MA DRONE 3 User manual
DRONE 3
A quick start guide
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Contents
SYSTEM OVERVIEW 4
WHAT’S IN THE BOX 5
CARING FOR YOUR HOVERBIKE DRONE 6
Unfolding and folding 6
YOU AND YOUR DRONE 7
REMEMBER - SAFETY FIRST 8
FIRST TIME SETUP 9
Binding your radio transmitter 9
Binding your radio transmitter to Pixhawk with Orange RX SBUS re-
ceiver 9
Using a Spektrum remote (satellite) receiver 10
Calibrating your transmitter in Mission Planner 11
CHARGING BATTERIES 12
HOW THE CONTROLS WORK 12
WARNING LIGHTS AND SOUNDS 14
The Pixhawk LED and sound meanings 14
The Pixhawk failsafe lights and sounds 14
FIRST TIME READY TO FLY 15
BEFORE EVERY FLIGHT 17
Start up 17
Arm for ight 18
DIFFERENT FLYING MODES 19
‘Loiter’ mode 19
‘Stabilize’ mode 19
‘Acro’ mode 19
ABOUT THE HOVERBIKE DRONE 20
4
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The Hoverbike Drone is an unconventional quadcopter due to the overlapping blades
and protective propeller ducts. However, under the covers it is functionally no dierent
to a traditional quadcopter. It has 4 brushless DC motors that drive the carbon bre
propellers. These are driven by 30A motor speed controllers, and these speed control-
lers are in turn controlled by the Pixhawk ight controller.
REAR
(black ducts)
FRONT
(blue ducts)
BIRD’S EYE VIEW
SIDE VIEW
Landing gear
(options available)
Carbon bre ducts
Arming button
Payload bay Speed controllers
GPS
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
5
WHAT’S IN THE BOX
The Hoverbike drone will arrive folded - see page 6 for unfolding instructions.
Batteries
USB cable 2mm hex
key
The Hoverbike Drone will arrive with all the parts placed appropriately as shown on the
image below (the middle section with plates o).
Macro micro
microcontroller
Speed
controller
Battery
GPSMacro micro
Orange RX SBUS
Pixhawk interface
cables for optional
external hardware
Micro SD
adapter
Pixhawk
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
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CARING FOR YOUR HOVERBIKE DRONE
To fold, release the pins on the bottom side, then fold section over top.
Release the pins on the top side and partially fold section under.
Fold legs out and complete folding of section under.
Unfolding and folding
Reverse the process to unfold.
Water and dirt
Please keep you Hoverbike Drone dry and clean. Dust and particulates can enter into
the motor and bearings which can reduce the working life of your motors.
Structural integrity
Just like on a full size helicopter, you should pre-ight check your Hoverbike Drone
before powering on. This would include checking for the following items:
• All screws tight
• Structural fatigue, such as cracks or bends due to heavy landings/crashes
• Motor bearings and mounts
• Propeller mounts
• Plugs and general condition of wires
• Correct operation of ight controller on startup
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
7
The Hoverbike Drone can be thought of as these three distinct items:
• Vehicle ight controller (vehicle’s brains)
• Vehicle receiver (vehicle’s mouth and ears)
• Your radio transmitter (your mouth and ears)
You use your radio transmitter (say a Spektrum DX6i, your phone, etc.) to talk to the
Hoverbike Drone receiver. The Hoverbike Drone receiver hears this and then tells the
vehicle ight controller what you want it to do. Now, just like talking to a person, there
are limits on the distance to which you can communicate with your Hoverbike Drone.
Please read your specications on your choice of radio transmitter to determine just
how far you can communicate with your vehicle’s receiver. Luckily, our Hoverbike
Drone can return to home if you go too far from one another. Please see https://
pixhawk.org/users/rc_failsafe for how to setup your failsafe mode. However, it is best
practice not to rely on this feature as many environmental conditions can change or
obstruct your Hoverbike drone on its blind automated trip home!
Receiver - receives
signal from your radio
transmitter and trans-
lates it to the ight
controller.
Flight controller -
hears the signal from
the receiver and tells
the Hoverbike Drone
what you want it to
do.
You use your radio
transmitter to tell the
Drone what you want
it to do.
YOU AND YOUR DRONE Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
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Blades
The Hoverbike Drone uses carbon bre propeller blades which are incredibly
strong. Even when they spin at low speeds they are fast and sharp enough to
lose a nger.
Where to y
Always y outside and in an open area, and in line of sight with your drone.
Flying over or near people and animals
Where possible, do not to y over or close to people or property. Although the
Hoverbike Drone is comparatively light to other drones of similar lift and size, it
still weighs over 3kg when fully equipped for ight and can weigh up to 6kg! This
can be a very dangerous object when either falling controlled or uncontrolled
from the air. Although Malloy Aeronautics has tried to engineer a highly reliable
system, there is always the chance that something could go wrong.
Children and animals have a fascination for drones of all types so keep landing
and takeo areas well clear. Ensure at all time you have somewhere safe to land
in an emergency. Please check your local aviation regulations related to drones
and/or RC helicopters.
Please: Always y your Hoverbike Drone with the thought in the back of your
mind that something may happen, and buer yourself and your surroundings
accordingly.
Environmental
Wind speed and gusting is always a problem for drones and this Hoverbike
Drone is no exception. If you are unsure about the conditions it is best not to
y. Work gradually up in experience with dierent wind speeds and gusting so
that you are condent in all conditions.
GPS satellites are not always in line of sight or atmospheric conditions may be
such that your drone cannot lock onto sucient GPS satellites before or during
ight. Be ready to assume manual control if your drone loses GPS lock (by de-
fault it is set to land if GPS lock is lost while in a ight mode that uses it, and will
start to descend down onto whatever objects or surface is below).
REMEMBER - SAFETY FIRST
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
9
FIRST TIME SETUP
In order to y your Hoverbike Drone for the rst time you will need to link and cali-
brate your radio transmitter to the drone. To do this you will need:
• Your chosen radio transmitter (Spektrum, Hitec, Futaba, etc.)
• A computer (laptop/pc) that can run the Mission Planner software (download from
the web at http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?did=82)
• Your Hoverbike drone of course!
You will also need to ensure your batteries are charged. If you are new to RC (radio
control) drones then you will probably need to purchase a battery charger. Please see
page 12 (‘Charging batteries’) in this document for more information.
Binding is the process in which your radio transmitter is paired with a corresponding
vehicle receiver so that a control link is made between the two. This needs to be done
before you are able to control your Hoverbike Drone. The Hoverbike Drone will be
shipped with an Orange RX receiver, ready to bind to your Spektrum radio transmitter.
If you don’t have a Spektrum radio transmitter, you will need to replace the Orange RX
receiver with the one that corresponds to your radio transmitter.
Connect the Pixhawk via
the USB cable to your
PC (this will power the
receiver). The receiver
should be blinking rapidly
showing that it is ready to
bind.
Binding your radio transmitter to Pixhawk with Orange
RX SBUS receiver
ALL INSTRUCTIONS HERE RELATE TO MODE 2 RADIO TRANSMITTER
Plug the bind plug in to the receiver’s bind/SBus channel
and the signal cable to one of the other channels (to
provide power to the the Orange RX receiver).
Receiver:
Binding your radio transmitter
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
10
Caution: ensure your throttle stick and throttle trim is all
the way down on your transmitter with the other sticks
centered. The receiver remembers these stick positions and if the re-
ceiver loses signal from your transmitter it will send these stick positions
to the Pixhawk. The throttle trim needs to be lower than usual minimum
throttle to tell the Pixhawk to go into failsafe mode.
Whilst holding the bind/switch button, power on your
transmitter (see your radio transmitter manual for
details). Continue to hold the bind switch/button, the red
light on the receiver should go solid after a few seconds.
The receiver light MUST go solid for the bind process to
be successful.
Optional:
Using a Spektrum remote (satellite) receiver
You can now release the bind button on your transmitter.
Unplug the bind plug from the receiver and plug the sig-
nal cable back in the bind/SBus port. The bind process is
nished.
Put the bind plug somewhere safe for if you need to bind a dierent transmitter to
your Hoverbike Drone.
• A DSM2 receiver that supports a satellite receiver is currently required for bind-
ing.
• Plug the satellite receiver and the bind plug and the Pixhawk into the DSM2 receiv-
er.
• Connect the Hoverbike Drone via the USB cable. The receiver should be blinking
rapidly showing that they are ready to bind.
• Caution: ensure your throttle is all the way down on your radio transmitter. Whilst
holding the bind/switch button, power on your transmitter (see your radio trans-
mitter manual for details). Continue to hold the bind switch/button, the red light
on the receiver should go solid after a few seconds. The receiver light MUST go
solid for the bind process to be successful.
• You can now release the bind button on your radio transmitter.
• Unplug the DSM2 receiver from the Pixhawk and unplug the remote receiver from
the DSM2 receiver
• Finally, plug the remote receiver into the Pixhawk SPKT/DSM on the front face.
• Place the receiver somewhere safe for if you need to bind a dierent transmitter
to your remote/satellite receiver. Note: The channel mapping is dierent for the Spek-
trum Satellite receiver and will require changing in Mission Planner.
Return the throttle trim to centre.
Receiver:
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
11
Install the Mission Planner software on your computer
and connect the Pixhawk via the USB cable. The Mission
Planner software can be found on the 3DR website or
via the following link:
http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?did=82
Mission Planner allows you to congure and tune the
ight controller and to program GPS waypoints of which
your Hoverbike Drone can then y. You can also down-
load and analyze logged data.
When you rst connect the Pixhawk to your computer,
your computer should install the drivers required. Once
the drivers are installed and the Pixhawk is initialized, it
should light up and the buzzer should tune.
To connect to your Hoverbike
Drone, go to the top left of
your screen, and with AUTO
selected in the drop down,
click ‘connect’ to connect
your Hoverbike Drone to the
computer.
Click the Initial Setup tab at
the top of the Mission Planner
page.
Select the Mandatory
Hardware tab down the
left hand side where you
should see Radio Calibra-
tion.
Calibrating your transmitter in Mission Planner
It is required that you calibrate your radio transmitter with the Pixhawk ight control-
ler so that the Pixhawk ight controller can learn all your radio’s control endpoints by
moving all stick and switches to their extreme positions. Also, refer to the Pixhawk manual
available at:
http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pixhawk-manual-rev7.pdf
Pixhawk:
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
12
HOW THE CONTROLS WORK
Follow the radio calibration procedure as described in Mission Planner.
All other stages of the setup have been done for you. You are now ready to y your
own Hoverbike Drone.
Unplug USB cable from both the Pixhawk and the PC.
CHARGING BATTERIES
Batteries must be charged before use. The batteries are constructed from 6 lithium
polymer cells giving 22.2 Volts and 25.2 Volts when fully charged without a load. The
capacity of each battery supplied with the Hoverbike Drone is 3000 mAh. If available,
it is recommended to set the charge current to 3 Amps and never to charge at over 15
Amps. We recommend charging with the balance leads connected.
When ying from two or more batteries in parallel, you need to ensure that the bat-
teries have the same voltage (voltage per number of cells), energy capacity (mAH) and
power capacity (C rating). Always check that the pack voltage is the same as the others
(+/- 200mV).
It is always best practice to label your batteries as a pair and to charge them both fully
before ight.
Do not drain more than 80% of the batteries capacity.
MODE 2
Left stick:
- throttle
- yaw
Right stick:
- pitch
- roll
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
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Throttle (height). Makes the Hoverbike Drone go up and down.
Pitch (forward). Makes the Hoverbike Drone go forward and backward.
Roll (side). Makes the Hoverbike Drone go sideways.
Yaw (turn). Makes the Hoverbike Drone turn.
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
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WARNING LIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Flashing red and blue.
Initializing. Please wait.
Double ashing yellow.
Error. System refuses to
arm.
Flashing blue.
Disarmed.
Searching for GPS. Auto-
pilot, loiter, and return-
to-launch modes require
GPS lock.
Flashing green.
Disarmed.
GPS lock acquired. Ready
to arm. Quick double tone
when disarming from the
armed state.
The Pixhawk LED and sound meanings
Solid green. Plus single
long tone.
Armed with GPS lock.
Ready to y!
The Pixhawk failsafe lights and sounds
Flashing yellow:
RC failsafe activated.
Flashing yellow plus quick
repeating tone:
Battery failsafe activated.
Flashing yellow and blue
plus high-high-high-low
tone:
GPS glitch or GPS failsafe
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
15
For your maiden ight and until you are condent with the controls, it is recommended
that you y your Hoverbike Drone in ‘loiter’ mode, this is how the Hoverbike Drone will
arrive to you. In ‘loiter’ mode the ight controller will take care of keeping your Hover-
bike Drone in the same place and at the same altitude but you have control of where it
can go. Flight modes are controlled with Channel 5 on your transmitter - please see:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/ight-modes/.
Read also the next section ‘Before every ight’.
Take your Hoverbike Drone to an open ying area (half a soccer eld is a good mini-
mum size). You should choose a day with light or no wind, and the area should be clear
of people and obstacles.
FIRST TIME READY TO FLY
Place your Hoverbike Drone on the ground and lift battery plates o, plug in BOTH
batteries.
Now leave the Hoverbike Drone whilst the Pixhawk
ashes red and blue. It should not be moved or knocked
at this stage.
Once you hear and
see the above then the
battery cover plates can
be replaced. (If desired
the plates can be left o.
However, ensure the bat-
teries are secured.)
The Pixhawk LED and sound meanings
Arming button:
Pixhawk:
Ensure that the locking pins used for folding the drone
are secured
You should hear a tune from the Pixhawk buzzer. The
arming button light will ash.
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
Pixhawk:
16
Now that the green light
is ashing your Hoverbike
Drone is ready to y. Hold
the arming button until the
button lights up solid red
and the motors sing out
another tune, the motors
should then remain quiet.
Hold the yaw (left stick of your transmitter) fully to the
right and down until you hear a long tone from the Pix-
hawk buzzer and the Pixhawk light goes solid green.
YOUR HOVERBIKE DRONE IS NOW ARMED AND READY TO FLY.
Slowly raise the throttle. Once above half throttle your Hoverbike Drone will take to
ight. This may happen rapidly so keep a safe distance.
Once your Hoverbike Drone has ascended to around a meter or two slowly reduce the
throttle so that the Hoverbike Drone hovers.
You can control your Hoverbike Drone with the right hand transmitter stick, twist it
around by moving the left stick left or right (yaw) and move it up or down by moving
the left stick up and down (height).
To land, slowly lower the throttle stick until your drone is safely back on the ground.
FLIGHT
This procedure is the same for every ight:
Please refer to ‘How controls work on page 13.
Do not move the Hoverbike Drone from this position;
it should be left until the light on the Pixhawk ashes
green. This time is required for GPS satellites to be ac-
quired and for the home position to be logged, and the
ashing green indicates that the correct number of sat-
ellites are acquired. The Hoverbike Drone will return to
this position if commanded by you or by radio failure to
return to launch (RTL), so make sure it is not positioned
close to any thing that it may land on or y into.
Pixhawk:
Arming button:
Motors:
Pixhawk:
Pixhawk:
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System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
17
BEFORE EVERY FLIGHT
Below are the required steps for every ight. See unfolding/folding in-
structions on page 6.
Ensure that batteries are fully charged and strapped in.
Ensure that the locking pins used for folding the Hover-
bike Drone are secured.
Connect the batteries.
Start up
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System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
Note: Loiter mode is heavily dependent on the accelerometers being well calibrat-
ed. To check the calibration of your Hoverbike Drone’s accelerometers connect it to
Mission Planner and check the articial horizon in the Flight D ata tab. The articial
horizon should match the red lines and the red arrows should point to zero ±1˚ when
your Hoverbike Drone is on a at and level surface.
Although we will have calibrated your accelerometers before shipping please check
this before your rst ight. If it is not completely level please re calibrate your acceler-
ometers using the Initial Setup - Accelerometer Calibration tab in Mission Planner.
CORRECT WRONG
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Once you hear and see the above then secure the cover
plates.
Leave the Hoverbike Drone until the Pixhawk ashes
green (acquires GPS satellites).
Arm for ight
YOUR HOVERBIKE DRONE IS NOW ARMED AND READY TO FLY!
Hold the arming button
on the side until the
button lights up solid red
and the motors sing out a
tune, the motors should
then remain quiet.
Hold the yaw (left stick of
your transmitter) fully to
the right and down until
you hear a long tone from
the Pixhawk buzzer and
the Pixhawk light goes
solid green.
Pixhawk:
Arming button:
Motors:
Pixhawk:
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
After connecting the batteries you should hear the mo-
tors start beeping, quickly followed by a tune from the
Pixhawk buzzer. The motors will continue to sound and
the arming button light will ash red.
Arming button:
Pixhawk:
Motors:
Leave the drone whilst the Pixhawk ashes red and blue,
it should not be disrupted at this stage (after connecting
the battery).
Pixhawk:
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DIFFERENT FLYING MODES
‘Loiter’ mode
‘Loiter’ automatically attempts to maintain the current location, heading and altitude.
The pilot may y the Hoverbike Drone in ‘loiter’ mode as if it were in ‘manual’ mode.
Centering the sticks (pitch, roll, yaw) will continue to hold position. Good GPS signal,
low magnetic interference on the compass and low vibrations are all important in
achieving good loiter performance.
The pilot can control the position of the Hoverbike drone with the control sticks.
• Horizontal location can be adjusted with the Roll and Pitch control (right) stick with
the default maximum horizontal speed being 5m/s. When the pilot centres the
sticks the Hoverbike Drone will slow to a stop.
• Altitude can be controlled with the Throttle control stick as in AltHold mode
• The heading can be adjusted with the Yaw control stick
‘Stabilize’ mode
Some level of experience is necessary for this mode.
• Stabilize mode allows you to y your vehicle manually, but self-levels the roll and
pitch axis. Pilot’s roll and pitch input controls the ight angle of the Hoverbike
Drone. When the pilot centres the roll and pitch stick, the vehicle automatically
levels itself.
• Pilot will need to regularly input roll and pitch commands to keep the vehicle in
place as it is not being held in position with GPS as in ‘loiter’ mode.
• Pilot’s yaw input controls the rate of change of the heading. When the pilot releas-
es the yaw stick the vehicle will maintain its current heading.
• Pilot’s throttle input controls the average motor speed meaning that constant ad-
justment of the throttle is required to maintain altitude. If the pilot puts the throt-
tle completely down the motors will go to their minimum rate and, if the vehicle is
ying, it will lose altitude control and tumble.
‘Acro’ mode
High level of experience is necessary for this mode.
‘Acro’ mode (‘Rate’ mode) uses the radio transmitter sticks to control the angular veloc-
ity of the Hoverbike Drone. Release the sticks and the vehicle will maintain its current
attitude and will not return to level. ‘Acro’ mode is useful for aerobatics such as ips or
rolls, or aerial photography (FPV) when smooth and fast control is desired.
The throttle is completely manual with no compensation for tilt angle of the vehicle. If
the pilot puts the throttle completely down the motors will go to their minimum rate.
Warning: ‘Acro’ is the most dicult ight mode to master and you can look forward to
crashing multiple times before you get the hang of it. If you are unexperienced, please
research more on ‘Acro’ mode.
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
20
Please see:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/ight-modes/
for information on ight modes available: Stabilize, Alt Hold, Loiter (& OF_loiter), RTL
(Return-to-Launch), Auto.
Additional ight modes: Acro, Sport, Drift, Guided, Circle, Position, Land, Follow Me,
Simple and Super Simple.
ABOUT THE HOVERBIKE DRONE
Batteries
The Hoverbike Drone requires 6S batteries (6 cell Lithium), as it needs the 22.2V to
drive the motors and propellers at the correct RPM. Using a lower cell count/battery
voltage will cause the Hoverbike Drone to be underpowered due to the slower spin-
ning propellers. To ensure long ight times, a high energy density battery is preferred.
To achieve 14 minutes ight time with no load you will need 6000mAh batteries. This
could be either 1x 6000mAh 6S or 2x 3000mAh 6S. To increase ight time to 19 min-
utes you will need to either increase the pack mAh or put more packs in parallel. The
Hoverbike Drone is currently wired up to accept two packs in parallel.
As this is a quadcopter, a high power density (C rating) is not required. The peak
current draw with the standard two packs (3000mAh) in parallel is less than 45A. This
means that the batteries are using just over 1/3rd the rated current of a 20C pack.
Flight controller
The Hoverbike Drone uses the Pixhawk ight controller. We tested our own ight con-
troller and the DJI ight controller and found the Pixhawk to be the superior controller
in terms of functionality, control and user interaction. If you want to nd out more
about this controller, please see http://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-pixhawk.
Speed controllers
The Hoverbike Drone uses 30A speed controllers. These speed controllers are op-
to-isolated, which means that they have control electronics buered from the 22V
power rail by opto-isolators.
These motor controllers can be swapped out with any other common brand of speed
controller if the user is experienced enough and has the desire to modify their drone.
It must be said however that if one does modify their drone, Malloy Aeronautics will
not uphold any warranty or liability.
Brushless motors
The brushless motors we use are a 550W peak, 20A continuous, 6 cell capable.
Propellers
The propellers are 356mm (14”) carbon bre.
Contents
System overview 4
In the box 5
Caring for Drone 6
You + Drone 7
Safety rst 8
First time setup 9
Batteries 12
Controls 12
Warning signals 14
First ight 15
Every ight 17
Flying modes 19
About Drone 20
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