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3.What’s in the Box?

Attention: please check & confirm the parts inside the package comply with 

the part list as below:

Propeller x 2 pairs

Splash Drone x 1 set

Lipo Battery x 1 pc

2.4G Radio controller x 1 set

OSD Cable  x 1 set

Transmitter Ground station x 1 set

Receiver Ground station x 1 set

Quick-release Landing gear x1 set

12. Aluminum suitcase: Compact and strong design for easy to carry and protect the drone, 

plenty ofspace fits the drone and its accessories.

Summary of Contents for Splash Drone Auto

Page 1: ...SPLASH DRONE AUTO VERSION User Manual V4 0 Australian Version Mode 1 AUTO www swellpro com www swellpro com www uavwholesale com au...

Page 2: ...e unauthorized third party accessories or counterfeit parts against SWELLPRO relative policy 7 Damage s or injuries caused by operation faults bad judgments and modifications imposed on Splash Drone T...

Page 3: ...the aircraft is in the following situations collision fire explosion floods tsunamis ice snow avalanche flooding landslide earthquake etc 15 Damage s or injuries caused by abusing modifying the prote...

Page 4: ...can start your aerial filming from water and land the whole drone on water without fearing of lost the drone You can take off the gimbal to make extreme fly 4 2 1 Radio Controller Operations 4 2 2 Fli...

Page 5: ...w me mode Automatically following up the specified moving object to execute a whole process aerial photography 7 App control Control your Splash Drone by App program via Android and iOS smartphone and...

Page 6: ...ow Propeller x 2 pairs Splash Drone x 1 set Lipo Battery x 1 pc 2 4G Radio controller x 1 set OSD Cable x 1 set Transmitter Ground station x 1 set Receiver Ground station x 1 set Quick release Landing...

Page 7: ...elease mounting plate for Dive Case Waterproof Pay load releaser x 1 set Mini 5 8G video transmitter x 1 pc 2 Axis Waterproof Gimbal x 1 set 7 Inch diversity LCD FPV Monitor x 1 set Receiver Antenna o...

Page 8: ...1 1 Aircraft Configuration 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Mounting bracket of FPV Monitor x 1 set Smart Charger of FPV Monitor x 1 Smart balancing Charger x 1 set Charging cable in EU Specificati...

Page 9: ...27 28 23 Remark 16 19 20 21 25 26 are spare buttons for extra usage if any The default Throttle control is American Mode Left Joystick Right throttle Japanese Mode is available basing on request 1 Ant...

Page 10: ...landing location Throttle is unavailable under Auto Return To Home mode SWC1 SWC2 SWC3 SWB1 SWB2 Normal Return To Home ATTI Mode Circle Flight GPS Mode RTH Switch SWB1 SWB2 SWC1 SWC2 SWC3 Flight Mode...

Page 11: ...rom Left to Right controls the Yaw direction Pull joystick to Right to execute clockwise flight Pull joystick to Left for counter clockwise flight Aircraft keeps its current nose direction when joysti...

Page 12: ...he drone in good gesture and hover anytime easy Different from the ATTI mode that suitable for senior pilot GPS mode is suitable for new pilot and aerial filming The week point is that the GPS compass...

Page 13: ...craft and target pull left right to change the circling speed direction Clockwise or Counter Clockwise Once Circle Flight is activated the aircraft s nose always point toward to the TARGET Once decrea...

Page 14: ...r Note To realize OSD on the Radio controller COM channel of the flight controller will be occupied by an OSD Converter Disconnect the ground TX station module cable and connect the OSD converter cabl...

Page 15: ...propeller with black spinner onto CW motors Tighten them 4 2 4 Propeller 4 2 4 1 Installation Ascending Descending speed m s Throttle At sight voltage of the main battery V Latitude Longitude The rel...

Page 16: ...situation occurs please stop charging the battery at once if you cannot attend to the battery remove the battery from the charger to avoid any unpredictable danger Forbid imposing external force on t...

Page 17: ...ery of Splash Drone or leave the battery plugged into the Splash Drone when not in use When there is low voltage alert please land the splash drone in a timely to avoid damages to the battery drone Un...

Page 18: ...r ATTI Mode c When hovers under ATTI Mode aircraft drift with certain angle rather than drift slowly in a horizontal plane when only operating on Throttle Joystick d Heavy shake has occurred during tr...

Page 19: ...alibration The System will pop up a reminder dialogue when calibrate successfully 4 Click Download in right upper corner to save changes and disconnect by clicking Disconnect once again Then Accelerom...

Page 20: ...ssistant Software 3 Choose RC In BASIC menu in the same interface of Software assistant Click Calibration at the Right lower corner system pops up a reminder dialogue to remind you what to do next 4 J...

Page 21: ...ss put aircraft on the flat ground keep still and Wait 2mins to finish compass data collection When the solid red indicator change into blinking slowly the Compass calibration is done successfully Ens...

Page 22: ...necessary to unlock motors under GPS mode repeat above steps if fail to unlock Suggestion Practice makes perfect is always correct to fly any aircraft Therefore Please practice flying with empty loadi...

Page 23: ...e the original 12 Inch self tighten carbon fiber Propeller Please place aircraft away from the speaker devices in vehicle Please turn off WIFI function before loading sport camera onto aircraft any ob...

Page 24: ...balance Please check ensure the 4pcs navigation indicators that enclosed inside of each axis are working well before flight Note Good GPS signal is necessary to unlock motors under GPS mode Pull the 2...

Page 25: ...rotating 3 Firstly power off aircraft and then switch off radio controller 4 4 3 Landing Land off the Splash Drone When SWB is staying at SWB2 gear aircraft will return to its take off location autom...

Page 26: ...ng location can be controlled by Aileron Joystick however the Throttle joystick is unavailable There are 4 navigation LEDs on the arms the Red LED represent the nose direction Green LED represent the...

Page 27: ...Blinking twice 1st Low battery Warning Triple blinking Low battery Warning Fast flashing Unsuccessful calibration Solid RED RED LED System status Working Indication There are 2 battery warning levels...

Page 28: ...see flight data on the Radio controller screen please remove the cable that connects to the COM channel in the receiver and connect the OSD converter to the COM channel according to below picture Def...

Page 29: ...black cable goes to M8 ground pin see above picture 1 Go to www swellpro com to download the APK file 2 Install the APK file into your Android phone or Android tablet For detailed installation please...

Page 30: ...n on the receiver terminal tap the Wifi icon in the right upper corner it will pop up Connection Type window Choose BLUETOOTH and press Connect to scan the available device Flight Data Flight Data Set...

Page 31: ...r to below Image to set the specified way points and flight path 5 The right upper Wifi icon will change into green once connecting successfully Then flight data will be visible on the screen 6 Till h...

Page 32: ...the App will return to homepage automatically c Tap button A More to choose AUTO Mode then aircraft starts the mission planning flight Tap A More to choose Follow Mode the aircraft will follow up the...

Page 33: ...to process again 3 Once aircraft can t follow up operations from Ground station anymore after suffering a strong interference please take over flight by radio controller Method Quickly flip SWC from U...

Page 34: ...tall the parts according to the proved locations But some senior pilots can change the location like putting the GPS outside etc 4 6 2 Suggestion Parts Installation Location 4 6 Using different kind o...

Page 35: ...al 3 Fix the gimbal in the proper position by screw attached 4 Insert the different groups of cable into the corresponding ports then tidy up the cables Move thepower cable as far as possible from the...

Page 36: ...iver box 4 6 5 Installation of FPV Waterproof Case 1 Screw out the seal nut from the bottom shell of the drone You will see there is a screw hole 2 Insert the Payload Release cable into the screw hole...

Page 37: ...ounting bracket bag from the suitcase assemble the mount and fix the FPV screen to the controller handle bar according to below chart 4 6 7 Select channel for your VTX video transmitter 1 Plug the VTX...

Page 38: ...creen parameter 5 Press SOURCE button to select video source Important Notice 1 For waterproof design reason the antenna of VTX was placed inside the drone According to our test the default effective...

Page 39: ...e COM M8 channel with OSD cable according to below Image Remark The cable with 3 colors shall go into COM terminal in Flight controller the 3 pin Cable with Black wire goes into the ground terminal ne...

Page 40: ...hannel 2300g 0 2 m 25 25 4m s Real test 21m s 450mm 18 mins 4500 mAh 12 mins 4500 mAh 2 8Kg 10C 40C 4S 14 8V 4500mAh Lipo battery 10C 40C 630g 2405 2475HMZ 1 0 KM 105dbm 120 mA 7 4V 11 1V 10 channels...

Page 41: ...er how amazing when flying your Splash Drone on the sea to photograph the whale dolphins After enjoying sailing salty waters please DO remember to wash Splash Motors with freshwater to avoid corrosion...

Page 42: ...ve method Not only decreases the spoilage possibility on the motor but also ensure a evenly landing off to avoid other in necessity damages to shell Propellers landing gear etc 6 8 Is it possible to s...

Page 43: ...ode to take over flight manually 6 14 What need to be done if the drone is dropping height suddenly and flashing red A The low battery warning is activated please descend and land off aircraft properl...

Page 44: ...ease try to calibrate the Radio controller by referring to 4 3 2 6 21 How to deal with heavy vibration in FPV video 1 Please try to Calibrate the Gimbal once again refer to Operational Instruction of...

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