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Contents

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1.1 Spare Parts

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1.2 Connectors

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1.3 Parameters

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1.4 Advices

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2. Mission Planner

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2.1 Install Mission Planner

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2.2 Mission Planner Introduction

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3. Initial Setup

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3.1 Download and Install Firmware

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3.2 Frame Type

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3.3 Accelerometer Calibration

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3.4 Compass Calibration

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3.5 Radio Calibration

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3.6 Flight Modes

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3.6.1 Stabilize Mode

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3.6.3 Altitude Hold Mode

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3.6.4 Auto Mode

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3.6.5 PosHold Mode

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3.6.6 RTL Mode

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3.6.7 Simple and Super Simple Modes

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3.6.8 More flight modes

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4. F/S(failsafe) Setting

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4.1 Radio Failsafe Setup

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4.2 EKF FailSafe

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5. Optional hardware setup

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5.1 Install crossflight on aircraft

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5.2 Connect crossflight to the aircraft

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5.2.1 Motor order rotation select

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5.2.2 How to recognizing clockwise and counterclockwise propellers

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5.2.3 Connect the Spare Parts

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5.3 LED Indicator, Arming and Troubleshooting

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Summary of Contents for Crossflight

Page 1: ...crossflight User Manual for Multirotor Compatible with Fixed wing Glider Multirotor Helicopter Car Boat Robot CE FCC RoHS...

Page 2: ...reas Always check all servos and their connections prior to each run Always be sure about turning off the receiver before the transmitter To ensure the best radio communication please enjoy the flight...

Page 3: ...cuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to...

Page 4: ...6 Flight Modes 22 3 6 1 Stabilize Mode 23 3 6 2 Acro Mode FPV 24 3 6 3 Altitude Hold Mode 25 3 6 4 Auto Mode 26 3 6 5 PosHold Mode 28 3 6 6 RTL Mode 28 3 6 7 Simple and Super Simple Modes 30 3 6 8 Mo...

Page 5: ...m 2 5 3 1 LED Indicator 44 5 3 2 Arming and Disarming 44 5 4 ESC Calibration 48 5 5 Level Calibration 49 5 6 GeoFence 50 5 7 Onboard OSD 53 5 7 1 Setting Introduction 53 5 7 2 Screen Introduction 54 6...

Page 6: ...Radiolink Electronic Ltd www radiolink com 3 1 crossflight Introduction 1 1 Spare Parts...

Page 7: ...Radiolink Electronic Ltd www radiolink com 4 1 2 Connectors...

Page 8: ...multi copters and 2623 waypoints for airplanes cars and boats Buzzer 1 Safety Switch Without Connector JST GH 1 25 Connector PWM Output 10 PWM output Mavlink UART 2 Without CTSRTS USB Port 1 Type C G...

Page 9: ...first choose the communication method channel you want to use and then set up the physical hardware and Windows device drivers You can connect the PC and autopilot using USB cables Telemetry Radios Bl...

Page 10: ...n Planner Introduction Once installation is complete open Mission Planner by clicking on its system icon Once the installation of Mission Planner and driver is done there will several pop ups when you...

Page 11: ...ons about MP 3 Initial Setup crossflight can set parameters by RadioLink Mission Planner ArduPilot Mission Planner and QGC Mission Planner crossflight can only upgrade the firmware by RadioLink Missio...

Page 12: ...there s without firmware version number it means failed upload new firmware It may cause of network problem please re upgrade firmware until shows the version Click Yes to install the firmware Discon...

Page 13: ...e set Layout from Basic to Advanced in CONFIG TUNING menu if any of the three questions as below encontered when you installing the Mission Planner 1 It takes a long time to read the parameters 2 Ther...

Page 14: ...r List in INITIAL SETUP 3 2 Frame Type Please setup as below 1 INITIAL SETUP 2 Mandatory Hardware Frame Type 3 Choose Quad or Hexa or other frame types as you need 3 3 Accelerometer Calibration Make s...

Page 15: ...Radiolink Electronic Ltd www radiolink com 12 1 Place vehicle level and press any key to save setting 2 Place vehicle on its LEFT side and press any key to save setting...

Page 16: ...lectronic Ltd www radiolink com 13 3 Place vehicle on its RIGHT side and press any key to save setting 4 Place vehicle DOWN and press any key to save setting 5 Place vehicle UP and press any key to sa...

Page 17: ...use with GPS If the GPS mounted with the same direction with flight controller then it need not to setup the direction of GPS in MP but if you mounted the GPS with the different direction of crossflig...

Page 18: ...light and TS100 till the progress bar of Mag 1 and 2 to the end and comes out the MAG_CAL_SUCCESS marked words Calibrate the compass as these steps below Hold the vehicle in the air and rotate it slow...

Page 19: ...data that collected by the compass sensor and the progress bar and the percentage will keep change when you calibrate the compass if the percentage have not changed please check if the compass is con...

Page 20: ...mpass calibrate success after restart the crossflight Attention When the progress bar moves to 100 and then restart from 0 it may because of the wrong calibrate action or interference You can have a t...

Page 21: ...throttle and yaw the right stick will control pitch and roll Copter default channel mappings are Channel 1 Roll Channel 2 Pitch Channel 3 Throttle Channel 4 Yaw Channel 5 Flight modes Channel 6 Option...

Page 22: ...C MENU and then turn the dial to choose REVERSE press Push button to into the REVERSE menu turn the dial to setup 3 THRO REV press End to back to Basic menu Radio Calibration Steps 1 Open Mission Plan...

Page 23: ...ithout propellers And then click OK and move all RC sticks and switches to their extreme positions so the red bars hit the limits If the red bars have not any change when you move the sticks please ch...

Page 24: ...ds the left up position roll towards the right CH2 low position pitch forward up position pitch backwards CH3 low position reduced speed up position speed up CH4 low position yaw towards the left up p...

Page 25: ...signal 2 Make sure transmitter bind to receiver success 3 Make sure crossflight connect to Mission Planner success and click INITIAL SETUP Mandatory Hardware Flight modes you can setup the flight mod...

Page 26: ...the 3 Posi SW or 2 Posi SW to make it ON or OFF and then you can setup the PWM data Setup the PWM value according to the default numerical interval change the value by turn the dial press the Push bu...

Page 27: ...ontrol of your copter is your responsibility 3 6 2 Acro Mode FPV Acro mode Rate mode uses the RC sticks to control the angular velocity of the copter Release the sticks and the vehicle will maintain i...

Page 28: ...ial to apply to the pilots stick inputs that only applies to ACRO mode By default ACRO mode is much more responsive even in the center sticks positions than the other modes so this parameter allows th...

Page 29: ...completely down the copter will descend at 2 5m s and if at the very top it will climb by 2 5m s These speeds can be adjusted with the PILOT_VELZ_MAX parameter The size of the deadband can be adjuste...

Page 30: ...hrottle is raised above zero the copter will begin the mission If starting the mission from the air the mission will begin from the first command the moment that the flight mode switch is moved to Aut...

Page 31: ...ilot can control the copter s location horizontally and vertically with the control sticks Horizontal location can be adjusted with the Roll and Pitch control sticks with the default maximum lean angl...

Page 32: ...it was armed This means if you execute an RTL in Copter it will return to the location where it was armed In RTL mode the flight controller uses a barometer which measures air pressure as the primary...

Page 33: ...solid not blinking before arming and takeoff to establish the home or launch position 3 Landing and re arming the copter will reset home which is a great feature for flying at airfields 4 If you get...

Page 34: ...l feel that the controls are all reversed I e if the pilot inputs right roll the vehicle will move to the left from the pilot s point of view Simple Modes Similar to the care free mode on other system...

Page 35: ...clockwise around the pilot although the circle s radius may tend to grow slightly with each orbit due to lag The disadvantage is that mode require a GPS lock because so you should ensure you have GPS...

Page 36: ...ght down Break Mode This very simple flight mode simply stops the vehicle as soon as possible using the Loiter controller Once invoked this mode does not accept any input from the pilot This mode requ...

Page 37: ...e vehicle Instead the receiver must be set up to signal to the flight controller it has lost contact and there are two ways that it can do this the method depends upon the receiver Low Throttle method...

Page 38: ...r than your Channel 3 s PWM value when the throttle stick is fully down and the transmitter is off 2 at least 10 lower than your channel 3 s PWM value when the throttle stick is fully down and the tra...

Page 39: ...o Launch RTL if the vehicle has a GPS lock and is more than 2 meters from the home position 4 LAND if the vehicle has no GPS lock OR is within 2 meters of home OR the FS_THR_ENABLE parameter is set to...

Page 40: ...er s Flight Data screen Test 3 ensuring flight mode changes to RTL or LAND when throttle is above zero Switch to stabilize mode arm your motors and raise your throttle to the midpoint Turn off your tr...

Page 41: ...ner after download the firmware calibrate and setup parameters as the steps above 3 Arm it If the arm can be done fly the aircraft after installing the propellers if arm can be done find the problem o...

Page 42: ...n of the flight controller and the aircraft vehicle and input to save Restart and test if the movements of the flight controller are correct at the homepage of Mission Planner 5 2 Connect crossflight...

Page 43: ...Radiolink Electronic Ltd www radiolink com 40 Octocopter Y6 X8 Tricopter...

Page 44: ...ropeller type by its shape as shown below Note that the propellers below have the edge with the shallow consistent curve at the leading edge in direction of rotation and the more radical scalloped and...

Page 45: ...roperties your module can measure the type of module the type of flight controller and the battery capacity Monitor Voltage and Current or Battery Volts Sensor Supported power module or Other APM ver...

Page 46: ...4 s reading by doing the following 1 On Mission Planner s INITIAL SETUP Optional Hardware Battery Monitor screen set the Sensor to Other 2 Enter the voltage according to the hand held volt meter in th...

Page 47: ...a long D sound Armed and ready to take off Yellow flashing Transmitter failsafe activated Yellow flashing repeated sounds Battery failsafe activated Yellow flashing High High Low sounds GPS data error...

Page 48: ...one have failed to disarmed when you heard a long sound like D You can connect the crossflight to computer and check the reason RC failures i e transmitter receiver failures safe switch The safety swi...

Page 49: ...simply waiting a few minutes moving to a location with a better view of the sky or checking sources of GPS interference i e FPV equipment are moved further from the GPS Alternatively the check can be...

Page 50: ...Controller to the Mission Planner Go to Mission Planner s Config Tuning Standard Params screen set the Arming Check drop down to Disabled or one of the Skip options which more effectively skips the it...

Page 51: ...set the MOT_PWM_TYPE to 1 for regular OneShot or 2 for OneShot125 Note only supported in Copter 3 4 and higher Begin this procedure only after you have completed the radio control calibration and Conn...

Page 52: ...e now and if you raise the throttle a bit they should spin Test that the motors spin by raising the throttle a bit and then lowering it again 9 Set the throttle to minimum and disconnect the battery t...

Page 53: ...ence centered on home that will attempt to stop your copter from flying too far away by stopping at the fence if in Loiter mode and using Copter 3 4 or higher or initiating an RTL The maximum circular...

Page 54: ...t which will again switch the copter to LAND if it continues away from home Enabling the Fence in Mission Planner The Fence can be set up by doing the following 1 Connect your flight controller crossf...

Page 55: ...position and we want to ensure the copter never travels far outside the fence This behavior will occur regardless of the flight mode If a LAND sequence is not desired the pilot can retake control by...

Page 56: ...0 switch to next screen if channel value was changed 1 select screen based on pwm ranges specified for each screen 2 switch to next screen after low to high transition and every 1s while channel valu...

Page 57: ...flash 1 disables OSD_W_AVGCELLV AVGCELLV warn level Set level at which AVGCELLV item will flash OSD_TYPE 1 means the chip of OSD is MAX7456 5 7 2 Screen Introduction The Screen interface is the interf...

Page 58: ...to be able to twitch the copter in the roll and pitch axis Position Hold during AutoTune is available in Copter 3 5 and higher Setup before flying 1 Set up one flight mode switch position to be AltHo...

Page 59: ...may not get the signal that the sticks are centered 6 When the tune completes the copter will change back to the original PID gains 7 Put the ch7 ch8 switch into the LOW position then back to the HIG...

Page 60: ...ite the parameters that have modified to crossflight Refresh Params exhibit the newest parameters which have modified no the Mission Planner Compare Params compare the current and the previous paramet...

Page 61: ...dataflash memory which you can download after the flight On Plane and Rover dataflash logs are created soon after start up On Copter they are created after you first arm the copter Telemetry logs also...

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