YUNEEC Q500 Typhoon Quick Manual

Yuneec Q500 Typhoon

Quick Guide

Valerio Capello – www.geody.com – 28 March 2017

Charge Batteries

Charge the batteries for both the drone and the remote control. Do it every time you use the drone.

See also page 8 of the user manual for further information.

Prepare the drone to flight

Install the four props over the motors (make sure that above each motor there's an O-ring, the prop
must be placed above such O-ring, not directly over the motor): there are two kinds of props, A and B
(they spin respectively clockwise and anticlockwise). Check the letter on the prop and put it above the
motor with the corresponding letter, then screw the prop over the motor following the clockwise or
anticlockwise direction marked on the prop with an arrow towards a locked padlock. Tighten the prop
well, but don't apply excessive force at the end. Use the motor holder tool to install props.
You can either install the props on the spot before to fly and then remove them when you've finished, or
mount the props at home. In this case make sure props are well tightened before to fly.

Insert the battery into the drone: press the top side of the door on the back and insert the battery in the
correct position. If the position is correct but the battery still doesn't enter, don't push: make sure
there's no wire which prevent the battery from sliding into the compartment. See also page 20 of the

user manual for further information.

Remove the cover lock from the gimbal/camera. If you forget to remove it when you turn on the drone,
the camera will not initialized properly, in this case turn off the drone, remove the cover lock from the
camera, and turn it on again.

Make sure there's a microSD card into the camera, otherwise you'll not be able to take pictures and
record videos (however in this case you'll see a warning on the screen of the remote control).

See also page 9 of the user manual for further information.

Turn on the drone

Place the drone on a flat surface with about 5 meters (about 15 feet) of free space around it, so that the
props will not hit anything during the take off. Keep yourself far from the props when they are spinning
because they are dangerous.
Check for possible obstacles in the nearby (buildings, poles, cables, trees, ...), and for people, animals,
cars, in the underlying area.

Set the Flight Mode switch (top right side of the remote control) to Angle. Turn on the remote control.

Turn on the drone, using the switch at the bottom.

Wait for GPS lock for both remote control (number of satellites are shown on the top side of the display)
and the drone (left side of the display, you'll read also “GPS Ready”), and that the output from the
camera is shown live on the display.

See also page 11 of the user manual for further information about the display.

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Take off

Press the red button until the motors aren't ignited and the props start to spin. If the motors don't start
and you hear beeps coming from the drone make sure that the Flight Mode switch is set to Angle.

Move the right-hand stick (if Mode 1 is enabled on the remote control, otherwise is the left-hand stick in
Mode 2) to the top to take off. The altitude is shown on the right side of the display.

Flying

The drone is quite stable during flight even with winds blowing at 19 Km/h (about 12 mph) because the
GPS system keeps it in position. However always beware of obstacles because the wind could push the
drone towards them.

If the remote control is set to Mode 1, sticks are configured to control the drone this way:

• Left-hand stick: Up: Forward, Down: Back, Left: Turn (Yaw) left, Right: Turn (Yaw) right.

• Right-hand stick: Up: Climb, Down: Descend, Left: Move left, Right: Move right.

If the remote control is set to Mode 2, sticks are configured to control the drone this way:

• Left-hand stick: Up: Climb, Down: Descend, Left: Turn (Yaw) left, Right: Turn (Yaw) right.

• Right-hand stick: Up: Forward, Down: Back, Left: Move left, Right: Move right.

There are three flight modes, which can be selected using the switch on the top right side of the remove
control:

• Angle: Controls are relative to the drone, for example if you push the stick to go back, the drone
will move towards its tail.

• Smart: Controls are relative to the position of the remote control, for example if you push the
stick to go back, the drone will flight towards you even if its tail points to another direction.
Also, in this mode the drone keeps a fixed distance from the remote control (“Follow Me”). This
means that if you walk and the drone faces an obstacle in the directions towards where you are
moving it may hit it. When in Smart mode you can also enable Watch Me touching the icon with
an eye on the top right side of the display, so that the camera always face you (actually the
remote control).

• Home: The drone flights towards you wherever it is and lands about 5 meters (about 15 feet)
away from the remote control. Home flight mode is activated automatically if you turn off the
remote control, the drone will flight to the last known position of the remote control. Use Home
mode if you are on a flat terrain without obstacles, or in emergency, if you lost control of your
drone or can't see it.

Drone speed can be adjusted using the stick on the back side, top right, of the remote control: slow
towards the turtle, fast towards the hare. Only flight to maximum speed when the drone flights high
enough to be above any possible obstacle.

A fully charged battery allows to fly for about 25 minutes. If the battery level (shown on the top right
side of the display) gets too low you'll see a warning on the display. In this case land as soon as possible.

Pictures and Videos

You can set the vertical tilt of the camera using the stick on the back side, top left, of the remote control:
when the stick is all way down the camera points to the ground, when the stick is all way up the camera
points to the horizon.

Push the button on the top side to the left of the remote control to take pictures. The camera requires
about 5 seconds to take a picture. Pay attention to don't rather press the red button to turn on/off
motors, which is in the nearby!

Push the button on the top side to the right to start and stop videos. Remember that when you are
recording a video you can't take pictures! Before to take a picture watch the display and make sure the
camera is not recording.

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