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Troubleshooting & Precautions www.sunfounder.com

Troubleshooting

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If the radio transmitter control fails to control the quadcopter, refer to

Matching radio transmitter control with Receiver.

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Switch on the quadcopter and the blue LED indicator keep blinking, and the copter cannot be unlocked.

--- Calibrate the gyroscope and accelerometer referring to

Gyroscope and Accelerator Calibration.

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The quadcopter cannot fly steadily after taking off.

--- First make sure you've opened the self-stabilization mode on the GUI.

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After a long time, my quadcopter flies less steadily than it does at the beginning.

--- The propellers and motors are consumables and their lifetime may reduce with each usage.

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Page 1: ...ce or making something cool welcome to join us Visit www sunfounder com for more Notes The figures of 3D model are included in this manual so there may be difference between the model and physical product in color and shape Please note that you need to be clear of your throttle on the left or right before applying the product PLEASE follow instructions in this manual in case of parts damage Some p...

Page 2: ...ce All contents including but not limited to texts images and code in this manual are owned by the SunFounder Company You should only use it for personal study investigation enjoyment or other non commercial or nonprofit purposes under the related regulations and copyrights laws without infringing the legal rights of the author and relevant right holders For any individual or organization that use...

Page 3: ...ropellers 5 Other Components 6 Remote Control 8 Control During the Flight 10 Trial Flight 12 Download the Materials 13 Install the Driver 14 About GUI 15 SETUP Interface 16 PID Interface 17 RECEIVER Interface 18 DATA Interface 19 Configure the Transmitter in GUI 20 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 4: ...22 Calibrate Gyroscope 24 Calibrate Accelerometer 25 Assemble or Disassemble 26 Fine Tuning 29 Precautions During Flight 30 Stunt Flying 31 Install the Arduino IDE 32 Upload the Code 33 Troubleshooting Precautions 35 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 5: ...nd learning toy However the E SHARK is not only a toy through its application you can not only learn much basic knowledge about quadcopter and radio transmitter control but also which is more important assemble your own copter 1 1Specifications Size 6 6cm distance between diagonal motors Weight battery and camera not included 22 1g Motor model 615 DC motor working voltage 3 7V Blade Propeller 4 bl...

Page 6: ...2 Main Components www sunfounder com Exploded View of E SHARK S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 7: ...is written in Arduino IDE It supports several AVR development boards by Arduino such as Pro Mini Pro Micro Mega etc This flight control board here integrates ATmega328P chip MPU6050 accelerometer and gyroscope thus providing excellent flight performance with only a small PCB It s powered by a 3 8V Li po battery S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 8: ...h 1 25mm JST Plug No load speed 67000 15 rpm Works for Blade Inductrix Tiny Whoop Nano QX etc Motor wire Red Blue CW motor Black White CCW motor The motors provide impetus to the aircraft They can be categorized to CW and CCW types When mounting them on the aircraft ensure the two diagonal motors are of the same type S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 9: ...one with the curve brim at the right side is a CW propeller when the right one with the curve brim at left is a CCW one When mounting the propellers ensure the two diagonal propellers are of the same type And the rotating direction of the motor and of the propeller onside should be matched i e if the motor is a CW one the propeller will be a CW one too and vice versa S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 10: ...1 3 6 Pin Connector Cable x 1 To connect PL2303 module with PC Length 1M To connect flight controller board with PC To connect flight controller board with PL2303 module 4 Philp Screw Driver 5 Propeller Remover To tighren the screws on the aircraft To remove the propeller S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 11: ... socket with the Micro USB cable or connect it to a DC power to charge with the two wires Precautious items for battery usage The charging indicator will turn yellow during charging and dim after fully charged 1 DO NOT directly connect the two wires to avoid a short circuit 2 DO NOT throw batteries into fire or water 3 Do not dispose of batteries in the trash directly Please place them in the appr...

Page 12: ...red by six 1 5V batteries Besides it s equipped with a 6 CH receiver Note The power indicator is steady on normally during flight the flashing warns a low power state of the battery Transmitter Specification Working Frequency 2 400 2 4835MHz ISM BAND Modulation FSK TX Power 13 dBm typical TX Current 60mA typical S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 13: ...g Distance 500m in actual measurement Operations 1 About pairing here re the steps Connect the receiver to the flight controller press and hold the pairing button and release it and you ll see the LED on the receiver blink Turn on the transmitter the indicators on the receiver and transmitter will flash synchronously indicating they are matching then the indicator may stop blinking and turn into s...

Page 14: ...hrottle controls the motor speed The higher you push it the motor rotates faster and the quadcopter flies higher and vice versa It is quite easy to tell the throttle Try to pull the two rocker arms The one that will not restore to the middle is the throttle rocker Now let s check the function of each level Throttle Aircraft Climb Sink Pitch Aircraft Forwards and backwards S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 15: ...11 Roll Aircraft Roll to the right and left Yaw Aircraft turn on its own axis S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 16: ...urface remove the battery and reconnect to redo the calibration Turn on the transmitter press SWA to unlock it then you can see the blue LED light up and stay on steadily after unlocking Pull the throttle slightly to check whether the propellers start to rotate If yes we can know the transmitter and the aircraft both work normally After each flight remember to lock the aircraft and remove the batt...

Page 17: ...package SUNFOUNDER_GROUND_CONTROL_STATION A PC software to check and adjust the parameters of the aircraft Code Arduino code The code has been uploaded to the aircraft before shipping so no need to redo it If the plane flies unsteadily you may need to redo the code uploading You can refer to Install the Arduino IDE to download if you don t have it Drivers for PL2303 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 18: ...flight controller to the computer you need to install the driver manually or it will fail to be recognized and a message Unknown Device will be prompted The driver for PL2303 needs to be installed You can find Windows and Mac OS X version drivers under E SHARK Drivers Choose a suitable one to install for your OS If you don t know how to install find the PDF file Installation Guide in the package t...

Page 19: ...st download JAVA at https www java com en Open SUNFOUNDER_GROUND_CONTROL_STATION and you can see the options for Linux32 and 64 bit and Windows 32 and 64 bit Select the version for your own PC Open the SUNFOUNDER_GROUND_CONTROL_STATION exe and you can see the main interface of the configuration software which is to check and change the parameters of the aircraft The four tabs in the red frame are ...

Page 20: ...n Green Frame To start the communication between the aircraft and the GUI The detailed tutorials are in later part 3 In Blue Frame To change the baud rate of the serial port 4 In Orange Frame To show the aircraft s roll pitch yaw angles and flying direction 5 In Pink Frame To show the aircraft s flight performance in real time 6 In Black Frame To show the present time S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 21: ...in area in the red frame is to modify the aircraft parameters and configure the aircraft When the aircraft is connected to the GUI successfully it will show the present mode and the channel states of AUX1 AUX2 AUX3 and AUX4 S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 22: ...ebsite forum and WiKi for you visit the page by direct clicking In the orange frame we can see the channels of the transmitter After it s well connected to PC we can see the value changes when you pull the corresponding lever Thus we can make sure whether the transmitter and the receiver communicate well S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 23: ...itude for the aircraft Thus we can check whether the transmission and sensor work normally or not Those curves in different colors are corresponding to the values in the left And we can also adjust the two axes to change the display scale by the scale in the blue frame S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 24: ...NTROL_STATION exe under E SHARK application windows32 application windows32 Then select the proper serial port Double click READ and then START Turn the aircraft over If the data in the right side changes correspondingly it means they are connected successfully S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 25: ...n the GUI it proves the mix function has been enabled Just press the mix button to turn it off Pull each channel lever except the throttle to the middle and check whether the values of Pitch Roll and Yaw on the Receiver stay at 1500 or not If not pull the corresponding trim button until the values change to 1500 Now the configuration is done we can try to fly it S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 26: ...ure Flight Parameters in GUI www sunfounder com Check the parameters curves in DATA interface Observe whether the ACC GYRO and MAG curves get normal They should be all leveled as shown below S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 27: ...23 If they are not leveled lines place the aircraft on a leveled surface go to PID interface and click CALIB_ACC to calibrate S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 28: ...m then you can unlock the aircraft and the blue indicator will be on constantly Place the E SHARK as flat as possible Pull the Throttle Pitch and Yaw to lowest The blue LED on the flight control board will blink for about 2 seconds and then light up constantly So the calibration is done Pull the lever like the following Kind reminder When pulling the throttle to lowest you may first pull the Pitch...

Page 29: ...control as flat as possible Push the throttle to highest pull the Pitch to lowest and Yaw the leftmost The blue LED on the flight control board will blink for about 2 seconds and then stop So the calibration is done Pull push the lever like this S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 30: ...s kit is a pre assembled one so no need to redo But if unfortunately the motor or receiver gets broken we need to know how to disassemble them Here is how to do 1 Remove the protective case 2 Remove the camera by the soldering pin S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 31: ...27 3 Remove motor wires by soldering pen before disassembling the flight controller 4 Remove the flight controller board 5 Remove the propellers with propeller remover S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 32: ...28 6 Remove motors 7 Take out the sponge and battery S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 33: ...ush the throttle only Solution 2 Fine adjust the accelerometer note spinning cannot be adjusted If the copter tilts to the left lock it first Push the throttle rocker arm to highest Roll to the rightmost and back to the middle Then you can see the blue LED on the flight control blinks fast for 1 second and then go out It means you just completed a successful calibration But whether the adjustment ...

Page 34: ...LLAX And pull the throttle to lowest AT ONCE Or the motors may got clogged which can generate huge heat and burn the motors Having performed the operations above and learned the precautions you can fly your copter now So just hold your radio transmitter control push the throttle and the aircraft takes off Try to fly it in each directions forward or backward right or left and spin clockwise or coun...

Page 35: ... flying and confident enough you may try the stunt flight operations For stunt flying you need to set the flight parameters in GUI Adjust the RATE values as shown in the figure below The higher you set them the more agile the quadcopter can be The upper RATE value is to adjust the agility of the plane in the pitch and roll directions when the lower is to do that in yaw Both values range from 0 00 ...

Page 36: ...k Software On the page check the software list on the right side under Download the Arduino Software Find the one that suits your operation system and click to download There are two versions of Arduino for Windows Installer or ZIP file You re recommended to download the former When all the installation completes click Close and then you can see the Arduino icon on your desktop S u n F o u n d e r...

Page 37: ...d the Code www sunfounder com Connect the USB to Serial module with the flight control Open the code MultiWii_2_2_SE_PPM_20170228 under E SHARK Code Click Tools Board Arduino Pro or Pro Mini S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 38: ...34 Upload the Code www sunfounder com Then click Tools Processor ATMega328 5V 16MHz Select the corresponding Port Click Upload and wait till it s done S u n F o u n d e r ...

Page 39: ... blinking and the copter cannot be unlocked Calibrate the gyroscope and accelerometer referring to Gyroscope and Accelerator Calibration The quadcopter cannot fly steadily after taking off First make sure you ve opened the self stabilization mode on the GUI After a long time my quadcopter flies less steadily than it does at the beginning The propellers and motors are consumables and their lifetime...

Page 40: ... of the quadcopter should comply with the instructions above Please conform to the local aviation regulations and do not fly in the no fly zone Observe laws and regulations Do not perform illegal actions with copter Properly use the battery and other craft components S u n F o u n d e r ...

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