Think 3D STORMBEE S20, User Manual

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STORMBEE User Manual – Think 3D BVBA
Version N°1.1, last modified 30/09/2018
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8.5.6 Fire
Fire during start/take-off:
1. Throttle down and shut down the motors.
2. Try to extinguish fire, but do not come too close.
3. Turn off the Lightbridge 2.
Fire during flight:
Land ASAP.
1. Inform bystanders of your intentions and verify the landing area is clear.
2. Land.
3. Throttle down and shut down motors after landing.
4. Try to extinguish fire, but do not come too close.
5. Turn off the Lightbridge 2.
8.5.7 Fly-away
This may occur in case of GPS-signal interference, strong winds or turbulence.
1. Switch to ATTI-mode (A-mode) and try to fly to the landing zone.
If not possible, land ASAP at the current location of STORMBEE.
2. Inform bystanders, verify landing area is clear.
3. If the aircraft, for some unknown reason, does not return home or land at the location where
the failure occurred:
a. Try to fly STORMBEE as low as possible.
b. Verify or wait until the area underneath the STORMBEE, with a radius as wide as
STORMBEE
’s height above the terrain, is clear of persons and infrastructure .
c. Apply the emergency procedure to shut down motors in-flight (sticks inwards and
downwards) and crash STORMBEE.
4. Inform appropriate authorities, search for and recover STORMBEE.
8.5.8 Procedure after incident, accident or crash
Follow the national and regional UAS/RPAS/drone guidelines regarding how to inform the authorities
of incidents, accidents or crashes.
Immediately inform Think 3D or its authorised maintenance centres or resellers when incidents,
accidents and/or crashes occur. They will help set-up an appropriate action plan on how to prevent
these in the future, verify STORMBEE
’s integrity and take the necessary repair/maintenance actions to
get your STORMBEE back to operational status.
8.6 Maintenance program
Periodical inspections and maintenance:
STORMBEE should be inspected and serviced each 100 hours of operation with at least one inspection
per year.
All pre-flight inspections specified in chapter 4 “ Pre-flight actions ” should be performed before each
flight and at least once every 6 months to maintain/verify STORMBEE ’s operational status.