TTA M4H, Manual

Page 1: ...M4H Hybrid Drone Manual Make sure the pilot is well trainned in operating UAVs before going on mission ...

Page 2: ...cture Item Component Item Component 1 Fuselage 6 Tank Component 2 Clockwise Arm with LED 7 Bearing Component of Tank 3 Counter Clockwise Arm with LED 8 Landing Gear 4 Flight Controller Component 9 Propeller clockwise 5 Engine Component 10 Propeller Counter clockwise 5 6 9 2 4 8 3 1 7 10 ...

Page 3: ...Copyright 2019 TTAAll Rights Reserved M4H Use Instruction 2 Unfolded View ...

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Page 5: ... 1 Installation of Fuselage 8 2 3 2 Arm Installation 10 2 3 3 Spraying Tube Installation 14 3 Generator 15 3 1 Fuel 15 3 2 Getting Started 16 3 2 Launch 17 3 3 Stop 18 3 4 Maintenance 19 3 5 Trouble Shooting 19 3 6 Carburetor Cleaning 22 4 Remote Controller 23 4 1 Function Description 23 4 2 Bind 24 4 3 RC connection Device Helper APP Introduction 24 4 4 Video Transmitter Introduction 25 4 5 Hand ...

Page 6: ... 5 64 Channels 39 5 65 Motors Check 40 5 66 Flight Calibration 40 5 67 Logs 42 5 68 Locator 43 5 69 Version 43 5 70 Advanced 44 6 Flight Preparation 45 6 1 Check Before Takeoff 45 6 11 Conditions Requirement 45 6 12 Drone Status Check 45 6 2 Compass Calibration 46 6 3 GPS 47 6 4 Lock Unlock 47 7 Non Autonomous Flight Modes 48 7 1 Altitude Mode 48 7 2 GPS Mode 48 7 3 AB Mode 49 7 31 Operation Steps...

Page 7: ...omagnetic interference environments When using this product please keep away from army and kinds of manned craft flight area Don t use this product in rain thunder sandstorm fog snow high wind and low temperature and other bad environments When flying in more than three kilometers Environmental factors can lead to flight performance degradation please care of using it When operating this product f...

Page 8: ...dispensing please note that liquid sparks and the pesticide residue in fuselage will be harmful to human body When dispensing please pay more attention and use protective tools and do not let body directly touch with the pesticides After pesticide spraying please clear your skin copter and remote control When using pesticide there will be interaction between different pesticides user should clear ...

Page 9: ...nt without any clogging 1 4 Environment While flying please ensure the drone away from the crowds dangerous goods high buildings high voltage wires and others Please fly the drone in a dedicated space Please ensure the drone fly within the operator s eyesight The drone working temperature is between 0 40 Ensure the drone fly within the permit of local law and regulations To fly the drone safely as...

Page 10: ...manual operation mode does not work please press the emergency bottom Please keep away from the crowd When the battery is damaged please ensure it is stored in the disposal area and avoid spontaneous combustion In order to protect environment please don t throw batteries randomly And consult the maker about the proper disposal method During the flight don t fly overload and do not cause any potent...

Page 11: ...ase do not re calibrate it outdoor It prevents that the two magnet differences cause the potential flying data errors Magnetic field location is different please make sure re calibrate when it changes to the place far away from the previous one 2 Product Introduction TIANNONG M4H the multi rotor UAV is the most economic integrated solution for all the agriculture spraying services This UAV is wate...

Page 12: ...Current 3s 100A Weight without battery 11 5KG Max Pitch Angle 35 Standard Takeoff Weight 23KG Best Spraying Speed 4 6m s Max Takeoff Weight 24KG Max Spaying Speed 10m s Max Thrust weight Ratio 2 25 Flying weight23Kg Working Time 6 12min flight Battery 12S 1800aAh Max Climbing Speed 5m s Max Power 3200W Max Landing speed 3m s Hovering Power 2400W Max Flying Speed 15m s Hovering Time Empty flight 30...

Page 13: ...Payload 10L Spraying System Sprayer Model No Pressure Type Sector Quantity 4 pcs Sprayer Diameter 0 5 1 5mm Spraying Speed 4 6m s Spraying Volume 1 8 2 2L min Spraying Width 4 6m up to height Spraying Droplet Diameter 80 200μm adjustable Remote Controller Remote Controller Model No R4 Working Frequency 2 4Ghz Charging time 10h Effective Signal Distance 1 2KM Battery capacity 3 7V 4000mAh Charging ...

Page 14: ...Copyright 2019 TTAAll Rights Reserved Product Introduction 8 2 3 Preparation Before Takeoff 2 3 1 Installation of Fuselage ...

Page 15: ...1 and figure 2 the results are shown in figure3 2 The landing gears should be installed as figure 5 It should be completed as Figure 6 3 Fix the tank component on rubber connecting column of fuselage with M3 6 screws as figure 7 4 Fix the GPS module on the arm M2 as the figure 8 5 Fix the engine module and tank bearing module with M3 25 screws as figure 9 Fix with M3 8 screws Fix with M3 25 screws...

Page 16: ...ted screws as figure10 7 Connect the engine controller and flight controller 2 3 2 Arm Installation Set all the arms ready 1 clockwise CW arm with LED 1 counter clockwise CCW arm with LED 1 CW arms and 1 CCW arms Totally 4 arms Motor rotation direction same as the cover Label M1 to same label of copter M1 CCW arm assembly ...

Page 17: ...AAll Rights Reserved Product Introduction 11 Label M2 same as copter frame Motor rotation direction as the cover M2 CW arm assembly Label M3 same as the copter frame rotation direction same as motor M3 CCW arm assembly ...

Page 18: ...2019 TTAAll Rights Reserved Product Introduction 12 Arm label same as the copter s M4 Same as the motor rotation direction CW M4 CW arm assembly Fuselage M4 corresponds to arm M4 Fuselage M3 corresponds to arm M3 ...

Page 19: ... main part 6mm inner hole 4 Install the M4 50 plug screw from the hexagon side of the 6mm hole on fuselage arm joint 5 Lock the plug screw with a M4 nut from the other side As the bolt end and the nut at the same plane self lock works 6 Install the rest 3 arms as above completed as the figure below Self lock works as at the same plane Bolt on hex hole Nut hole M4 shutter screw M4 nut Self lock whe...

Page 20: ...Figure 7 install CCW arm on M1 and M5 install CW arms on M2 and M4 install CCW Arm with LED on M3 install CW Arm with LED on M6 4 During the installation of the arm the arm cannot be folded when the stuff screw hole is adjusted The maximum angle is only horizontal with the ESC assembly and the arm can only be folded down 2 3 3 Spraying Tube Installation 1 First insert the Φ8 spraying tube into the...

Page 21: ...served Product Introduction 15 2 Tube installation wiring diagram 3 Generator 3 1 Fuel User must use Motul710 2T oil and gasoline octane over 95 The mixed oil should be light green after mixing Three way connector Three way connector ...

Page 22: ...o avoid loosening Fig 2 2 Power on and switch the three position switch to idle Make sure the status lamp on generator controller is green If not please see Trouble Shooting chapter 3 Use hand puller Close the Choke Lever Fig 3 Pull hand puller When hear firing noise release the hand puller If engine is in warm start condition choking may not be necessary 4 Open the Choke Fig 3 Push start buttom f...

Page 23: ...ijing China www ttaviation com 17 3 2 Launch 1 Before starting make sure the color of controller LED turns as the Three position switch refering to Trouble shooting chapter 2 Switch the three position switch to run and monitoring the UAV input voltage 3 Voltage should stay above 49V stably Launch Idle OFF ...

Page 24: ...as LiPo Battery with capacity of 90 secend emergency landing 3 3 Stop 1 After landing switch the three segment lever to OFF position Engine will shut down automatically 2 Generator has a yellow emergency stop button Caution 1 Fuel ran out may seriously damage the generator Be sure to set a 30 low fuel protection and protection mode should be auto landing 2 Gasoline is flammable After finished one ...

Page 25: ...ead to poor performance and damage 4 Any consequences caused by not maintaining on time will be undertaken by users Caution Lipo battery need to balance its voltage regularly 3 5 Trouble Shooting 1 Switch the three segment lever E and observe the controller lamp before every starting to check generator s conditions Controller Lamp 3 segment lever 说明 OFF OFF Constant Green Idle Green controller lam...

Page 26: ...environmental air condition Clean the filter with mixed gasoline Fuel Supply Constant Green Improper Oil type Change proper Oil Prime pump or no fuel Press prime pump to suck fuel Air inlet Constant Green Chock lever OFF Open chock lever Spark plug Yellow spark or weak spark Change spark plug Wiring OFF idle launch position LED red flashing and alarming 6 wire Three position switch cable is not co...

Page 27: ...er or sensor failure Contact us Air filter clogged Clean the filter with gasoline LED OFF Carburetor clogged Clean as below Lack of power Green red flashing alternately Maintenance required Maintain Air filter clogged Clean the filter with gasoline Carburetor clogged Clean as below Spark plug Remove spark plug and insert red plug cap touch spark ignition head to cylinder and pull hand puller If sp...

Page 28: ...aning Dirty operating environment dusty or unfiltered fuel can lead to clogging of carburetor and lack of power It can be solved by simple carburetor cleaning 1 Remove fuel pump cover screw and pump cover 2 Clean diaphragm and fuel inlet using carburetor cleaner 3 Reassemble the carburetor cover and make sure the gasket and diaphragm s direction is correct ...

Page 29: ...rging should not be in the area of baby playing Charging should not at temperature more than 60 4 1 Function Description Channel Top Middle Bottom E Flying mode Altitude mode GPS mode AB mode F AB recording Recording Point A Recording Point B A Flow switch OFF ON D Home landing OFF ON Channel Left Middle Right G Pump mode OFF Combination Manual H Ignition Launch Idle OFF G E H F A Y2 Y1 X1 X2 D 3 ...

Page 30: ...remote controller can not be operated for more than one pair at the same time Only one to one pairing is allowed 4 3 RC connection Device Helper APP Introduction 1 Turn on remoter controller short press long press Open bluetooth search and connect bluetooth of remote controller T12 password 1234 2 Device Helper introduction ADJUST PARAMETERS Adjusting channels rudder value fail safe value OTHER OP...

Page 31: ...ng District Beijing China www ttaviation com 25 4 4 Video Transmitter Introduction 1 Install TTA APP into user s phone 2 Open OTG function of phone Connect the phone and remoter controller with USB cable Power on the drone 3 Video will be displayed on the phone after user click the OK option ...

Page 32: ...ou Industrial Park Changping District Beijing China www ttaviation com 26 4 5 Hand Mode Settings Introduction 1 Connect user s phone remote controller and drone 2 Open Device Helper APP click HAND SETTINGS and select hand mode USA or JPN 3 Click SAVE SETTINGS to save ...

Page 33: ...ng Niantou Industrial Park Changping District Beijing China www ttaviation com 27 4 6 Remote Controller Antenna Remote controller antenna should straight up when it is stretched Caution Incorrect directions as the two pictures below Straight up when stretched ...

Page 34: ...uration 1 Please install the GCS Ground Control Station software 2 After GCS installation the label will be appeared as figure 5 1 TTA M4H support Android 4 0 or above 3 Open GCS enter into the start page 4 Enter into the main page see figure 5 2 GCS main entrance has four function icons from left to right Statistical page Monitor page Mission planning and settings Figure 5 1 ...

Page 35: ... 5 2 Mission Monitor Page Icons from left to right Left battery capacity GPS satellites flying time horizontal speed Middle current flight mode Right altitude mission area status finished total unit mu remaining liquid unit liter signal of remote controller settings Remark 1 hectare 15mu 5 3 Mission and Mapping 5 31 Block list FPV Images ...

Page 36: ... prompts regular block mapping mode and orchard mode mapping for the user to select Click the confirm button then jump to the mapping page 5 32 Measure Block Measure block is used to map regular blocks 1 Measure Block mode is used to map large areas of continuous land Users can collect route points along the edge of the field inflection point to make a polygon and identify the field with it After ...

Page 37: ...ned route The function of the calibration point is to place the drone on it before the UAV works so that the UAV can correct the deviation and fly on the planned route accurately 4 The content on the top circled by red frame indicates the amount of mapped area unit mu one hectare fifteen mu 5 The three icons on the right circled by the yellow frame are from top to bottom finish spotting and cancel...

Page 38: ... picture above when using a precise positioning tool such as RTK 5 33 Measure Track 1 The measure track is used to work in the situation where the Measure Block mode cannot be sprayed normally such as orchard tea gardens etc In these places the distribution of crops is scattered so the whole plot is not evenly sprayed The Measure Track mode is the planning the track artificially and make the drone...

Page 39: ... measured block is too large for example the length of one side exceeds 1km the liquid contained will not be sufficient to support the round trip of single route spraying Therefore the work efficiency is greatly reduced At this point the blocks can be divided into a number of small blocks to make the single route mission more efficient and improve work efficiency 2 The three icons on the left circ...

Page 40: ...the last division action 5 Finish indicating that the division is completed and all divided parts will be uploaded to the cloud 5 4 Route Planning 1 Click block planning icon in block list to enter into route planning page 2 For Measure Block mode the route panning page is as below 3 Safe distance is the distance between route and block boundary User can set the distance to keep drone safe and imp...

Page 41: ... to right the icons in the bottom red frame are Spray rate Points upload Calibrate Drone at calibration point Take off Start route Return to home point Landing 1 Click Take off icon the GCS ground control station will upload the route to drone and take off automatically 2 After clicking the Start Route icon the drone automatically flies to the first point Note there can t be any obstacles between ...

Page 42: ...con to return back Caution 1 Before taking off all operations can be returned to the previous page to modify once taken off it can not be modified 2 The top status bar will display battery voltage current flying time flying altitude finished area unit mu remaining liquid 5 6 GCS Settings GCS settings include choosing connection mode with drone agriculture settings flight parameter settings remote ...

Page 43: ...ight speed maximum speed set the spray flow 2 User can adjust the parameters by dragging the slider bar or by clicking the plus or minus sign to adjust the parameters or click on the number to directly input the parameter value Spraying rate settings Spraying rate ml min Drone will spray at a certain rate as the set spray rate Spraying rate ml mu It is used to set the amount of liquid per mu The s...

Page 44: ...m 38 5 63 Flight Settings User can only reset the Take off Homing height height above the ground 2 levels voltage alarm and the corresponding two level protection Manual Direction Manual Height Max speed Fence Height Fence Radius Manual Direction Manual Height Manually controlling the direction height is turned on or not during flight ...

Page 45: ...ller is working properly When user operate the switches or the joysticks the corresponding channel changes in GCS 2 Check whether the remote control value of 1 8 channels is within the allowable range for the ground station Push the channel to the top or pull it down If there is an over range prompt you will need to recalibrate 3 Calibration Steps Press and hold the C and D buttons of RC then shor...

Page 46: ... check icon of motor Click the check icon of motor the corresponding motor will rotate the speed will be displayed on the progress bar to judge its working condition 5 66 Flight Calibration Flight calibration is used to calibrate the battery voltage compass and horizontal plane Volt Calib Voltage Calibration This function can be used to calibrate to the correct value when the monitored voltage doe...

Page 47: ...lockwise slowly When LED turns to blue hold and place the drone vertically and keep the head up to the sky rotate copter clockwise slowly till LED flashes calibration succeeded If LED turns to red calibration failed User need to calibrate again Horz Calib Horizontal Calibration Place drone on a horizontal level plane and click on the confirm to calibrate Mag Declination Calib Magnetic Declination ...

Page 48: ...f drone Caution 1 User can not download log unless drone is parked on the ground and the propeller is locked to avoid danger 2 The mark in the yellow circle on the left of each log indicates whether it is selected The button in the red circle on the right side is used to send logs to the developer via communication software such as Wechat 3 Click Remove icon to delete the selected logs ...

Page 49: ...is used to chose spotting device mobile phone remote controller drone and RTK station 5 69 Version Version information is used to display the GCS version flight controller firmware version serial number and flight control firmware upgrade Caution Do not upgrade the firmware unless under professional introduction Otherwise all consequences shall be undertaken by users ...

Page 50: ...hina www ttaviation com 44 5 70 Advanced Caution Do not changing any settings unless under professional introduction Otherwise all consequences shall be undertaken by users 1 Drone Model M4H drone s model chose QUAD X model 2 Algorithm M4H drone settings MC Position Back Noise Suppression Strong Idle Speed Slower ...

Page 51: ...equirement Open field and no shelter conditions to avoid affect the GPS signal Wind is less than 5 level 8m s No strong magnetic field around such as high voltage lines magnetite etc so as not to affect the running of the magnetic compass 6 12 Drone Status Check 1 Check all connectors and wiring to ensure all connected well 2 Check the battery and wiring to ensure sufficient power supply 3 Power o...

Page 52: ... and place the drone vertically and keep the head down to the ground rotate copter clockwise slowly till LED flashes calibration succeeded If LED turns to red calibration failed User need to calibrate again Drone need to be calibrated when GPS or flight controller was moved to other positions Electronic wiring of drone is changed The distance between the last calibration place is over 30 50KM Dron...

Page 53: ...k 1 Push stick as outer eight shape to unlock drone Meanwhile Keep away from the drone to avoid any injuries 2 Push stick as inner eight shape to lock drone only for emergency use While flying inner eight operation can also lock drone 3 After unlocked push the throttle above the neutral position to make the aircraft take off 4 After unlocked motor will be stopped and locked automatically if user d...

Page 54: ...Push the E lever to chose altitude mode and unlock drone Motor is on idle speed mode if throttle is on on neutral position Drone will take off by gently pushing throttle beyond neutral position Drone will stay at a certain height during flying if throttle is back to neutral position 2 User can take over drone and break auto route mission by switching to altitude mode 7 2 GPS Mode In GPS mode drone...

Page 55: ...orts terrain following function if have adjusting length of route manually adjusting height and heading direction manually 7 31 Operation Steps 1 Delete the last AB point dates firstly by push AB Recording Stick from top to bottom rapidly for 4 5 times The GCS will prompt that AB dates has been removed 2 Record the point A Switch the flight mode to GPS mode Take off manually fly to the start point...

Page 56: ...e route While the drone doing AB point flight mode the user can stop controlling the joystick Interval width can be set in Agriculture settings of GCS 7 32 AB Mode adjustment Altitude correction Control the flight altitude by the throttle joystick up for the drone to rise the down for the drone to set Correct the the rudder to control the direction Extension the length of route while the drone fly...

Page 57: ...ght mode to AB mode Control pitch stick to fly forward then the drone would fly to the breakpoint and resume the route 7 34 Manual Obstacle Avoidance In AB mode user can control the drone forward backward left and right to avoid obstacles along the route or in emergency The operation is as below Push roll stick drone will stop flying forward then move to the direction as the roll operation When dr...

Page 58: ... Compass horizontal calibration Altitude flight mode GPS flight mode Automatic flight mode Positioning good ready to take off Blue Compass vertical calibration Transmission alarm No IMU dates Hovering shaking alarm GPS satellites lost alarm Speed alarm Position alarm of remote controller Yellow Accelerator alarm Gyroscope alarm Magnetometer alarm Temperature over 65 alarm Purple Recording A point ...

Page 59: ...fication disclaimer and terms and conditions of all safety instructions It s user s commitment to their own behavior and therefore is responsible for all the consequences Users promised to use this product only for legitimate purposes and agree to these terms and any others policies or guidelines TTA company may develop 5 In the process of using this product please be sure to strictly obey the saf...