Storm Drone 8 USER MANUAL V6.0

Storm Drone 8
with Naza V2 GPS Flight Controller
USER MANUAL
V6.0
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DISCLAIMER
Please read this disclaimer carefully before using this product. This product is a hobby
with motors but not a toy which is not suitable for people under the age of 18. By using
this product, you hereby agree to this disclaimer and signify that you have read them
fully. You agreed that you are responsible for your own conduct and content while using
this product, and for any consequences thereof.
Before you fly the drone
1) Make sure all connections are good, and keep children and animals away during
flying, firmware update, system calibration and parameter setup.
2) Always fly the drone away from unsafe conditions, such as obstacles, crowds, highvoltage lines, etc.
3) Do not use in bad weathers such as rainy day, snow, windy (more than moderate
breeze), hail, lighting, tornadoes, hurricanes etc.
4) Check whether the propellers and the motors are installed correctly and firmly before
flight. Make sure the rotation direction of each propeller is correct.
5) Check whether all parts of the drone are in good condition before flight. Do not fly
with aging or broken parts.
6) Never overcharge LiPo batteries. Do not charge above 4.2V per cell. When the
battery is fully charged, disconnect it from the charger. Never leave the battery
charger unattended during charging.
7) Never discharge batteries to below 3.3V per cell
8) Remove batteries when not using the drone.
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Package includes:
1. Fully Assembled Storm Drone 8 GPS Flying Platform
2. RadioLink 2.4Ghz AT9 Radio System w/ R9D 9-Ch Receiver
3. 11.1V 5500mah 30C Li-Po Battery
4. 8pcs Clockwise Blade Propeller (4 of them are spare parts)
5. 8pcs Counter-Clockwise Blade Propeller (4 of them are spare parts)
6. SKYRC E4 Battery Charger
7. 1.5 mm Hex Wrench
8. 2.0 mm Hex Wrench
9. 10mm Hex Nut Driver Driver (for motor cap)
10. 5.5mm Hex Nut Cross Wrench (for airframe)
11. Battery Anti-Slip Mat
12. Battery Strap X 2
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Quick Start
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Control
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Auto Go Home
If the drone has been started up correctly and the GPS signal is good (with 6 or more
satellites are found), the drone can undergo Go-Home features when it lost signal with
radio controller
1) If the attitude of the drone more than 20 meters, it will go home horizontally.
2) If the attitude of the drone below 20 meters, it will ascend to 20 meters and go home
horizontally.
Important - How to take over the control again during “Auto Go Home”
When the drone is undergoing auto go home feature, you can take over the control
again by performing the following procedures.
If the transmitter is on, push the throttle stick to middle position
and then switch the G Switch Down(towards you) and
Up(away from you) and you can control the drone again.
If the transmitter is off, push throttle stick to down position, turn
on the transmitter, push throttle to middle, switch the G switch
Down(towards you) and Up(away from you) to take over the control again.
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Compass Calibration
Please follow the following procedures to calibrate the compass calibration
1) Switch the G switch up and down quickly for 6 to 10
times, The LED indicator on the drone will turn on
constantly yellow.
2) (Fig.1) Hold your Multi-rotor horizontal and rotate it around the gravitational force line
(about 360o) until the LED on the drone changes to constant green, and then go to
the next step.
3) (Fig.2) Hold your Multi-rotor vertically and rotate it (nose down & tail up) around the
gravitational force line (about 360 o) until the LED turns off, meaning the calibration is
finished
4) If the calibration was successful, calibration mode will exit automatically.
5) If the LED keeps flashing quickly Red, the calibration has failed. Switch the control
mode switch one time to cancel the calibration, and then re-start from step 2.
NAZA V2 Manual
It is important to learn more about the NAZA-M V2 GPS Controller. You can download
the manual here:
http://download.dji-innovations.com/downloads/nazam-v2/en/NAZA-MV2_Quick_Start_Guide_en.pdf
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Circuit Diagram
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FPV System
Our TS5823 video transmitter has up to 32 different video channels available to avoid interference with
other channels.
If two or more drones are flying at the same time, try to
select
different video frequency
to avoid video
interference. The bigger different in video frequency
between drones, the less interference generated.
Default Setting is channel 5665M.
Always check the supported channels of you FPV
reception devices such as monitor, goggle
Frequency Table
Frequency
Switch (123456)
Frequency
Switch (123456)
5645MHz
001100
5805MHz
001110
5665MHz
101100 (Default Channel)
5809MHz
110010
5685MHz
011100
5820MHz
110000
5705MHz
111100
5825MHz
101110
5725MHz
000110
5828MHz
010010
5733MHz
111010
5840MHz
010000
5740MHz
111000
5845MHz
011110
5745MHz
100110
5847MHz
100010
5752MHz
011010
5860MHz
100000
5760MHz
011000
5865MHz
111110
5765MHz
010110
5866MHz
000010
5771MHz
101010
5880MHz
000000
5780MHz
101000
5885MHz
110100
5785MHz
110110
5905MHz
010100
5790MHz
001010
5925MHz
100100
5800MHz
001000
5945MHz
000100
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FAQ
Lost connection with radio controller
If you’re the drone cannot response to the radio controller stick travel, the connection between radio controller and receiver may
lost and you can try to re-bind them by following the procedure below:
Press the switch inside the receiver twice with small screwdrivers to make LED indicator turns PURPLE to set the control
mode to D Bus Mode. (Skip this step if it is default in Purple light)
Use the small screwdrivers to press and hold the switch inside the receiver until it is flashing with light in Blue and
Purple, Switch on the radio controller, it will start searching for available receiver. Receiver will stop flashing while the
bind process complete and the radio controller will the signal strength on the screen
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Radio Controller Parameters
If you reset your radio controller (AT9) setting, you can apply the setting below:
1) Press and Hold the controller wheel (With wordings “PUSH”)
to unlock the manual. Press and Hold Mode Button to go into
basic menu page
2) [STK-MODE] = 2 (Stick Mode)
[LockScreen] = 30s (Time to lock screen)
3) [TYPE] = AIRCRAFT
4)
[SELECT] = 01
[NAME] = SD8-NAZA (Any name you want)
5)
6)
[CH5] = VrA [CH6] = SwE [CH7] = ------[CH8] = VrB [CH9] = SwA [CH10] = SwB
Go to [AUX-CH] -> ATTITUDE, apply the setting below:
[CH] = CH7 [SW3] = SwG [SW2] = NULL
[GPS] = 0% [ATTI.] = 50% [ATTI.] = 100%
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7)
[CH7]->[L]= 56% (Move the toggle Switch G to lowest)
[CH7]->[H]= 56% (Move the toggle Switch G to highest)
9)
[AUX2] = REV
10) [F/S][THRO] = 0%
[F/S][AUX2] = +28%
8)
[AUX2] = -13
11) [1] [TIME] = 10:00
[1] [MODE] = UP
[1] [ON][1] = ST-THK (Using Throttle Stick to start the
timer)
[1][ON] [2] = 15% ( Move the indicator over the value, set
throttle stick to around 15%, Press and hold “Push” button
to recognize the throttle value and move the wheel to change
the arrow sign)
[1][RESET] [1] = SwH (Using Switch H to responsible for the
reset timer action)
[1][RESET] [2] = DOWN (Using Switch H’s down action to
reset the timer)
Propeller Balancer
Propellers are basically balance when they are manufactured from factory. However, there
may have slightly different between each other as they are manufactured via molding
method. As less vibration would offer better video quality and control stability, a propeller
balancer is included for you to balance the propeller if necessary.
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