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Storm Drone 8

with Naza V2 GPS Flight Controller

USER MANUAL

V2.0
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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) Go to [AUX-CH] -> ATTITUDE, apply the setting below:

[CH] = CH7 [SW3] = SwG [SW2] = NULL

[GPS] = 0% [ATTI.] = 50% [ATTI.] = 100%

6) [CH5] = VrA [CH6] = SwE [CH7] = -------

[CH8] = VrB [CH9] = SwA [CH10] = SwB
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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)

8) [AUX2] = -13

9) [AUX2] = REV 10) [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.