Foxtech Baby Shark 260 VTOL, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual V2 0 BABY SHARK 260 VTOL 2019 05...

Page 2: ...Mission Planner Connect Baby Shark to Computer Connect the Datalink and Check Flight Controller Checklist before Every Flight Test Flight Autopilot Applications Appendix ESC Calibration Servo Checking...

Page 3: ...Controller Controller FOXTECH BABY SHARK 260 VTOL RTF Combo Kevlar and High Density Composite Material 1260x440x460mm 35kg 2500mm 1440mm 3000m 100km h 15m s 16m s 2 68kg 5 5kg 12kg 6 5kg Including Ba...

Page 4: ...a small area and fly like a multicopter Self weight no payload no battery is 5 5kg and max take off weight is 12kg the stall speed of the BABY SHARK is 15m s 16m s the highest speed is about 100km h...

Page 5: ...mble the tail 10 Twist the tail part on the arm 2 Fix the arm on the aileron with the two screws 5 Tighten the four screws for the aileron inside the body Two screws are in the central section and two...

Page 6: ...ter Download the latest Mission planner online or copy it from the SD card Download link http firmware ardupilot org Tools MissionPlanner 1 Check transmitter mode left hand throttle or right hand thro...

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Page 8: ...FOXTECH BABY SHARK 260 VTOL User Manual 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved 7 3 Enter the Device Manager interface and find its COM 4 Select correct Com port and click CONNECT...

Page 9: ...ace the vehicle each calibration position Press any key to indicate that the autopilot is in position and then proceed to the next orientation The calibration positions are level on right side left si...

Page 10: ...mpass setting page and click start hold the plane and rotate it in order to hit all directions on a sphere to calibrate the compass when it s done a new offset would be given to the flight controller...

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Page 12: ...FOXTECH BABY SHARK 260 VTOL User Manual 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved 11 4 Check Flight Modes Cruise QHover QLoiter Loiter Auto RTL...

Page 13: ...osing that action will re calibrate both your ground barometric pressure and your airspeed sensor Next you should check that your airspeed sensor is working correctly before takeoff To do that you sho...

Page 14: ...s normal 11 Recording device is recording normally 12 Aerial survey camera photo test is normal 13 Exposure check is normal 14 The remote controller power is normal 15 Ground station power is normal 1...

Page 15: ...a bit since there should be big airflow hitting the wing lift the plane to around 3 meters and try to fly it as a multicopter it should not be a problem for anyone who can play a multicopter When you...

Page 16: ...15 If everything goes well you can try to land First reduce the altitude by pushing forward the elevator and when the altitude is around 50m above the ground switch to Qhover or Qloiter Mode Then beco...

Page 17: ...anted altitude it will switch to fixed wing and fly waypoints or missions like a fixed wing The VTOL landing is also the similar you can set the last waypoint to VTOL_LAND but it s suggested to set on...

Page 18: ...anual 2019 FOXTECH All Rights Reserved 17 Applications Survey 3D Survey Patrol FPV Air pollution detection More autopilot mode can be found in Mission planner manual like circle survey Grid drop an ob...

Page 19: ...value to 1 and write params The following calibrations are for Customers who bought Baby Shark VTOL Kit For the customers who bought Baby Shark PNP combo the following calibrations are done before shi...

Page 20: ...by Shark you can adjust Q_M_SPIN_MIN in mission planner The default value is 0 25 Write the value it is complete 4 In the following demonstration Take Left hand throttle as an example Push throttle to...

Page 21: ...ttle stick the motor speed will increase and pull back the throttle stick the motor speed will decrease 3 Push the pitch stick the two V type tail will go down Under Manual Mode Please take off all pr...

Page 22: ...you push the throttle stick the motors speed will increase and pull back the throttle stick the motors speed will decrease 3 Push the pitch stick the speed of the front motor will decrease and the ba...

Page 23: ...se left aileron goes up and the right aileron goes down at the same time 6 Turn the aileron stick to the right the right motor speed will decrease and the left motor speed will increase left aileron g...

Page 24: ...ease the two V type tails go up 2 Plane leans back the speed of front motors will decrease the back motor increase the two V type tails go down 3 Plane leans to the left left aileron will go down and...

Page 25: ...3 Suggested Q_WVANE_MINROLL value is 3 4 Suggested ALT_HOLD_RTL value is 5000 default home altitude 50m is a good number for Vtol landing Default Setttings 6 Suggested BRD_SAFETYENABLE value is 1 alwa...

Page 26: ...T is 10 Suggested Q_LAND_SPEED is 50 9 Suggested Q_TRAN_PIT_MAX value is 7 10 Suggested WP_RADIUS value is 30 11 Suggested BATT2_AMP_OFFSET value is 0 027 Suggested BATT2_AMP_PERVLT value is 54 64481...

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