Foxtech NIMBUS VTOL User Manual

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL

User Manual

V1.1

2018.01

Contents

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL User Manual

Specifications

Basic Theory

Introduction

Setup and Calibration

Assembly

Control Surface Calibration

Compass and Airspeed Calibration

Test Flight

Autopilot

Applications

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Specifications

Aircraft

Structure

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL User Manual

Item Name

Version

Material

Shipping Dimension

Shipping Weight

Wingspan

Length

Max Flying Height

Max Flying Speed

Take-off Weight

Max Take-off Weight

Max Payload

Suggested Battery

Servo

Nimbus

Tilt VTOL PNP Combo

EPO

1150x330x450mm

30kg

1800mm

1300mm

3500m

25m/s

2.85kg(without battery)

4.8kg

500g

6S 10000mah Lipo Battery x1

6S 9500mah Li-ion Battery x2

5kg Servo

ESC

Motor

Propeller

Air Speedometer

UBEC

Transmitter

Flight Controller

Radio Telemetry

Optional

- CUAV SX Radio 900MHz Wireless Data Transmission Module(64km Transmission Distance)

- Rlink 433MHz Long Range UHF TX and 8CH SBUS RX Combo(Extend the Remote-controlling Distance)

40A ESC

4112 KV485 x2

4112 KV400 x1

1380 Wooden Propeller(1 pair)

1655 MARKII Matte Propeller(CW)

Px4 Air Speedometer

8A UBEC

X9D Plus Radio Controller

Pixhawk 2.1 Standard Set with Here GNSS

CUAV 3DR Radio Telemetry Bluetooth Box with TTL(915MHz)

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FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL User Manual

Basic Theory

Introduction

Nimbus VTOL is a modified version of Nimbus dual engine FPV plane, by keeping the advantages of the
original design, e.g, long flight time, stable flight, low stall speed, Foxtech gives it another great feature­Vertical taking off and landing.

With this great feature added, runway or parachute is no longer necessary, you can fly Nimbus VTOL even
in your backyard. Two robotic 180 degree high precision servos, one ESC and one rear motor are added to
the original design. In this case, Nimbus VTOL is then a tri-copter with vectored yaw and still a long range
FPV plane.

By using the very advanced flight controller Pixhawk 2.1, the plane can take off, fly waypoints and land all by
itself, in this case, doing long range FPV or survey can never been easier!

The image below shows two typical motor rotation directions.

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