SunFounder Q250, Manual

Page 1: ...ght in a small space or a rapid 3D flight based on your own configuration and parameter setting In this book we will show you how to configure the wizard of CC3D In addition we have also provided the videos about how to assemble and fly the Q250 and SF250 quadcopters for you You can check them under VIDEO on our website Free Support If you have any TECHNICAL questions add a topic under FORUM secti...

Page 2: ...3 CC3D Software Debugging 10 Installing the Ground Control Station GCS 10 Plug in the CC3D Flight Control 11 Configuring the Wizard of CC3D 14 Calibrating the Motor Output 19 Configuring the Radio Transmitter 24 Modifying the RX Input Parameters 31 PWM Mode 32 PPM Mode 33 SBUS Mode 35 Check the Flight Mode 35 Calibrating the Aircraft 36 Setting Parameters Manually 38 PWM Mode 38 PPM Mode 41 SBUS M...

Page 3: ...or different aircrafts check the respective assembly tutorials below For Q250 Visit our website www sunfounder com click VIDEO scroll down to Aircraft Model and find Q250 You can see 6 videos there on the page including a basic introduction one and 5 detailed tutorials The tutorial videos are marked with numbers in order Aircraft assembly requires great carefulness and patience so please follow th...

Page 4: ...0 You can see 6 videos including a basic introduction one and detailed tutorials which are marked with numbers in order Aircraft assembly is a task that requires carefulness and patience so please follow the steps in the video for operation S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 5: ...ep Please finish the assembly by following the tutorial in www sunfounder com WIKI Drones Model Aircrafts CC3D SunFounder 250 Radiolink T8FB Remote Controller Assembled The receiver included is a PWM mode one with firmware burnt If the firmware is missing due to an aircraft collision or some other reasons you need to reburn it please refer to 3 CC3D Software Debugging S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 6: ...rs in different modes so you need to adapt it to the actual situation First let s check the pins of the CC3D flight controller CC3D Flight Controller The pins of CC3D flight controller is as shown below When wiring you should be clear about the pins name and connect them correctly or a short circuit may happen S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 7: ...orks with this kit The wiring for three modes is described below For PWM Mode Prepare eight wires for a PWM mode receiver and connect the receiver and the flight controller as shown below You can modify the corresponding channel in software debugging part Flight Controller Receiver GND GND PWR VCC 1 CH1 2 CH2 3 CH3 4 CH4 5 CH5 6 CH6 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 8: ...de Flight Controller Receiver GND GND PWR VCC 6 PPM For PPM mode since GND PWR and CH1 are connected together we need to connect the 3pin cable to other position and then connect CH6 to PPM CH2 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 9: ...ny types of movement the copter can make by the radio transmitter control For example up and down can be counted one channel If the radio transmitter control can only control the copter to fly up and down it s called one channel For a quadcopter at least four channels are needed namely up down right left forward backward and clockwise counterclockwise rotation The corresponding channels are thrott...

Page 10: ...ite easy to tell the throttle Try to pull the two rocker arms The one that will not restore to the middle is the throttle rocker Radio Transmitter left hand throttle Radio Transmitter right hand throttle See the figure below for the throttle type Mode 1 Throttle left Mode 2 Throttle right The four rocker channels are Throttle Rudder Elevator and Aileron which are Throttle Yaw Pitch and Roll respec...

Page 11: ...9 Next let s move on to software debugging S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 12: ...you can also use LibrePilot instead Check the installation steps below Open the GCS installer file downloaded and take these steps 1 Choose a language from the drop down list on the first page then click OK You can cancel installation at any point by clicking Cancel 2 The OpenPilot Welcome screen appears Click Next 3 Review the conditions of the license agreement and then click I Agree to accept t...

Page 13: ...l take some minutes a reminder of failing to install may pop up as shown below and you can just ignore it the installation result in Device Manager shall prevail Open Device Manager If you see CopterControl Virtual COM Port COMxx the number depends on your actual situation it indicates the flight controller has been recognized by the computer If you see the CopterControl with a yellow exclamation ...

Page 14: ...ossibilities 1 OpenPilot or LibrePilot GCS is not installed yet 2 The driver failed to install Right click CopterControl and click Update Driver Software Select Browse my computer for driver software S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 15: ...allation path of OpenPilot or LibrePilot and select the driver folder then click Next When the installation is all done click close to exit Then you can see the flight controller has been recognized by the computer S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 16: ...ure the CC3D flight controller is kept connected to the computer and double click to open the GCS just installed The TX and RX data at bottom indicates the flight controller s connecting status If they are both in grey it means the flight controller is not connected Just replug to try Click Vehicle Setup Wizard and enter the interface of configuring the wizard as shown below S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 17: ...u that the version of the firmware should be consistent with that of the GCS For the first time of configuring you re suggested to upgrade the firmware Take the following steps Unplug the battery and USB cable from OpenPilot to ensure the CC3D flight control board is powered down and no LED is on Click Upgrade Plug the USB cable when the bar starts running Then the GCS will automatically write the...

Page 18: ...the corresponding mode according to your receiver s wiring Here we take PWM mode as an example Click Next Choose the type of vehicle the OpenPilot controller board is going to be used with Choose Multirotor among the four types of vehicles Multirotor Helicopter Fixed wing and Surface S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 19: ...17 Then choose the multirotor type There are several choices provided on the drop down list of the multirotor type Choose Quadcopter X Click Next Choose Rapid ESC S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 20: ... settings you just completed displayed on the interface Click Next to go to the interface of calibrating the sensor Be careful to ensure that the vehicle is really level before calibration to avoid any error S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 21: ... the motor Pay attention to disassemble the propellers before switching on power Follow the instructions on the page to operate DO NOT connect the battery right now tick all the precautions first reality should also meet the conditions click Start and connect the battery to the aircraft and then click Stop after hearing a beep from the ESC Finally disconnect the battery and then click Next S u n F...

Page 22: ...20 Click Next S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 23: ... right to set the critical point of the motor to spin Step 4 Please pay attention to the rotation direction of the motor Ensure the motors are spinning in the correct direction as shown in the diagram Otherwise swap any two wires of a motor to change the direction Since the output calibration of the Motor 2 3 and 4 is the same as the Motor 1 just set their neutral rate in the same way as setting t...

Page 24: ...lect the type of your air frame For a Q250 quadcopter choose Current Tuning And for SF250 please choose QAV250 Then click Next Click Save to save the configuration directly to your OpenPilot controller S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 25: ...23 After saving there will be an interface of rebooting your controller Just wait for a while S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 26: ...throttle is locked before configuration to avoid any damage during the configuration caused by having forgot to unload the battery Click Transmitter Setup Wizard to enter the interface of configuring the radio transmitter You can also click Finish and choose another way to configure the radio transmitter like clicking Configuration Input Start Transmitter Setup Wizard as shown below S u n F o u n ...

Page 27: ...eps in 2 Connect the receiver to connect 2 Switch on the radio transmitter make sure your transmitter works well with the receiver and they can be paired After entering the interface of configuring the radio transmitter follow the prompt on the screen to pull the rockers You can cancel or return to the last step at any time during the configuration S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 28: ...g aircraft and quadcopter Therefore here choose Acro Next select the transmitter mode of the radio transmitter Here are two options throttle left mode and throttle right mode The default one is the throttle left mode namely Mode 2 as below Throttle and Rudder on the left Elevator and Aileron on the right S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 29: ...d on Only the USB port for CC3D is not enough to power the receiver 3 Check whether the receiver and the transmitter are matched successfully Press and hold the button on the receiver until the LED onside blinks and then the LED will brighten constantly indicating the receiver is matched successfully 4 Check the receiver s mode You need to be aware of the color of the LED on the receiver for each ...

Page 30: ...ay auxiliary channel would be better to set Note down the aux channel for flight mode setting since we will use it later Configure Accessory 0 Accessory 1 and Accessory 2 If you don t want to do that just click Next Skip S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 31: ... Click Next Please move all controls to their maximum on both directions to check whether all channels have been configured well You should see the stick in OpenPilot moves as the real stick does If not please click Back to configure that channel again S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 32: ...ck actually does For example when you move the Throttle stick from lowest to highest on the transmitter if the throttle stick on the OpenPilot also moves in the same way it s OK but if it move from highest to lowest it s got reversed Then just tick the Throttle in the software and there is no need to configure it on the radio transmitter S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 33: ...an define the method to unlock it in the way you like Next set the time of receiving no signal to automatically lock the throttle 30s is set by default Usually we unlock the throttle through Throttle off to the lowest and Yaw Right Finally Click Save Modifying the RX Input Parameters Click RC Input and under the tab you will see the parameters for all channels Type Number Min and Max values and Ne...

Page 34: ...or to flying PWM Mode Click Output on the menu column at the left side Neutral is the critical point of the motor to spin that you configured previously So we can know the highest critical point of the four motors is 1088 Click Input and set the Min Neutral and Max values for all channels Min the minimum value of the channel S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 35: ... Max the maximum value of the channel Move the channel sticks If the channel value slider is toggled reversely just tick Reversed For instance when you move the Pitch stick from bottom to top if the channel value slider is toggled from right to left at the same time it indicates it is reversed Thus you should tick the box Reversed after Pitch Then click Save after modifying PPM Mode Click Output o...

Page 36: ...ld be set greater than that for four motors 1089 and about 50 greater than the Min value in case the aircraft takes off when we just slightly pull the throttle and it leaves enough throttle ascending space which would be easier to operate for entry level hobbyists Set all others Neutral values to 1500 median for Min and Max Max the maximum value of the channel S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 37: ...Move the channel stick If the channel value slider is toggled reversely just tick Reversed For instance when you move the Pitch stick from bottom to top if the channel value slider is toggled from right to left it indicates it is reversed Thus we should tick the box Reversed after Pitch Then click Save after modifying Check the Flight Mode Click Flight Switch Mode There are three flight modes usua...

Page 38: ...ontrol and can handle higher ones Note The figure below is to show you that you can move the aux channel to select the flight mode which does NOT mean to select Pos 2 For beginners please select Pos 1 Click Save Calibrating the Aircraft Actually we have configured the aircraft previously and you can skip this step But if the aircraft keeps tilting to one side during the flight you can take these i...

Page 39: ...in parallel with the yellow line or not If yes the calibration is ok otherwise follow the instructions below to operate Place the aircraft on a leveled surface click Altitude then Level to calibrate When the progress bar goes to 100 click Save S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 40: ...figuring the Radio Transmitter you can set the parameters manually Or just skip the settings wizards and set them manually PWM Mode Step 1 Ensure the receiver has been toggled to the PWM mode and connected correctly and power on the aircraft and radio transmitter with a battery Step 2 Open Openpilot click Input at left side and then select PWM for all channels under Type and set Chan 1 Chan 5 unde...

Page 41: ...tle stick just exchange the channel of Pitch and Throttle on the interface then click Save Now Throttle is Chan3 while Pitch is Chan1 Step 4 Move the Elevator stick If the Roll changes when you move the Pitch stick similarly just exchange the two channels then click Save Now Roll is Chan1 while Pitch is Chan2 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 42: ... Step 7 Since only CH2 to CH6 are connected of the receiver you can set FlightMode to Chan5 first and move all the aux channels to see which the slider is toggled Then that one is Chan5 Note down the position of the aux channel to set the aircraft flight mode later Save the setting Step 8 Check four motors Neutral values Click Output on the menu column at the left side Neutral is the critical poin...

Page 43: ...led reversely just tick Reversed For instance when you move the Pitch stick from bottom to top if the channel value slider is toggled from right to left at the same time it indicates it is reversed Thus you should tick the box Reversed after Pitch Then click Save after modifying PPM Mode Step 1 Ensure the receiver has been toggled to the PPM mode and the receiver wiring has been connected correctl...

Page 44: ...le channel stick just exchange the channel of Pitch and Throttle then click Save Now Throttle is Chan3 while Pitch is Chan1 Step 4 Move the Elevator channel stick If the Roll changes when you move the Pitch channel stick just exchange the channel of Roll and Pitch then click Save Now Roll is Chan1 while Pitch is Chan2 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 45: ...nect from CH2 to CH6 in receiver wiring part you can set FlightMode to Chan5 and move the aux channel to see whether the slider is toggled or not If yes the corresponding one is Chan5 Remember the aux channel for the aircraft flight mode setting Save the setting Step 8 Check four motors threshold values Click Output on the menu column at the left side Neutral is the critical point of the motor to ...

Page 46: ...ld be set greater than that for four motors 1089 and about 50 greater than the Min value in case the aircraft takes off when we just slightly pull the throttle and it leaves enough throttle ascending space which would be easier to operate for entry level hobbyists Set all others Neutral values to 1500 median for Min and Max Max the maximum value of the channel S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 47: ...ft and radio transmitter with a battery Step 2 Open Openpilot and click Input at left side then select SBUS for all channels under Type and set Chan1 Chan5 under Number correspondingly Throttle Roll Pitch and Yaw are main channel while FlightMode are aux channel to set the flight mode To realize basic flight needs we only need to set these 5 channels Then click Save Step 3 Move the Throttle channe...

Page 48: ...ue changes no need to modify then Step 7 Since we only connect from CH2 to CH6 in receiver wiring part you can set FlightMode to Chan5 and move the aux channel to see whether the slider is toggled or not If yes the corresponding one is Chan5 Remember the aux channel for the aircraft flight mode setting Save the setting Step 8 Set the Min value of all channel to 200 Max to 1800 Then the Neutral of ...

Page 49: ...sed after Pitch Then click Save after modifying Note Usually the Throttle Roll Pitch and Yaw are Chan1 Chan4 Otherwise you can exchange the channels based on the instruction Remember to click Save after each modifying Save the Settings After a series of configuration remember to export the previous information settings Otherwise the information will be deleted if one thing or two is changed later ...

Page 50: ...under com for the assembly and fly related guide of the quadcopters like Q250 and SF250 For any technical questions welcome to post under FORUM on our website And do not hesitate if you have suggestions or want to share your amazing and useful experiment in post or video Let s work together to make the community more helpful S u n F o u n d e r ...