Aero Hawk Field Hawk User manual

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Instructions Manual
Quick Guide: Field Hawk

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Disclaimer and Warning
This product is NOT a toy and is not suitable for children under the age of 18. Adults should keep the Aero Hawk UAV out of the reach of children and exercise caution when operating
this aircraft in the presence of children. It is highly recommended that any pilot using this product have a Small Unmanned Aircraft System- Remote Pilot Airman Certificate.
This product is a Aero Hawk product that offers easy to use flight when in good working order as set forth below. Visit http://www.Aero-hawk.com for the most current instructions and
warnings and http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/ for more information about flight safety and compliance.
The information in this document affects your safety and your legal rights and responsibilities.
Read this entire document carefully to ensure proper configuration before use. Failure to read and follow the instructions and warnings in this document may result in product loss,
serious injury to you, or damage to your aircraft.
By using this product, you hereby signify that you have read this disclaimer carefully and that you understand and agree to abide by the terms and conditions herein. You agree that you
are solely responsible for your own conduct while using this product, and for any consequences thereof. You agree to use this product only for purposes that are proper and in
accordance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including international and domestic airspace regulations, and all terms, precautions, practices, policies and guidelines.
Aerohawk accepts no liability for damage, injury or any legal responsibility incurred directly or indirectly from the use of this product. The user shall observe safe and lawful practices
including, but not limited to, those set forth in these Safety Guidelines.
Drone safety information for planes and copters
Drones can be hazardous if operated incorrectly. If you are new to drones, we recommend learning the ropes first on a mini-drone or simulation software. Make safety your first priority,
and always follow these best practices. It is highly recommended that any pilot using this product have a Small Unmanned Aircraft System- Remote Pilot Airman Certificate.
Handling
Spinning propellers can cause serious injury. Become familiar with your drone’s arming procedure, and always disarm before handling the propellers. On Pixhawk-powered vehicles, the
safety button provides an additional safety measure by blocking power to the motors while the button is disabled (blinking red), allowing you to handle the drone safely.
When flying, always make sure to keep a safe distance between yourself and the drone. Don’t take off with the drone facing towards you or fly
directly over your head. It is your job to ensure the safety of the people around you; make sure that spectators maintain a safe distance from
your drone at all times..

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❏3x Chargers
Battery Charger Laptop Charger
What’s Included
You will receive your drone in its special ordered case. Please go through the list and insure you have received everything you purchased.
❏Instruction manual
❏ Field Hawk
❏Remote Control with batteries
❏3x Batteries
❏Aerohawk M4HR camera
❏Usb Cable
❏Windows Surface Tablet
❏8x Propellers
❏Rugged Pelican Case
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*Not Actual Size

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Field Hawk Diagram
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1. Propellor
2. Motor
3. Battery Plug
4. Pixhawk 2 Flight Controller
5. GPS Rover Here+
6. Safety Switch
7. LED State Indicator
8. Leg
9. Battery Holding Slot
Features:
•Pixhawk 2 Autopilot
•HERE GNSS
•10000MaH Or
5200MaH 4S Lipo
Battery
•26 Minute Flight
Time
•Carbon Fiber
Construction
•4X8mp Camera’s
•Dynamically
balanced Motors
•NSK Long Life
Bearings
10. M4HR 4 Camera Array
11. M4HR Power Wire
12. M4HR Micro Usb Power Port
13. M4HR Readiness Light
14. Camera Servo Gimbal
15. Pixhawk 2 Usb Port
16. Power and Signal Wires
17. Extra Peripheral Connections
18. Drone Body

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Do not exceed 4 amps for charging drone battery. Do not exceed 1.0 amp
for charging remote battery. Lipo batteries are delicate and you can
shorten their lifespan if you try to push their limits
When you fly an unmanned aircraft the Responsibility is yours.
Charge your Lipo batteries in a non conductive flame proof container.
Preferably outside on concrete.
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Full battery-16.8V Near empty-13.6V
How to setup your charger to charge lipo batteries.
Press Enter Press & hold
Enter Press Enter Beeps when full or
time limit is reached Check your
battery
PROPER CHARGE
We recommend charging the 4S batteries at (1.5-3.5amps). A full 4S
battery will indicate 4.2 Volts per cell , an empty battery is 3.0 volts
per cell. You will be able to fly until each cell gets to about 3.4 volts
after that your battery will be too depleted to keep the drone in the
air.
DO NOT
•Don’t use batteries that are bulging or leaking.
•Don’t leave batteries unattended while charging.
•Don’t leave batteries in direct sunlight.
•Don’t charge or handle a battery that is too hot to touch.
•Dispose of malfunctioning batteries properly.
IMPORTANT BATTERY INFORMATION
WARNINGS
Setup
Plug the yellow connectors together, and
Insert balance lead in the appropriate
port. Press enter and left and right to
adjust settings press stop to go back.

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Remote Control Diagram
1.Power Switch
2.Strap Hook
3.Digital Trim Adjustment
4.Carrying Handle
5.LCD Display
6.Antenna
7.Flight Mode Switch
8.Unassigned Switches and Sliders
9.Speaker
10.Left Stick Throttle and Yaw
11.Right Stick Pitch and Roll
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Features:
•2.4Ghz
•High Range above 1.5Km
•Quad Ball Bearing Gimbals
•Receiver Signal Strength
Indicator (RSSI)
•Audio Speech Output
•Super Low Latency
12.Battery Cover
13.Earphone Port
14.Trainer Port
15.Remote Control Battery Voltage
16.Remote Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)
17.Title
18.Switch Positions
19.Trims (ensure at zero)
20.Emergency motor shut off

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Remote Control Use
Remote Batteries
It is recommended to
charge for 8 hours. Do
not turn on while
charging. The Power
Indicator light will flash
and then remain solid
while charging. The led
turns off when full.
REMOTE BASICS
Sticks can be used in
any flight mode, for
small adjustments. Ex:
avoidance landing
Left Stick Up
Above 60%:
Ascend
Left Stick
Commands
Right Stick
Commands
Left Stick Down
Below 40%:
Descend
Right Stick Up:
Forward
Right Stick Down:
Backward
Left Stick Right:
Nose Rotates
Right
Left Stick Left:
Nose Rotates
Left
Right Stick Right:
Move Right
Right Stick Left:
Move Left
Side View
Side View
Top View
Top View
Side View
Side View
Rear View
Rear View
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Left Stick
Between
60%-40%: Hover
Side View
X9D
QX7 Remove the battery
and disconnect it. Then
put it to charge at 1
amp max. Make sure to
configure to charge a
2s battery.
Emeregency motor cutoff switch. In case you every need
to shut off the motors asap you can flip the switch up and
it will cut the signal to the motors. Exercise caution and
be aware before risking motor cutoff. Doing this in air will
cause drone to tumble to the ground.

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Compass Calibration
You May/will need to calibrate the compass for your region. Follow the steps below to calibrate
your Field Hawk. Calibration must be performed in an area that is at least 20 meters from Metal
Objects and buildings. For a Video on how to calibrate your Field Hawk visit
ITEMS NEEDED:
•Tablet with Mission
Planner Software
•Field Hawk
• Battery
1. Beginning by Inserting the
battery into the body of the
drone. Plug the yellow battery
connector into the yellow port
located on the drone body. If the
battery is charged you will hear a
series of beeps. (The white
connector on the battery is for
charging)
2. Turn on Laptop and open
Wifi Setting on the Laptop.
Connect to “ardupilot”. You
won’t be able to connect in
mission planner if you’re
not connected to ardupilot
wifi.
5. On the top left of the screen click
Initial Setup. From the dropdown
click Mandatory Hardware, then
select Compass.
6. Select Start, follow the
instructions on Page 9 to
finish Calibrating your Field
Hawk.
3. Open the Mission Planner
Software. Once the
software is open on the top
right of the screen you will
select from the dropdown
UDP & 115200. Then CLick
connect.
4. Notice 'Ensure Port' Click
OK to proceed.

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Compass Calibration Part 2
7. Begin by physically moving
the drone around as outlined
next. As you move the drone
around the Mag 1 & Mag 2 will
begin to fill on your screen.
8. Start by grabbing the Field Hawk by an arm and spinning it 360°. Do this to each
arm. Then spin it upright and upside down and repeat until Mission Planner asks you
to reboot for the changes to take affect.
9. Reboot your Field
Hawk by unplugging
the Battery Pack and
plugging it back in.
10. You are now ready to
program a mission.
Please continue onto
Page 10 on how to create
Mission Plans.

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Creating a Flight Plan
→https://youtu.be/MhHomssqD7k
1. Open Mission Planner on Laptop
and click on flight planner tab.
2. Right click on the screen and
choose add Polygon Point.
3. Left click around the edges of your
field to chose your flight area.
4.Right click and select Auto
WP then select Survey (Grid)
5. Under Simple select the name of the Camera you are
using. Adjust Altitude to Fly at 120M and Flight Speed of
9m/s, with the 4 boxes checked. Change the angle to reduce
the number of strips for shorter flight times.
6. Select Accept. Confirm the Drone is connected in the top
right corner of the screen. Then select Write WPS. Once
the WPS has finished Unplug the battery and continue to
page 12 when you are ready to fly.

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Led Symbol Guide
Yellow Symbols:
-Double Flashing: Failing pre arm checks
-Single Flashing: Radio Failsafe activated.
-Flashing with tone: Battery Failsafe
activated.
Red and Blue Symbol:
-Initializing gyro’s, keep vehicle
still and level.
Blue Symbols:
-Flashing: Disarmed, No gps lock
-Solid:armed, No gps Lock
Green Symbols:
-Flashing Green: Gps lock acquired
-Fast Flashing Green:Gps is using SBAS
Red Symbols:
-Solid Red with tone:No SD Card
-Solid Red:Error
Red and Yellow Symbol with tone:
-Ekf or Inertial Nav failure
Yellow and Blue Symbol with tone:
-Gps Glitch or Gps Failsafe activated
Yellow and Purple Symbol:
-Barometer Glitch
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Flying
1. Once you have created your
mission & Uploaded it to your
Field Hawk. Take your Field
Hawk to the location you with
to fly.
2. Plug the Battery back into the Field
Hawk and place the Field Hawk on the
Ground as shown below.
3. Turn on the Remote Control. The LED indicators on the
camera and drone will turn GREEN when ready.
4. Arm the drone by pressing
and holding the safety button
on top of the drone until it is
solid red. Then back away a
couple meters from the drone
5. Start the motors by holding the
throttle down and right until you
see them start up. If you need to
stop the motors turn the throttle
down and left.
Start motors Stop motors
6. Flip the flight mode switch to
auto, raise the throttle a little bit
and the drone will take off on its
mission. Keep an eye on it.
7. Once it lands, the motors will stop
by themselves.Push the flight mode
switch down to loiter. Disarm the
drone and unplug the battery. You are
now ready to upload your pictures to
your AeroHawk Maps software.
Flight Mode Switch
Auto: Initiates Mission
RTL: Returns Drone to Arming Location
Loiter: Precision Maneuvering
Motor emergency stop :

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Uploading Pictures
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1. To upload pictures you will need to power on the
Field Hawk and open the AeroHawk File Transfer
Wizard on your Laptop. For a faster upload of an
individual camera, you can connect to the individual
camera using a usb cable.
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2. Press the connect button then press proceed.
This will warn you that it will disconnect you from
your current Wifi network to connect to the Field
Hawk’s Wifi, unless you chose to upload via usb.
.
3. Click change path & choose the file location
you would like to store your photos. The
default location will save files to your desktop.
4. You can select individual cameras or all of them. Selecting the
mission will start the download The cameras store the pictures of
the last 3 missions, with the most recent being Mission C. Each
picture takes about 3-5 seconds and you will see this message
when its is uploading your pictures.

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Using AeroHawk Maps
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1.Locate Aero Hawk Maps in the start menu, right click and
open as administrator. After the initial setup you will not
have to open as admin.
3. Select Browse folder
and find the pictures
for the mission you
uploaded.
4. Select Read images. If you
are using a different camera
to take pictures you will be
directed to the camera
config tab.
5. In the camera config table you can
browse for the camera you are using or you
can enter the parameters and save it for
use.
6. Select Survey to view the photos. If you find
a photo that is black, or one you don’t want to
use, you can move the slider to the right and
deselect it. Then press accept and select
create map. Wait time depends on the
amount of images and computer capabilities.
7. Once the program finishes it will navigate to the Visual Indexes tab.
From here you can adjust the color values, choose different indexes, save
a single image or the tiled image, and see the coordinates wherever you
hover your cursor over the map. Double clicking on a photo in the mosaic
will bring it to the left pane. Hovering over will tell you the vegetation
index values according to your chosen index. To the right of that you see
the range of values in your whole mosaic.
2. Select the group or individual indexes
you would like to view.