Kanardia Aetos, User Manual

Page 1: ...AETOS User s Manual Kanardia d o o March 2020 Release for software version 3 6...

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Page 3: ...http creativecommons org licenses by sa 3 0 In short the license gives you right to copy reproduce and modify this document if you cite Kanardia d o o as the author of the original work you distribute...

Page 4: ...Aetos User s Manual Revision History The following table shows the revision history of this document Date Description Mar 2020 Initial release 4 Kanardia 2020...

Page 5: ...5 3 Display Operation 16 3 1 Display Overview 16 3 2 Turning ON OFF 18 3 3 Start up Sequence 18 3 4 Status Bar 18 3 5 Screens 20 3 6 PFD EMS Screen 21 3 6 1 Video 22 4 Flight Time Activities 22 4 1 Ma...

Page 6: ...ow Details 35 5 2 Copy Flight to USB 37 5 2 1 The Kml File 37 5 2 2 The Tab File 37 5 3 Copy Logbook to USB 39 6 User Options 40 6 1 Logbook 41 6 2 Routes 41 6 3 Settings 41 6 3 1 User 42 6 3 2 Units...

Page 7: ...Stick 60 8 1 1 Downloading Updates 60 8 1 2 Copying Update File to the USB Stick 62 8 1 3 Performing the Update 63 8 2 Direct Update Mode Emergency Mode 64 9 Database Update 64 9 1 Updating with USB S...

Page 8: ...0 11 Third Party Software 70 11 1 The Qt Library 70 11 1 1 Modules and Linking 71 11 1 2 Source Code and Toolchain 71 11 1 3 Compiling The Library 71 11 1 4 Installing Modified Qt Library 72 11 1 5 Co...

Page 9: ...ns Used Trough the Manual A few icons appear on the side of the manual which have special meanings This icon denotes information that needs to be taken with special attention This icon denotes backgro...

Page 10: ...r information for maneuvering in near or around areas of hazardous weather Weather information may not accurately depict current weather conditions Never use Aetos to attempt to penetrate a thundersto...

Page 11: ...est capability for all possible system failures is not practical This means that an erroneous operation may occur without a fault in dication or warning This makes the pilot responsible to detect such...

Page 12: ...the major part of the sys tem It acts as a primary multi functional dis play Internally it hosts an embedded computer and an AD AHRS GPS module called AIRU The em bedded computer reads information fr...

Page 13: ...ture oil temperature carburetor temperature airbox gearbox temperature fuel lev els system voltage electrical current oil pressure fuel pressure hydraulics pressure pitch trim flap position and many o...

Page 14: ...n Two different SERU units are avail able Stronger and heavier has 6 Nm 53 in lb torque while the lighter and weaker has 3 Nm 27 in lb torque Remote autopilot panel called AMIGO brings fur ther enhanc...

Page 15: ...he information from the CAN bus Slave Aetos Display can be added to the system It has the same functionality as the master Ae tos The only difference is that it does not host the AIRU unit and that so...

Page 16: ...display can comple ment the Aetos system too HORIS can show PDF screen DI screen or G meter screen Last but not least Nesis slave display can comple ment the Aetos system too 3 Display Operation This...

Page 17: ...n autopilot is detected it starts the autopilot actions 4 O A short push on the screen switching button is used to switch to the next screen Long push action is user configurable 5 O The USB port is u...

Page 18: ...the knob 2 select the pilot 3 select the instructor 4 select the QNH rotate until correct QNH is shown and then push the knob 5 Set the fuel level for software tanks only not shown on the figure You...

Page 19: ...t 5 O Steering indicator in the top and current course on the bottom A yellow line left of the center means that you should steer left and a yellow line right of the center means you should steer left...

Page 20: ...position is further enhanced with some augmentation system WAAS EG NOS etc Radio and WiFi Symbols A communication with COM radio device was established A WiFi module was detected and communication wa...

Page 21: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Figure 5 Illustration of the PFD EMS screen with horizontal layout 1 O Status bar Please refer to section 3 4 on page 18 for more details 2 O Airspeed tape Indicated air...

Page 22: ...er in the shape of round arc 10 O Single value engine parameter in the shape of vertical bar and a value below 11 O Multi value engine parameter in the shape of vertical bar The highest value is shown...

Page 23: ...the main menu Some other screens may have different set of options Figure 7 Main menu for the Modern Screen QNH Opens a QNH editor window See section 4 2 for more details Radio Standby Opens a window...

Page 24: ...map layer manipulation Options Opens options screen used to tune the system settings See section 6 starting on page 40 for more details 4 2 QNH Rotate the knob to change the QNH Push the selector kno...

Page 25: ...adio as a standby frequency In order to make it active some minimal action has to be made on the radio 4 4 Selecting a Waypoint Aetos maintains separate lists of airfields navigation aids 3 VFR report...

Page 26: ...aypoints and markers All Displays all items from all databases together New Marker This is a special command described in next subsection Second Step In the second step the list of points is displayed...

Page 27: ...1 Mark 2 Markers are intended to be used during flight Issue the Waypoint New Marker command in order to create a marker at some interesting place Af ter landing the marker can be edited with a differ...

Page 28: ...the METAR report is inter preted in a more friendly form See Figure 12 In a similar way TAF details are also shown but the content is not interpreted Figure 12 An example of interpreted METAR report 4...

Page 29: ...the route active When window is closed correct route leg will be selected automatically This depends on current aircraft position regarding to the route 4 5 2 Creating a New Route A route consists of...

Page 30: ...The final situation is shown on Figure 15 right The item labeled as New will be removed from the final route automatically Close windows Note that a new route is not activated automatically It must be...

Page 31: ...feel free to experiment 4 5 3 Importing a Route Aetos can also import a route which was previouls prepared with some route planner The route file must be saved in Garmin GPX format This means that an...

Page 32: ...en select the Rename command Use the on screen keyboard or the knob to enter a new name 4 5 6 Reversing a Route This is a very convenient command It reverses order of items in selected route Route nam...

Page 33: ...el flow information Note that such way of fuel level indication is highly speculative and may lead to very inaccurate results Never fully trust this indication Fuel level is first adjusted during the...

Page 34: ...events and combines them in flights An example is given on Figure 19 Figure 19 A logbook example Pilot names are missing two dash characters are shown instead Logbook can be accessed from the Options...

Page 35: ...5 1 Show Details The Show Details option opens a window with more details about selected flight Figure 21 gives an example These details have three groups general flight and engine The general group s...

Page 36: ...ched during flight Min Alt minimal baro corrected altitude reached during flight Max Acc maximal normal acceleration reached during flight The engine group shows similar statistics for the engine Star...

Page 37: ...any third party software which accepts such format One such software is Google Earth but many others are supporting this format as well Figures 22 and 23 show two examples First is the top view of a...

Page 38: ...User s Manual 5 2 Copy Flight to USB Figure 22 A flight file with kml extenstion opened in Google Earth Figure 23 A detail of flight opened in Google Earth Vertical profile is visible here 38 Kanardia...

Page 39: ...USA as the language This makes sure that decimal values are properly imported 6 The result of the import is then shown on Figure 25 Some column widths were adjusted and some cells were hidden Figure 2...

Page 40: ...rts user options and service options User options are always accessible while service options require special unique password This section explains user options See section 7 on page 58 for service op...

Page 41: ...important settings The password can be disabled see section 6 3 1 6 1 Logbook Select the Logbook icon in order to access the logbook Logbook activities are covered in section 5 starting on page 34 6 2...

Page 42: ...sed to specify some user specific options and to assign actions to buttons and knobs Language Select between languages for which the translation was provided Note that translations can be provided aft...

Page 43: ...en it is connected it is typically set to deactivate autopilot External long When connected it is typically used to re activate autopilot The following actions can be assigned to each of the buttons m...

Page 44: ...feet meters Climb rate ft min m s Distance NM km mi les Airspeed kts km h mph Windspeed kts km h m s QNH hPa inHg Pressure bar psi Temperature C F Fuel liters US gallons Flow l h gal h Engine RPM RPM...

Page 45: ...endurance calculations It ignores the values given from fuel flow sensor calculator The automatic mode uses the fuel consumption given here only while the aircraft is not flying while on the ground or...

Page 46: ...slightly more dynamic Glider option 12 s pretty fast rate 6 3 5 Logger Logbook and logger use several parameters needed for correct takeoff and landing detection Figure 31 shows these parameters Figu...

Page 47: ...aft shall set this to a value where they can t fly anymore say 200 RPMs When landing rotor RPM is set Aetos does not relay completely on the land ing speed alone but it also demands that rotor RPMs ar...

Page 48: ...s and Figure 33b shows the countdown a Parameters b Countdown Figure 33 Engine shut down example Enable toggles this function on and off It is off by default RPM threshold When engine RPMs are above t...

Page 49: ...lide ratio to zero 6 4 Pilots When several people are flying an aircraft pilots and instructors can specified When more that one pilot is given Aetos ask for its name on the startup and when at least...

Page 50: ...appear instead of the name Activating a Pilot On Aetos start a chance is given to select a pilot or an instructor from the list When a wrong name was selected a new active pilot or instructor can be...

Page 51: ...e is used to play a voice describing the alarm along with the text Alarm text output and voice depend on the language settings A special topmost option on Figure 35 allows a quick mute of all alarms W...

Page 52: ...gine means that the alarm is active only when engine is running 6 6 Brightness The brightness icon is used to change the display brightness in range Aetos always starts with maximal 100 brightness Whe...

Page 53: ...ted on the CAN bus Due to complexity of MAGU installation and calibration the details are ex plained in the MAGU Manual Please refer to our web site and download the manual 6 9 Waypoints The Waypoints...

Page 54: ...iption Longer description of the waypoint Type Type of the waypoint When one of the airfield types is specified this waypoint will also appear in the airfield list Latitude Waypoint latitude in degree...

Page 55: ...elete all command deletes all user waypoints in one step A confirmation is required 6 9 5 Delete unnamed This command deletes all user waypoints that have no name assigned These are typically markers...

Page 56: ...pdate icon instead Update avio data This command appears only if Aetos is connected to the Internet The command will download latest airspace airfield way points database from Kanardia server Format i...

Page 57: ...11 1 on page 70 for more details Model tells Aetos model CPU tells the model of the main CPU used in Aetos Serial tells serial number of Aetos Screen defines the screen pixels resolution Config defin...

Page 58: ...otal time of engine running Flight total time total time of aircraft being airborne Power on total time total time of Aetos being powered on CAN devices section lists all devices detected on the CAN b...

Page 59: ...ank calibration Offset allows various sensor and counter adjustments Autopilot is access popint to several autopilot configuration windows A separate document was prepared for autopilot installation a...

Page 60: ...ularly This section describes actions required to update the software 8 1 Updating with USB Stick In most cases Aetos is updated using USB stick Here the following steps are required 1 downloading an...

Page 61: ...mpleted also if address is not given 1 2 3 M Figure 43 Illustration of the Aetos software download page Usually only latest update is available Problems with Download Some people complain that after c...

Page 62: ...new window 5 Click on the Pop ups and redirects 6 Under Allow section click on the Add button 7 Enter www kanardia eu and press Save Safari solution 1 Click on the Safari menu and select Preferences...

Page 63: ...e kus file and push the knob The update process is now started a Aetos update mode options b Update file selection Figure 44 Special update mode example Once update process has been started do not can...

Page 64: ...oint where software can be updated 9 Database Update The Aetos is using several aviation databases These databases are regularly maintained and their latest versions are available on our web site The...

Page 65: ...e section 8 starting on page 60 9 1 2 Copying Update File to the USB Stick The downloaded file must be copied to the USB stick We recommend copying it to the root folder Important Once file was copied...

Page 66: ...are moving the aircraft control surfaces Power switch is used to cut the power to the servo motors this quickly disables servo motors and frees the aircraft commands It is also possible to install a q...

Page 67: ...topilot Setup For autopilot installation and setup please check separate document Au topilot Installation Manual In this section only autopilot operations are de scribed 10 3 Setting User Button User...

Page 68: ...change one parameter often 10 5 1 Track In order to fly some desired track course the Track action is selected from the menu A window with track direction input is shown on Figure 48 The default valu...

Page 69: ...input window 10 5 3 Flight Director HNAV In order to follow a pre planned route or fly to some selected waypoint the Flight director action is selected from the autopilot menu Aetos then becomes prim...

Page 70: ...ed 10 5 5 Level The Level command is the only autopilot command that activates both servos When the command is issued autopilot keeps aircraft leveled It does not follow any course and it does not mai...

Page 71: ...wnload the suite of programs that were used to build the library binaries 11 1 3 Compiling The Library Once both the library and the toolchain were downloaded use the following steps to build the libr...

Page 72: ...to a USB memory stick Put them into the root folder 4 Insert the USB stick into Aetos 5 Switch to the Options page and then select the Info icon 6 Select the Qt Library from the list 7 Select the Ins...

Page 73: ...n Aetos It can be viewed using the procedure below 1 Switch to the Options page 2 Select the Info icon 3 A list of items appears Choose the Qt Library option 4 Another list appears Choose the View Qt...

Page 74: ...lusive remedy available to Purchaser Kanardia will either 1 repair the hardware defect at no charge using new or refurbished replacement parts or 2 exchange the product with a product that is new or w...

Page 75: ...n statutory express or implied including without limitation warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular pur pose non infringement and any warranties against hidden or latent defects If Kana...

Page 76: ...at it will be able to repair any product under this warranty or make a product exchange without risk to or loss of the programs or data Some jurisdictions do not allow for the limitation of liability...