# Droidworx AD8-HL

Quadrocopter LLC 3949 MT Hwy 40 W. Columbia Falls, MT 59912 406-897-1027

# Specs

Diameter 2.78 ft 850 mm Height 1.37 ft 420 mm Weight (Gross, Max) 12.34 lbs 5600 g Payload (Max) 2.97 lbs 1350 g Propellers 8 Total APC 12 x 3.8 slowfly Motors 8 Total MK 3538 brushless Battery 2 Total 6200 mAh 4S Li-Po (1.3 lbs each)
MK NaviCTRL v 1.1 Commercially licensed navigational flight within 500 meter radius MK GPS Waypoint with point of interest flying, come home function and position hold MK 3 Mag Compass module with ACC XBee Pro 900 Wireless telemetry data transmitted to laptop receiver Flight CTRL ME v 2.1 Monitors voltage, velocity, acceleration, atmospheric pressure Mondo Stinger 5.8 Ghz 500 mW wireless video transmitter Graupner MX-20 Controller 2.4 Ghz radio transmitter for pilot Graupner MX-12 Controller 2.4 Ghz radio transmitter for camera operator Camera Gimbal AV200 360 Degree Pan Kit Camera Gimbal Stabilization FreeFly Systems: Radian Electronic gyros and accelerometers, providing nearly instant reaction time to the servos and in turn the stabilization of the camera. HD Video Sony HDR CX 760V 1920 x 1080 60p resolution, can shoot both video and stills at the same time Still Photos 18.1 Megapixel, 4912 x 3680 resolution, 4:3 format

# Mikrokopter Boards

MK-GPS

Navi-Ctrl 2.1

Flight Ctrl

BL Ctrl / Power Distribution COYLE

FRONT

MikroKopter MKGPS 2.1 NaviCtrl 2.0

Micro SD Card Slot Under Card

2GB Fat 16 6 pin Ribbon

10 pin Ribbon 10 Pin Connector To XBee

FC 2.1 6 pin

Ribbon

10 pin Ribbon Bottom 3 Pins SV3 Roll Stabilization Servo 2

before Radian & 360 Bottom 3 Pins SV2 Tilt Stabilization Servo 1

before Radian & 360

Silver Connectors Up To Power Distribution Board GPS Battery: Must be 2.8 - 3.0v Underside View Top View

- + Side View

# XBee Explorer Communication Board

1. To connect copter to computer: remove the dome covering the boards 2. The XBee board connects to the Navi-Ctrl board with a 10 pin connector

, make sure that the red wire in the plug is to the right. 3. The ribbon cable connects to XBee board on the other end with a 5 pin connector

. Refer to the illustration that follows for proper connection. 4. Plug a mini-USB cable into the connector on the Navi-Ctrl board 5. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the computer. 6. Wireless connection is used during flight by plugging the antennae into the computers USB port.

XBee board as seen attached to copter boom

GRN BLK 5v

3.3v

XBee board opposite side seen if removed from boom

CTS RTS DODI

5v+ 3.3v

DIDO

GND

# Prop Rotation

1. Props and motors must alternate direction of rotation. 2. Props must be matched to the proper rotation direction. 3. Clockwise (Right) rotation (as viewed from the top) use SFP for Slo Flyer Pusher 4. Counterclockwise (Left) rotation (as viewed from the top) use SF for Slo Flyer 5. Motors: MK 3538 or MK 3638 6. For heavier weight lifting use 4.5 or 6.5 props

Motor 1 CW (Right) Motor 2 CCW (Left)

Motor 4 CCW (Left)

Motor 6 CCW (Left) Motor 8 CCW (Left) Motor 3 CW (Right)

Motor 5 CW (Right) Motor 7 CW (Right) Front

Back Coyle Label

Front to Back = Pitch or Nick Left to Right = Roll Spin = Yaw

# Firmware Version Update

1. 7-19-12 2. Koptertool v 1.78d, Flight Ctrl v 0.88n, Navi Ctrl v 0.28n 3. Connect ribbon cable and USB cable to the MK USB board . 4. To power kopter with USB, jumper the two pins on the board. If powering kopter with a battery DO NOT jumper these pins.

5. Unplug the XBee board 10 pin ribbon connector from the Navi-Ctrl board 6. Plug the MK USB 10 pin ribbon connector onto the Navi-Ctrl board. Make sure that the red wire in the cable is to the right. 7. Turn on R/C Transmitter 8. Plug in kopter 9. Open MKTools 10. Press Firmware button 11. Press Online version button (bottom middle button) 12. Press Update version list (upper left corner) 13. Press Download (top 2nd to right) 14. Press Navi Ctrl tab (bottom middle) 15. Press Download 16. Close button (top right) 17. Press Update software (bottom) 18. Highlight Navi download 19. Press Open 20. Watch progress 21. Make sure to check that it shows Configuring GPS = Done 22. Press Update Software (bottom_ 23. Highlight Flight Ctl download 24. Press Open 25. If CRC error shows up - just repeat the load again 26. When completed successfully (resets it to J satellite?, Set voltage low warning to 14) 27. Compass will have to be recallibrated: This shows up in the small terminal window in the middle of the MK Tool app. It will say Bad Compass Value Jumper Pins

For Power

USB Cable

# MKTools Settings Channels Tab

Throttle - Gas 1 Poti 3 7 RUDD - Yaw 4 Poti 4 8 ELEV - Nick 3 Poti 5 9 AILE - Roll 2 Poti 6 10 Poti 1 5 Poti 7 12 Poti 2 6 Poti 8 11

Motor Safety Switch 5 Altitude Hold

Select Receiver Graupner HoTT

# MKTools Settings Configuration Tab

Name of configuration EASY

Active Components / Functions Altitude Control GPS Compass Orientation Fixed Sensitive Receiver Signal Validation Axis (de) Coupling Rotation Rate Limiter Heading Hold (Nick / Roll)

# MKTools Settings Stick Tab

Current Setting Setting To Try Nick / Roll P 6 4 Nick / Roll D 10 8 Yaw P 4 External Control 0 = Off

Looping Nothing

# MKTools Settings Altitude Tab

Enable Altitude Control Height Limitation Control

Vario Altitude Control Use Switch For Setpoint

Enable Acoustic Vario

Setpoint Poti 1 Gain / Rate 15 Min Gas 30 Hover Variation 8 Altitude P 15 GPS Z 20 Barometric D 30 Stick Neutral Point 127=Middle Z-Acc 0 Max Altitude 122 meters (400 feet)



## GPS Gain affects Alt Hold bounce.
Min Gas should be set to be just below hover for Alt hold (too low will result in slow vertical oscillations, too high will be fast vertical oscillations)
Alt P usually lower it a notch or 2 of the min gas didn’t solve it. GPS-Z set to 90 seems to be better (?)

# MKTools Settings Camera Tab

Camera Nick Roll Servo Control Poti 5 Poti 6 Compensation 50 70 Invert Direction Servo Min 0 0 Servo Max 170 190 Servo Filter 0 0 Servo Refresh Rate 4 Manual Control Speed 60 Servo 3 - Camera Zoom Poti 3 Servo 4 - Camera Trigger Poti 7 Servo 5 125

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4

5 6 7 8

# MKTools Settings Navi Ctrl Tab

Enable GPS GPS Mode Control Poti 2 GPS Gain 100 Affects GPS hold, adjust for float - no jump or toilet bowl effect. GPS Stick Threshhold 8 Min. Sat. 6 Limit GPS-P (Gyro I) 90 75 (increase gravity, Force=higher= higher for wind, ie 125 - 130) GPS-I 90 85 (eliminates permanent position deviation like constant wind) GPS-D (Gyro P) 90 75 (increase friction = higher. too high = twitches GPS-Acc 0

Changing GPS-P & D will change the speed that Waypoints and Come Home are flown Increase speed = increase GPS-P, Decrease D Decrease speed = decrease GPS-P, Increase D
P & D = 90 = approx 6 m/s P = 100, D = 60 = approx 8 - 9 m/s

# MKTools Settings Navi Ctrl 2 Tab

Enable GPS GPS Wind Correction 90 [%] ACC Compensation 42 GPS Max Radius 245 [245 = 100%] GPS Angle Limit 140 Position Hold Login Time 5 [s] Dynamic Position Hold (cPH) Use GPS Max Radius for dPH Come Home Altitude 15 meters (49 feet)

# MKTools Settings Output Tab

Out 1 bitmask Out 1 timing Poti 8 Out 2 bitmask Out 2 timing Poti 8 Undervoltage out 1 Active Undervoltage out 2 Active

# MKTools Settings Misc Tab

Min Gas 8 Minimum gas to motor - Idle gas at all times. The Min Gas on the altitude tab is for alt hold Max Gas 230 Maximum gas to motor Compass Effect 64 Effect of compass on Yaw, Small # = small effect Teachable Carefree Carefree Control Poti 4 Under Voltage (0.1 v) 36 = 14.4v to start come home Voltage Reference FC 2.1 - IC7 3,0v CRxx standard 3,3v CSxx Sender Signal Lost Emergency Time [0.1s] 247 ERROR BEEP No beep without active sender Emergency Gas 95 Test for each payload Failsafe Come Home Time 60 Use vario control for failsafe altitude Failsafe Channel 0 Compass Error Ignore magnet error at startup SD Card Missing Not start without SD Card GPX Fix Missing Not start without GPS fix

# MKTools Settings Gyro Tab

Gyro P 100 Yaw P 100 (80 = slow, 100 = fast) Gyro I 120 Yaw I 120 (weak = 120, strong = 150) Gyro D 10

Dynamic Stability 64 mid = 64

ACC Gyro Factor 27 (30) ACC Gyro Comp 32

Main I 16 (16 - 32)

Drift Compensation 0

Gyro Stability 6 (Higher wind = 6 to 8) (Lower wind = 4)

Motor Smooth 0

PID for video: notes from 6-26-13
A lower P and higher D works well. Smooth yet gets back to level well. (ie P=2, D=0.2)
Gyro D under 10 = slower stabilization, sluggish or softer return from user input (good for video) Above 15 = very quick return from user input (good for 3D)
ACC Gyro Comp - 32 is standard. Higher is more wind resistant and more planted (good for video, try 50 or 1 10) Lower can be influenced by small wind gusts and over compensate and wobble
Gyro Stability - At lower values it’s easier to find a position on the throttle stick that maintains altitude without going up & down. Below 4 can’t get back to neutral. Above 8 jiggles and over compensates.
Gyro P & I - leave at default

# MKTools Settings User Tab

Parameter 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0

# MKTools Settings Coupling Tab

Axis-(de)-coupling Yaw Pos Feedback 90 Nick / Roll Feedback 55 Yaw Correction 70

# MKTools Settings Mixer Setup Tab

Motor Gas Nick Roll Yaw 1 64 64 64 64 2 64 64 -64 -64 3 64 64 -64 64 4 64 -64 -64 -64 5 64 -64 -64 64 6 64 -64 64 -64 7 64 -64 64 64 8 64 64 64 -64

1 2

3

4

5 6 7 8 Name: Octo

# MKTools Settings Easy Setup Tab

Name of configuration EASY Enable Altitude control Setpoint Poti 1 Stick Neutral Point 127 = Middle GPS GPS Mode Control Poti 2 Dynamic Position Hold Come Home Altitude 15 m Carefree Control Poti 4 Teachable Carefree Motor Safety Switch Channel 5 Mixer Setup Octo

# BL Temperatures Motor Wiring

Sitting on test bench with power on and no rotation, temp range = 26 - 31 ̊C After start and stop flying on 5-2-13, temp range = 47 - 54 ̊C

If motor temperatures are hotter on one side than the other, check the center of gravity of kopter. Wind will make this happen as well.
50 - 60 ̊C operating temps on cinestar example

For overheating, check motor ball bearings, then check solder on BL connections for motor and capacitors Solder iron at 400 ̊
Clockwise motor wiring: A = Blue, B = Grey, C = Black
CounterClockwise motor wiring: A = Grey, B = Blue, C = Black

# Graupner MX-20 Transmitter Pilot

1. Battery Type = 4nh-2000 4.8C 2.0aH NiMH 2. Full Charge = 5.7 - 6.0v 3. Low battery warning level = 4.7v 4. Operating voltage = 3.4 to 6.0v 5. Battery: Discharge batteries to .9v per cell for the 4 cell pack prior to charging 6. Charge Voltage = 3.6v, quick charge Max = 1A charge rate 7. Storage voltage should not be less than 1.2v 8. Never power transmitter on while charging 9. Full charge from fully discharged = 12 hours 10. When receiver is linked to the transmitter, its LED will be a solid green. If there is no link the LED will illuminate on solid for 1 second then blink slowly 11. Operating temperatures for the receiver are 14 ̊ F to 131 ̊ F (-10 ̊ C to +55 ̊ C) 12. Reset receiver by pressing and holding the SET button on receiver while switching the power supply ON. This will reset all receiver settings except binding. These setting must be set by way of the Telemetry menu in the transmitter. 13. Receiver connections 11+B and 12+B are for battery connection 14. 11-16-12 Downloaded ARF-Kopter_Setting_2.mkp and installed to #1 setting in Settings, Copied to #2 and renamed #1 to TGA-MK-01

# Graupner MX-20 Transmitter Servo Adjustment

S1 → 0% 103% 103% S2 → 0% 103% 103% S3 → 0% 103% 103% S4 → 0% 103% 103% S5 → 0% 103% 103% S6 → 0% 103% 103% S7 → 0% 103% 103% S8 → 0% 103% 103% S9 ← -2% 40% 95% S10 ← +25% 70% 25% S11 → 0% 103% 103% S12 ← 0% 103% 103%

1. Set stick mode = 2 (assigns channels 1=gas, 2=roll, 3=nick, 4=yaw) 2. Set receiver to sum-signal Sumo 12 3. Set servo adjustment 103% for all S1 to S12 4. Assign Channels = Control Adjust Alt Hold (and Motor Safety Switch) Input 5 SW3 Poti 1 GPS Position Hold / Come Home Input 6 CT 10 Poti 2 Camera Zoom (3 wire) Input 7 CT 6 Poti 3 Carefree Input 8 SW2 Poti 4 Carmera Tilt (Nick) Travel -100 -100 Input 9 CT 7 Poti 5 Camera Roll Input 10 CT 8 Poti 6 Voice Input 11 SW 1 Poti 8 Camera Trigger (1 wire) Input 12 CT9 Poti 7 Dual Rate: Down(Normal=100%), Up(Land=50%) SW 8

# Graupner GR-24 Receiver

1. 11-15-12 Install new Graupner GR-24 receiver 2. Download Graupner Firmware from Mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/firmware0.88 3. Download HoTT PC software for 33112, 33116 and 33124 revised 1-10-2012 4. Plug MX-20 into Netbook - CP210x USB to UART Bridge is missing a driver. Found driver in the folder labeled USB Treiber. Install driver v 1.12 5. The Sum signal is on output 8 and must be activated in setup

11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12

8 9 10 G Y O B B O Y Ground +5 Volts PPM Y X X GR-24

2 LANC plugs before the 360 gimbal Telemetry

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# Graupner MX-12 Transmitter Camera Operator

1. Battery Type = 4nh-2000 4.8C 2.0aH NiMH 2. Full Charge = 5.7 - 6.0v 3. Low battery warning level = 4.7v 4. Operating voltage = 3.4 to 6.0v 5. Battery: Discharge batteries to .9v per cell for the 4 cell pack prior to charging 6. Charge Voltage = 3.6v, quick charge Max = 1A charge rate 7. Storage voltage should not be less than 1.2v 8. Never power transmitter on while charging 9. Full charge from fully discharged = 12 hours 10. When receiver is linked to the transmitter, its LED will be a solid green. If there is no link the LED will illuminate on solid for 1 second then blink slowly 11. Operating temperatures fort the receiver are 14 ̊ F to 131 ̊ F (-10 ̊ C to +55 ̊ C)

# Graupner GR-12 Receiver

1 2 3 4 5 6

G B O Y GR-12



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+LANC camera zoom B O YPower In from BECLANC camera triggerPower to Radian B O W Camera gimbal receiver. Power is provided to the receiver and then to the Radians by a 1300mAh 11.1v 3s LIPO battery connected to a Castle 5/6volt BEC used as a voltage regulator. The battery connection is split to feed the Mondo Stinger 5.8GHz 500MW video Transmitter directly.

# Radian Stabilization

1. Radian stabilization installed in March 2014 with 360 degree gimbal 2. Camera operator transmitter is the Graupner MX-12 3. Set Channel out type in MX-12 on the 5th screen at the bottom = SUMO 4. Wiring goes from Graupner GR-12, out Channel 6 fixed, Black (-) to Pan In = 1, Out = 3, Pan servo = 4 to Roll In = 1, Out = 3, Roll servo = 4 to Tilt In = 1, Tilt servo = 4

USB to Computer

Top + 

## - Programming Connection

MX-12 Radian ELEV TILT CHANNEL 3 2 AILE PAN CHANNEL 2 1 RUDD ROLL CHANNEL 4 THRO ZOOM CHANNEL 1 3 CAMERA TRIGGER CHANNEL 5 5 STABILIZE / SLEW CHANNEL 6 6

Mode 6 - All three modules = Off / On / Slew Tilt Slew = 3 = Right stick up & down Servo out indicator in the Radian software needs to be at Zero Belt deflection should be no more than 3mm at the mid point

If Savox servos aren’t smooth enough, try the Freefly F360 servos (75.00 each). Change reduction ratios to 5:1 on all axises.

# Mondo Stinger 500mw 5.8GHz Video Transmitter

NEVER operate transmitter without the 5.8GHz antenna attached, marked with a yellow ring, or damage will occur. Do not use Dual Band antenna even if they are 5.8GHz, they do not perform well R B O W B Y + - + A - V

# LIPO Batteries

1. Full maximum charge for 4S LIPO flight battery is 16.8v (4.2v x 4) 2. Low voltage warning starts at 14.4v (3.6v x 4) 3. Land by 14.0v (3.5v x 4) 4. Never allow a LIPO battery to discharge below 3v per cell (4S = 12v)

# Compass Calibration

1. These directions are for a transmitter in STICK MODE 2: 2. Initiate compass calibration - Right stick down, then Left stick up and left 3. The Kopter beeps 1x - release sticks 4. Start Calibration - Pull Right stick down 1x (The Kopter beeps 2x and clicking starts) 5. Calibration of the X-Axis (Nick-Axis) 6. The Kopter with the front (Arrow direction of the FlightCtrl) pointing South or North. Then rotate theKopter a couple times over the NickAxis until the buzzer stops and the clicking starts. 7. Calibration of the Y-Axis (Roll-Axis) 8. Rotate the Kopter 90° The clicking starts again. Rotate the Kopter a couple times over the Roll-Axis until the buzzer stops and the clicking starts. 9. Step 3 Finish the calibration of the X and Y-Axis 10. Pull Right stick 1x down (The Kopter beeps 3x) 11. Step 4 Start calibration of Z-Axis 12. Pull Right stick 1x down (The Kopter beeps 4x and the clicking starts again) 13. Calibration of the Z-Axis (Yaw-Axis) 14. INFO: Here it doesn’t matter if the Kopter shows with the X or Y-Axis towards South (North). Rotate the Kopter a few times over the Roll- or Nick-Axis until the buzzer stops with the clicking starts. (Pull Right stick 1x down. Kopter beeps 2x)

# Compass Calibration Info

1. If you travel more than 100 miles - Do a compass calibration
The following information is a bit difficult to understand but documented here.

2. Magnetic value may not differ more than 20% in flight and must be between 80% and 120% 3. When hovering, Earth Field should be 85% - 115% with differences of inclination below 5°. 4. Inclination shall not deviate more than 10% from the theoretical value (in parentheses) 5. Some LIPO batteries or even just changing the orientation of the battery can af fect the compass. 6. If GPS and compass performance are poor, one possible solution is to move the GPS and Navi board onto one of the booms, like on the Cinestar. 7. Inclination for Benton Harbor = 69 ̊ 34’ on 1-23-13 Latitude 42 ̊ 6’ 29” N, Longitude 86 ̊ 25’ 5” W Declination -4 ̊ 45’ West

# Pre-Flight Charge Batteries

1. Plug a battery into kopter to charge the GPS battery. If not flown for a while, charge for a couple hours, or use the MK-USB cable overnight from a computer to the kopter (make sure to apply the jumper to the two contacts on the MK-USB board, disconnect the two ribbon connectors between the GPS and Navi control boards, plug in the MK-USB cable and charge the battery from a computer for 24 hours) 2. Charge both the pilot and camera operator transmitter battery, Full charge is 5.7 volts, Low Battery Warning is 4.7 volts 3. Charge video camera batteries 4. Charge laptop battery 5. Charge video downlink screen batteries 6. Charge extra flight batteries 7. Charge camera gimbal battery

Battery Name 720i Charger Memory # Type Volts Capacity Charge / Discharge Rate Discharge volts per cell Delta Peak

QuadroPower 1 LIPO 14.8v 4s 6200mAh 3.0A 3.8v / cell Turnigy 2 LIPO 14.8v 4s 5000mAh 3.0A 3.8v / cell Vislero/Monitor 3 LIPO 14.8v 4s 2200mAh 1.1A 3.8v / cell Gforce/Gimbal 4 LIPO 11.1v 3s 1300mAh 1.0A 3.8v / cell Glasses/Quadrop 5 LIPO 11.1v 3s 1200mAh 1.0A 3.8v / cell Transmitter NiMH 4.8v 4s 2000mAh 1.0A 5mV / cell

Plug in CHARGER and POWER ON BEFORE attaching battery, THEN connect balancing cable.
NEVER discharge LIPO batteries below 3 volts / cell (12 volts for a 4s battery)
If a LIPO battery ends up being over discharged (less than 3 volts per cell), the charger may not recognize or charge it. Try charging it as an NIMH battery type at .5 Amps until it is just over 3 volts per cell. Stop and then charge as a LIPO like normal.

# Pre-Flight Kopter Safety Checks

1. Check to see if all components are safe and secure and not loose. 2. Check to see if any wires have come off 3. Check for loose bolts on the assembly 4. Check the propellers for marks and nicks 5. Check the propeller nuts, make sure they are tight 6. Check the motor mounts, bolts and nuts for tightness 7. Check that RX module is well connected and antennas are properly positioned. 8. Check that all electrical connectors are well seated in their plugs 9. Take a good look from all sides, make sure nothing appears unusual or out of place. 10. Check your flight perimeter 11. Check for power lines, overhead obstacles etc, evaluate all hazards in flight area. 12. Log wind speed and temperature. Do not fly in gusty and turbulent conditions. 13. Discuss flight plan with spotter. 14. Evaluate Come Home altitude for flight area, set in MKTools Navi Ctrl 2 or Easy Tab 15. Check that the Kopter Flight Recorder SD card is inserted in the Navi Ctrl board 16. Check battery voltage and balance for flight batteries 17. Start flying home or initiate Come Home at 14.4 volts, 18. Land by 14 volts 1200 ma left, 5000 ma used, Absolute minimum is 13.2 volts. 19. Install the battery and check that it is secure and installed with the top label down. 20. Install video camera on gimbal. For Sony HDR CX 760V with the big battery use mount centered from side to side in the hole just in front of the long slot.

# Pre-Flight Transmitter Checks

1. Check both the pilot and camera operators transmitters 2. Check TX battery voltage; Full charge is 5.7 volts, Low Battery Warning is 4.7 volts 3. Check that the transmitter antenna is not damaged and positioned correctly

. 4. Check TX switch positions, ALL in OFF position – away from operator 5. Motor Safety Switch is the Alt Hold switch, the motors will not shut off if this is on. 6. REMEMBER THE SPRING IN THE THROTTLE STICK, hold down till ready or kopter will jump up

# Pre-Flight MKTools Checks

1. http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MKTools-Setup 2. Turn on Transmitter 3. Plug battery into kopter 4. Listen for beeps from each motor and slight rotation of each prop. 5. If auto lipo detection is enabled, 4 beeps means a 4s Lipo 6. Verify XBee board connection on Kopter, Red & Blue lights On – Yellow flashing 7. Verify XBee board connection on computer, Red & Green On – Green flashing 8. Verify GPS lock on Kopter – Blue LED on top of GPS board should begin strobing. 9. Start MKTools on computer and watch for spinning indicator = communication 10. Click NaviCtrl button and look at terminal window (page indicator in top right corner) 11. Verify [0] = No Error 12. Verify [1] = Sat: Fix (minimum of 6 satellites are needed to be locked) 13. Verify [8] = Home Position Set 14. Verify [19] = Magnetic Field: 95 – 105 (percent), Declination: below 3 degrees, Inclination: , or recalibrate compass. 15. Log start time for flight

# Start Up

1. Position Kopter at least 10 feet away from metal objects 2. Set transmitter timer to 80% of the known battery duration. 3. Calibrate Kopter, 4. Check camera position, Nick and Roll 5. Check flying area 6. Call out “Starting Motors”, then start motors 7. The location that motors are started is the new location for kopter to Come Home. 8. Confirm battery level and satellite fix/lock 9. Check flying area 10. Take off 11. Hover at low level 12. Turn on Alt Hold and Position Hold 13. Check trims and the effect of Stick inputs in all directions (If stick trims are not at 0, consider adjusting the sub trims) 14. Fly to plan 15. Take no chances 16. Initiate Come Home immediately if told by spotter that there is any danger

1. Use MKTools 3D tool to see if the center of gravity is good, use the grid tool, you want a green dot. 2. Watch XYZ compass on MKTools graph while cranking up motors - this should be smooth. 3. Toilet bowl effect while hovering can be caused by EMI, try moving battery wires, rotate battery to a different side, all power can affect the compass. In Flight Testing

# Post Flight Checklist

1. Stop video recording 2. Turn off camera 3. Unplug battery from Kopter 4. Unplug battery for gimbal 5. Turn off Transmitters 6. Unplug battery from video receiver / monitor 7. Log BL (motor) temperatures in MKTools > NaviCtrl > [14] 8. Log time, wind speed and temperature 9. Check out Kopter in general 10. Check props for condition and that they are still tight 11. Check frame for loose parts 12. Check for disconnected wires 13. Download flight info from SD Card 14. Access and evaluate flight data 15. Archive flight data 16. Review footage 17. Transfer footage to computer and delete video from camera 18. Check / clean camera lens 19. Charge camera batteries 20. Put Lipo batteries into storage charge 21. Log batteries used for flight 22. Log any comments, incidents and questions regarding flight

# Do’s and Don’ts

1. Never fly in strong wind – safe wind speed for this craft is about 10 MPH. 2. In the event of a crash or a hard landing, always check the craft for damage before taking off again. In this instance, you must also check that you do not have dirt or grit in the motors; this can cause a motor or motors to overheat and fail in flight resulting in an out-of-control craft and serious damage or injury to the craft, other people and their property. 3. Your launch field should preferably be open and flat with short grass. If it is necessary to take off in a field which only has long grass, manually flatten a 1.5m diameter take off perimeter with your feet. 4. Always have a flight plan – visualize your flight path and check again for obstacles. 5. Never fly the craft out of direct line of sight and always keep your eyes on the craft whilst it is in the air. 6. Never fly the craft above 400 feet in height (the length of a football field). 7. Never fly near people – a 50m (150 ft) perimeter around and above people is a recommended minimum and operational law in most countries. 8. Always set your transmitter timer before each flight to about 80% of the known flight duration for the battery pack you have installed in the craft. 9. Never turn your transmitter off in flight. 10. Always have a “spotter” with if you do fly FPV. 11. Never let friends fly your craft unless they are well schooled in the discipline. 12. Never fly under the influence of any substance or alcohol, the law for pilots in command of flying craft around the globe is universal...there is a zero limit tolerance. 13. Always turn your transmitter on before connecting the battery to the craft...and always disconnect the battery from the craft before turning your transmitter of f

# Equipment Checklist Fly Day

1. - Glasses 2. - Sun Glasses / flying glasses 3. - Tool boxes 4. - Work station / table 5. - Laptop and relevant leads 6. - Power supply - inverter / Field battery 7. - Charging equipment / power & balancing leads 8. - Flight check list 9. - Relevant printed info

10. Batteries 11. - Charged 12. - Check for damage 13. - Check leads and connectors - replace sloppy connectors

14. Kopter 15. - Spares 16. - Props, frame parts, specific tools. 17. - Flight recorder SD inserted

18. Camera Bag 19. - Cameras 20. - Spare Batteries 21. - SD cards 22. - Lens cloth 23. - Tripod

24. Transmitters 25. - Battery charger 26. - Manual 27. - Settings list

# Waypoints and Point Of Interest (POI)

1. Get map from www.geomaptool.de Search for Country, City, Street etc. 2. Find location 3. Save, next MK Kopter Tool - Name & Save .jpg 4. Turn on transmitter 5. Plug in kopter 6. Open kopter tools 7. Select File > Load Picture Waypoints > editor 8. Click on picture >  Use POI >  (This is the point of interest) 9. Waypoints - Time, Altitude, Climb rate, 10. Click on picture >  etc. 11. 32 waypoints maximum 12. Maximum speed = 6 m/s 13. 250 meter radius circle around start point = limit of distance 14. In OSD - select Waypoints, Generator. 15. Write to Mikrocopter with  Send waypoints to Navi-Ctrl 16. Start Kopter, Take off, Altitude Hold, Position Hold, Carefree Mode, Come Home sends it to the first waypoint. 17. Press F9 in OSD to add a waypoint where the Kopter is right then. 18. Take Kopter out of Come Home to quit waypoints, Kopter will stop where it is. 19. Switch to free flight to clear waypoints, then switch to Come Home and the Kopter will come home. 20. For Point of Interest and Altitude control with waypoints must have Carefree mode enabled, as well as altitude pre-programmed for come home settings.

# Connector Types

1. JST connector = Red - 2 wire power connector for Mondo stinger video transmitter