Foxtech Nimbus VTOL V2 User Manual

Foxtech Nimbus VTOL V2

for Mapping and Survey(DA16S Combo)

User Manual

V5.0

2019.05

Contents

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

Specications 2

BasicTheory 3

SetupandCalibration 4

Assembly 4

Check Radio Control 4

Download Mission Planner 4

Connect Baby Shark to Computer 4

Connect the Datalink and Check Flight Controller 7

ChecklistbeforeEveryFlight 13

TestFlight 14

Autopilot 16

Applications 17

Appendix 18

ESC Calibration 18

Servo Checking and Required Mode Modication 20

Angle Deviation Compensation Checking 23

Default Setttings 25

!Firmware Update Notice

Update Notice(Sep 6th, 2018)

Pixhawk Connections

Specifications

Aircraft

Structure

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

Item Name

Version

Material

Shipping Dimension

Shipping Weight

Wingspan

Length

Max Flying Height

Max Flying Speed

Self Weight

Max Take-off Weight

Max Payload

Suggested Battery

Tilting Servo

ESC

Foxtech Nimbus VTOL V2 for Mapping and Survey

Tilt VTOL PNP Combo

EPO

1150x330x450mm

30kg

1800mm

1300mm

3500m

35m/s

2.85kg

4.8kg

800g

6S 10000-12000mah Lipo Battery x1

28kg Servo

50A ESC

Motor

Propeller

Air Speedometer

UBEC

Flight Controller

Optional

-Foxtech Map-01 Mapping Camera

-Foxtech Map-A7R Full-Frame Mapping Camera with 35mm Lens

3520 KV485 x2

X5008 KV330 x1

1380 Wooden Propeller(1 pair)

1755 MARKII Matte Propeller(CW)

Px4 Air Speedometer

8A UBEC

Pixhawk 2.1 Standard Set with Here GNSS

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

Basic Theory

Foxtech Nimbus V2 is a Vertical Take-off and Landing airplane. It is equipped with new landing gears. The foldable tail landing gear and front landing gear. The front landing gear ensure enough space for mapping cameras or zoom cameras, and will protect the task loads.

In this version, we equip 28kg high speed tilting servos, with the newly upgraded system, the plane can hover like a multicopter more steadily and take off and land in very heavy wind. And the front motor is Foxtech 3520 kv520, which is more powerful, the new power system has great power redundency, and makes the mapping version more efficient, which can lift max 800g payload.

The highlight of Nimbus V2 is the wind resistant feature. It means that when the plane is in multicopter positioning mode, or in Auto mode, during taking off and landing stage, the two tilting motors will tilt to a certain level to compensate the wind, that keeps your plane much stable and also give you much better safty during landing and taking off stage. With the newly upgraded motors, the max flying speed can reach 35m/s, the average speed is 15m/s to 16m/s, and the stall speed is 10m/s-11m/s.

Another new feature is the new radio control-DA16S, specially designed for VTOL like this Nimbus, and also suitable for other Foxtech series drones. It is 16-channel radio which has datalink and radiolink built inside, so both the datalink and radiolink can reach a range of 5km. You also could equipped the range booster and high-quality antenna to increase the distance to 15km.

Nimbus VTOL V2 also has a big inner space, can put lots of batteries and other equipments. And the quick- detached design makes Nimbus VTOL V2 easy to assembly and dissembly, and transport.

This Nimbus V2 can be equipped with Foxtech Map-01 and Map-A7R mapping cameras to do mapping and survey, when you use this Nimbus to do mapping, also could equipped Nimbus with RTK, and PPK system to increase the map precision.

Foxtech Nimbus VTOL V2 is a cost-effective plane compared with other expensive multicopters or fixedwings, it is a good option for customers to do mapping jobs and long range inspection.

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.

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

Setup and Calibration

Assembly

When you receive the Nimbus 1800 VTOL PNP combo, almost all components are installed, but there are still a few connections to be done before flight.

- Connect the V tail.

- Connect the left and right wings.

- Connect the airspeed sensor.

- Connect the datalink antennas.

- Connect the receiver antennas.

- Connect the propellers.

- Place the battery on the board.

- Connect the nose.

1. Pay attention to the directions of propellers. (Refer to the above diagram)

2. If your purchase include a mapping camera, install the camera and power it on. If there is a sound“crack”, It means the mapping camera works fine.

(View From the Front) (View From the Front)

CCW

(Overlook)

Check Radio Control

1.Install the extension antennas if your purchase include it.

2.Check channels on the transmitter.

Download Mission Planner

Download the latest Mission planner online or copy it from the SD card. Download link: http://firmware.ardupilot.org/Tools/MissionPlanner/

Connect Baby Shark to Computer

1. Connect DA16S transmitter and computer with bluetooth.

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

2. Find the corresponding device and enter password.

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

3. Enter the "Device Manager" interface and find its COM.

4. Select correct Com port, and click CONNECT.

5. Connection completed.

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

Connect the Datalink and Check Flight Controller

1.Calibrate the Accelerometer

Although the accelerometer was calibrated already for the PNP version before shipping, please calibrate it again since it might be affected in the transportation.

Under Initial Setup, select Accel Calibration from the left-side menu. Mission Planner will prompt you to place the vehicle each calibration position. Press any key to indicate that the autopilot is in position and then proceed to the next orientation.

The calibration positions are: level, on right side, left side, nose down, nose up and on its back.

Click this button to begin accelerometer calibration.

This accelerometer trim can be used to level the HUD horizon.

1.It is important that the vehicle is kept still immediately after pressing the key for each step.

2.The level position is the most important to get right as this will be the attitude that your controller considers level while flying.

FOXTECH Nimbus VTOL V2(DA16S Combo) User Manual

2. Calibration the Compass

Nimbus VTOL uses high sensitivity compass and it has to be re-calibrated when fly in a new place.

Enter the compass setting page and click”start” ,hold the plane and rotate it in order to hit all directions on a sphere to calibrate the compass, when it’s done,a new offset would be given to the flight controller, and a reboot is necessary.

Onboard calibration produces better results.

3. Radio Control Calibration Calibrating each of the transmitter controls/channels is a straightforward process - simply move each of the enabled sticks/switches through their full range and record the maximum and minimum positions.

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