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10. Getting started with the quadrocopter
a) Flight battery charging
The flight battery is charged using the supplied USB charging cable.
For illustrative purposes, the charging cable is shown wound-up in Figure 4. Before the first use, the cable
tie should be opened and the cable unwound to its full length.
Charging:
Connect the reverse polarity-protected microUSB plug (1)
on the charging cable to the charging socket on the flight
battery (2).
As soon as the USB plug on the charging cable (3) is con-
nected to a USB port on a computer/notebook or to a USB
charger plug, charging begins automatically.
The red charging indicator LED (4) on the USB plug lights
up and indicates that charging has started.
When the charging process has been completed and the
flight battery is fully charged, the red LED on the USB plug
goes out.
Disconnect the flight battery from the charging cable im
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mediately after charging and unplug the USB plug on the
charging cable from the computer/notebook or charger
plug.
Attention!
Do not connect the USB cable to a USB hub
without its own power supply (e.g. a USB port
on a keyboard etc.) as the current is not high
enough for the charge function.
The operating system does not detect any new hardware
when connecting the charging cable as the USB port is
only used for charging. Please note that most USB ports
on computers/notebooks are only active when the com-
puter/notebook is switched on.
Therefore, we recommend that you only connect the charging cable to a computer/notebook that is switched on.
Important!
Only charge the flight battery in the quadrocopter using the charging cable included. Never try to charge
the battery in the quadrocopter with a different or unsuitable charger!
Figure 4