For example the plane keeps tilting toward a certain direction It may be changed parameter for the plane during the shipment Take the following steps to calibrate 1 Calibrate the radio transmitter Remove the propellers fro...

Page 17: ...nder 250 Radiolink T8FB Remote Controller Assembled Wiki http wiki sunfounder cc index php title SunFounder_250 2BRadiolink_T8FB_Remote_Controller Assembled 17 22 Adjust them until the median is about 1500 click Save ...

Page 18: ... sure the flight mode channel is pulled to Stabilized1 self stabilization Click Flight Mode Switch Settings Stabilized1 self stabilization mode then Roll Pitch and Yaw are all under the self stabilization mode Stabilized2 semi self stabilization mode Roll and Pitch are self stabilization when Yaw is still manual Stabilized3 manual mode Roll Pitch and Yaw are all under the manual mode ...

Page 19: ...e SunFounder_250 2BRadiolink_T8FB_Remote_Controller Assembled 19 22 Pull the assistant channel at the right upper corner of the radio transmitter to check the gear corresponding to the flight mode self stabilization semi self stabilization and manual mode For example pull it to the highest and it is Stabilized1 ...

Page 20: ...k_T8FB_Remote_Controller Assembled 20 22 3 Click FlightData to check whether the level line overlaps the yellow line If yes it means the calibration is done well but if not please move on to the following steps 4 Place the plane on a level surface click Altitude and then Level for the horizontal calibration After it s done 100 click Save ...

Page 21: ...Assembled 21 22 Click Flight Data again and you should see the lines overlapped So you ve finished the debugging Now assemble back the propellers to the plane unlock it and check whether the drone can fly steadily now Note During the flight if a crash happens unluckily the parameters for the plane may change DO calibrate it again based on the instructions above ...

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