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Operating Guidelines
8.1 Preflight
Initial Conditions:
The safety pin is in.
Finalize all the preflight procedures to your drone and payload. The following tasks are in
addition to the regular preflight tasks –
Turn off the power to the drone
Ensure that the thumb screws, TerminateAir’s screws and the mounting legs screws are
firmly closed
Make sure that the parachute cable and the TerminateAir cable are properly connected
to the SmartAir
Carefully remove the safety pin, then turn on the RC (optional). At the end of the
initialization process, the SmartAir LED should be
BLUE
and the RC LED should be green.
Turn on the power to the drone
Go back to a safety distance of at least 5 meters
8.2 Takeoff
When climbing, you must climb to approximately 7 meters before the system is armed.
Climb until you hear a single long beep, and the LED is
GREEN
.
The system is now armed and ready for activation in case of an emergency.
8.3 Before Landing
When approaching landing, and the drone slowly while keeping it level. Three seconds after
the rotors are stopped on the ground, the parachute system automatically disarms. At that
point, a long double-beep is heard and the LED is
BLUE
.
8.4 After Landing
Place the safety pin inside the canister and turn off the RC (optional).
Warning
Do not move the drone or system while the system is armed (green LED). An angle breach
may cause the system to deploy. The parachute and cover will be projected at high speed
and may cause injuries. Inserting the safety pin all the way in will prevent this risk.
Caution
Rough maneuvers in close proximity to the ground might result in parachute deployment.
