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APM LED indicators 

The flight controller does some pre-ARM checks and needs to establish a GPS 
lock before it will ARM. 
The on-board 

blue

 status 

LED (C)

 shows GPS. 

Solid blue

 indicates GPS lock. 

The on-board 

red

 status 

LED (A)

 shows ARM status. Blinking = DISARMED. Solid = 

ARMED 
 
 

 

 

 

 

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onDrone ­ Spider Quad Owners Manual ­ rev 0514.2 

Summary of Contents for Spider Quad

Page 1: ...Spider Quad Instruction Manual http www ondrone com onDrone Spider Quad Owners Manual rev 0514 2...

Page 2: ...es com Any questions please get in touch at support ondrone com Safety Precautions Always Operate within local laws and regulations Take care to not put yourself anyone else or their property in any d...

Page 3: ...USB and wireless MAVLINK connection Choice of ground station software for mission planning and analysis Mission Planner APM Planner 2 DroidPlanner 2 3 axis gyro accelerometer and magnetometer high pe...

Page 4: ...n It is important to match the propellor type to the motor direction Each motor or arm will be clearly labelled with the motor direction as show below The motors or arms will be labelled with the moto...

Page 5: ...rate and voltage on balance charger Charger settings Connect both the balance port and charger cable when charging Choose the LIPO BALANCE function and For best battery life charge at 1C rate Example...

Page 6: ...LOITER RTL and their effect on the control and operation of the craft Understand failsafe and safety options Know the failsafe options available and configure actions appropriate to your needs Your F...

Page 7: ...olid BLUE LED Ideally wait 5 minutes after power up for GPS lock to settle To arm motors keep THROTTLE at 0 and move RAW 100 RIGHT for 5 seconds With AC3 1 when ARMED the motors will slowly spin Gentl...

Page 8: ...imple To Test Loiter and Altitude Hold 1 Stabilize mode is at one extreme of your three position mode select switch on your RC transmitter Alt Hold mode is in the middle and Loiter mode is in the thir...

Page 9: ...t is important that you are not ascending or descending when you switch to Alt Hold You should be able to fly around with the copter maintaining the same altitude plus or minus a meter or so 6 If that...

Page 10: ...DE 5 CHANNEL 6 RTL 6 CHANNEL 7 FREE 7 HOBBYWING Quattro ESC to APM Outputs ESC signal wire ESC Motor APM Output BROWN 1 1 ORANGE 2 2 WHITE 3 3 RED 4 4 APM Analog Pin Connections Mission Planner set LE...

Page 11: ...and needs to establish a GPS lock before it will ARM The on board blue status LED C shows GPS Solid blue indicates GPS lock The on board red status LED A shows ARM status Blinking DISARMED Solid ARMED...

Page 12: ...THROTTLE CHANNEL 2 AILERON CHANNEL 3 ELEVATOR 100 CHANNEL 4 RUDDER CHANNEL 5 SE FLIGHT MODE CHANNEL 6 FREE TO USE CONFIGURE IN MISSION PLANNER CHANNEL 7 RETURN TO LAUNCH RTL Flight Mode Switch switch...

Page 13: ...Never fly with a damaged propellor Get above ground effect Above about 1metre you will find it much easier to control Dont be shy to give it enough throttle to get above ground effect From then on al...

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