3DR Y6 Quick Start Manual Download Page 3

Remove

Rotate blue arms away from black arm so your copter forms a Y. 
Align the hole in the corner of the plate with the hole in the arm and 

reinsert bolt into its original position. Ensure that bolt passes through 

bottom plate, arm, and top plate. Use wrench to fasten each bolt with a 

metal nut.

Fasten arms in place

Slide arms into Y position

Secure with bolt

To unpack your copter’s legs, simply slide leg into place and secure 

using provided 25 mm bolts and nuts.

Rotate leg back into the flight position as 

shown above. The hole in the leg should 

align with the hole in the arm. Insert a 25 

mm bolt through leg and arm, and secure 

with nut. Repeat for all three legs.

Travel position

2

Secure legs

Flight position

Travel position

Flight position

Add bolt

Summary of Contents for Y6

Page 1: ...IDE This box contains a flight tested ready to use 3DR Y6 a fault tolerant high stability multicopter solution for flying fully autonomous pre programmable missions These instructions will guide you t...

Page 2: ...oxing guide and your copter is ready to fly Micro USB cable 1 Unfold blue arms Your copter s blue arms indicate its front facing direction and arrive folded for ease of transport UNBOXING Locate the b...

Page 3: ...with a metal nut Fasten arms in place Slide arms into Y position Secure with bolt To unpack your copter s legs simply slide leg into place and secure using provided 25 mm bolts and nuts Rotate leg ba...

Page 4: ...otors marked clockwise add normal propellers to motors marked counterclockwise Use 10 inch props for top motors and 11 inch props for bottom motors 3 Add propellers CCW CW CCW CW CCW CW CCW CW Y6 moto...

Page 5: ...ut signal pins Use the two wire cable to connect power and ground pins between APM and the receiver APM inputs wiring APM input pin numbers Connect six wire cable to signal pins top row S Connect red...

Page 6: ...ing the most recent MSI read the safety information and select Download Download Open the downloaded file to run the Mission Planner Setup Wizard Select the option to proceed if prompted with a securi...

Page 7: ...ilable please always run the most current version of Mission Planner Calibrate Radio Control Mission Planner s RC calibration utility teaches APM to work with your RC transmitter If you opted to recei...

Page 8: ...mode switches to all available positions until the red bars are set at the extremes for each control Select Click when Done to complete RC calibration APM USB port Connect APM to Mission Planner 1 Se...

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