Protocol Dronium One AP Instruction Manual

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Thank you for your purchase of Protocol’s Dronium One
AP With Camera. You are about to experience the best

of what remote control ight has to oer. We strongly

recommend that you take the time to read this manual

thoroughly. It contains many tips and instructions on how
to get the most out of this aircraft and maintain it for a
long life.

As with any aircraft, this is a precision ying machine. Treat
it well and enjoy all the fun it has to oer, ight after ight.

THANK YOU.

01 Safety and Precautions

02 Parts

04 Remote Battery Installation

05 Installing the Blade Guard

06 Charging the Drone

07 Power-On Procedure

08 Altitude Sensor Calibration

09 Operation

11 Tips on 360° Flips

13 Speed Modes

14 Trim Adjustment

15 Troubleshooting

16 Flying Outdoors

17 Shooting Photo/Video

18 Replacement Parts & Limited Warranty

CAUTION:

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Read and follow instructions on how to synchronize

electronics before each flight.

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To prolong engine life, allow a cool-down period between flights.

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REMOTE

1. 2.4G Antenna

2. Power Switch

3. Trim Forward/Backward

4. Flip 360°

5. Forward/Backward

6. Bank Left/Right

7. Video

8. Photo

9. Trim Bank Left/Right

10. Indicator Light

11. Trim Turn Left/Right. The button on this unit is disabled
as it was upgraded to auto trim for left/right turns.

12. Throttle

13. Turn Left/Right

14. Speed Mode Selector

15. Take O/Landing

16. Calibration

Battery cover

If not already installed, install the included blade guards to every corner
and tighten the screws. Make sure the blade guards are secure and snug.

NOTE: Loose blade guards may interfere with propeller movement and
cause a crash. If the drone crashes, double check to make sure the blade

guard is not loose. If it is, re-tighten before ying.

If you purchased extra batteries, allow the engines to
cool between ights in order to prolong engine life.

1. Turn on the drone and place it on an even surface.

2. Turn on the remote control.

3. Both indicators on the drone and the remote will ash while they are
syncing.

4. Push the throttle up and then down to sync. You will hear two beeps and
the lights will go steady.

5. Next, you must calibrate the Altitude Sensor. Press the calibration button
down once. Lights will ash quickly and then will go steady when
nished. Your drone is now synchronized, calibrated, and in stand-by
mode awaiting Engine Idle command.

1. While the drone is in process of synchronizing or calibrating, the lights
will ash quickly. When the process is completed, the lights will go
steady. This is your indication that the process is completed.

2. If after 30 seconds, it has not recognized the drone, turn o the controller
and repeat Power-On procedure.

3. If the Dronium One AP is unsteady in ight, it may not have been able to
calibrate properly. Power down both drone and remote and restart
pre-ight procedure, including re-calibration of the altitude sensor.

4. For the Altitude Sensor to calibrate properly, the drone must be
synchronized already, but the engines not spinning yet. You cannot
calibrate while the propellers are turning. You have to calibrate before
you start the engines.

POWER ON PROCEDURE

ALTITUDE SENSOR CALIBRATION

BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINES,
CALIBRATE THE ALTITUDE SENSOR.
DO THIS BEFORE EACH FLIGHT
EVERY TIME!

TO CALIBRATE ALTITUDE SENSOR

Fig. 1

Calibration Button*

* Press down once to calibrate. Lights will ash quickly during calibration
and then go steady when completed. Don’t worry if you press it again as
it will simply recalibrate again.

Starting the Engine; Engine Idle

1. After synchronizing and calibrating the drone, move the throttle and
direction sticks to the lower left and lower right corners (blue lines)
and release to go into Idle mode. The blades will rotate but the drone will
not lift.

Take – O:

1. Press the take o button. The remote will beep and the drone will hover
a few feet o the ground. Then gently advance the throttle to a desired
height and release. The drone will hover at that height.*

OR

2. From Idle mode, gently advance the throttle up to a desired height and
release. The drone will hover at that height.*

Landing:

1. Press the landing button to lower the drone to the ground.

OR

2. Push down on the throttle until the drone is on the ground.

NOTE:

- The engine will shut o if you choose to hold the throttle down for 3
seconds.

- Emergency Shut O: When in ight,
pull the throttle and direction stick to
the center at the same time (red lines)

and the drone will shut o.

- The drone may drift a bit, especially in the rst 30 seconds until the
altitude sensor gets a good x on the position. Some drift is normal.

Pull the throttle left or right,

the drone turns to the left or right.

Push the direction lever up or down, the

drone ies forward or backward.

Pull the direction lever to the left or right,

the drone banks to the left or right.

FIRST TIME FLYERS!!! TAKE YOUR TIME! GO SLOW!

Practice hovering until you are comfortable with ight before attempting
any other maneuvers. Make small movements letting the stick return to the
center. If you start to lose control, don’t panic. Just press land.

Once you are familiar with the basics of drone ight, you can try some ad­vanced maneuvers! At a height of at least 10 feet, press the Flip mode button
and move the direction lever in any desired direction to execute the ip. The
remote will beep quickly when you are in stunt mode and will stop beeping
once you have executed the ip.

TIPS ON 3D FLIPS

TIPS ON 3D FLIPS

SPEED MODES

The Dronium One AP features multiple speed modes. Choose the speed
based on ight experience and level of comfort. At higher speeds, the
drone will pitch more than at lower speeds. Dronium One AP is quite fast
at its highest speed and requires more piloting skills to y competently.
For safety take time to develop advanced skills by practicing at lower
speeds rst. Press the Speed +/- button to change the speed mode. The

remote control indicator will beep once at slowest speed mode and multi-

ple times as speed mode is increased.

SIDEWAYS TRIM

When the drone drifts to the left or right side unintentionally, you can
correct it by pressing the trim button in the opposite direction until it
evens out.

FORWARD/BACKWARD TRIM

When the drone drifts forward/backward unintentionally, you can correct it
by pressing the trim button in the opposite direction until it evens out.

*NOTE: Trim adjustments are designed to counter drifts not caused by wind.

1. To synchornize, turn on
aircraft rst, place it on level
ground, and then turn on
controller.

2. Charge aircraft and/or replace

batteries in controller

1. Re-synchronize aircraft
and controller.

2. Recalibrate the Altitude
Sensor.

3. Reset the trim buttons on
the controller and re-trim ight
controls.

HOW TO PREVENT FLY AWAYS

To prevent “y-away” situations (where drones seem to y away out of con­trol) it is important to rst test and practice within close range before letting
the drone y too far away.

Each drone is designed land if the radio signal is lost. (But, this should not
be considered a landing procedure or normal ight practice.) It is important
to know and test the range of your drone before ying. We recommend
turning on and syncing the drone and walking away while testing the
engines. Keep walking and testing until it is obvious when you reach the
point where the signal is not controlling the drone. This will be the control
limit for the conditions in which you are ying. Distance does vary some­what based on environmental and weather conditions, so testing the limit is
advised. Fly in a range that is good for easy visual operation of the drone.

IF YOU CAN’T SEE YOUR DRONE, THEN YOU CAN’T CONTROL YOUR
DRONE.

* Fly-aways are not covered by warranty as they are overwhelmingly
caused by pilot error.

SHOOTING PHOTOS AND VIDEO

1. Turn on the drone, synchronize, and calibrate.

2. Photo: Push the Photo button and the camera will take a photo. The red
indicator on the back of the drone will ash once as it’s taking the picture.

3. Video: Push the Video and the camera will begin to record. The red indi­cator will continuously ash while recording video. Push the Video button
again and the camera will stop recording.

4. Connect the USB transfer cable to the drone and plug it into the USB
port of your computer. If you are using Windows, the USB will come up
on the removable drive. If you are using OS, then the USB will come up as
“Untitled”.

5. Open the drive and then open the Video or Photo folders to access the
.AVI or JPEG les.

6. .AVI movies can be played in several dierent formats including Quick­time, Windows Media Player, and RealPlayer.

WARNING: Never remove the card from the video camera while the drone

is turned on