Opale Parachutes SAFETECH ST80 User manual

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SAFETECH
ST80
User’s manual
Please read this manual before rst use.

SAFETECH ST80 SAFETECH ST80
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Opale Aero System SARL - 23 rue de la Motte
62250 MARQUISE - France
[email protected] [phone]
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Opale-Parachutes.com
Opale Aero System SARL - 23 rue de la Motte
62250 MARQUISE - France
[email protected] [phone]
© Copyright 2016 - Opale Aerosystem SARL - Tous droits réservés
Thank you for choosing Opale-Parachutes.
This user’s guide includes all the information you need to assemble and use your parachute rescue kit. A good
knowledge of your equipment will allow you to safely obtain most of its performances .Thanks for giving this
manual to the new owner in case you decided to sell your kit.
Best regards,
The Opale-Parachutes team.
Safety Information
By buying our material, you must have a liability insurance and you hereby accept the inherent risk of
ying radio-controlled models and drones.
Using our equipment in a bad way may increase risks. Neither Opale Aero System, nor any other seller
will be liable for any damage caused by any accident whatever the circumstances are. The way our
equipment is used is incumbent upon the nal user, including towards the law.
Summary
• Composition of the kit 3
• Specications 3
• Assembling 4
• Parachute preparation and installation 9
• Transmitter / module setting 13
• Mounting on a multirotor drone 13
• Installation on the DJI Matrice M200 / M210 14
• Initiating and standby procedures 15
• Maintenance 15
• Flat view 16
Composition of the kit
Specications
Warranty
The parachute kit is warrantied against any manufacturing default.
If, while using, the pilot cut or damage a bridle, tear any part of the parachute, repair and replacement of
damaged parts are not taken in account by the warranty and the user will be charged for it.
This kit dedicated to limit the energy of an impact, the user cannot in any circumstances from Opale Aero
System any compensation or allowance if his machin is damaged.
Kit Content:
• 1 x 2.5m2 (26.9ft2) parachute
• 1 x ejection carbon tube
• 1 x hardware and accessories kit
• 1 x spring
• 1 x carbon piston
• 1 x neopren cap
• 1 x “Remove Before Flight” pin
• 1 x servomotor
Tube:
• Height: 122mm / 4..8in
• Diameter: 80mm / 3.1in
• Material: Carbon mat 3K
• Total weight: 315gr / 0.70lb
Servomotor:
• Size: 29x13x30mm / 1.1x0.5x1.2in
• Voltage: 4.8 à 7.2v
• Power consumption: 400mA ( lock position)
• Sprocket: steel, on bearings
• operating temperature: -20°C à +60°C
• Connector: UNI
• Wire length: 215mm / 8.5in
• Signal: PWM
Spring:
• Material: Steel
Parachute:
• Wingspan: 2.5m2 / 26.9ft2
• Lines: Dynema
• Opening resistance without rupture: 60kg /
132.3lb
• Silicon nylon fabric 20D ultralight 32gr/m2
• Fixation line Aramid 300daN
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Sink rate / impact energy characteristics according to the drone mass (approximate value):
2.5m2 Hemispheric parachute:
Total mass (kg) 2 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 5.0 5.5
Falling speed(m/s) 3.0 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.8 5.0
Impact energy (J) 9 14 20 28 37 57 69
Environment protection
The label on the product, on the user’s manual or on the packaging, inform you that this material can not
be simply thrown away after the end of use stage. It has to be given to a recycling company to recycle the
dierents electric and electronic components.
According to the labels, most of the components used are recyclable for other purposes. By acting this way,
you activately become a part of the environment protection.
The batteries have to be removed from the apparel and have to be given to a company specialized in battery
recycling.
Contact your city council or the appropriate departement to know the dierent recycling places near you.
Registering number WEEE: DE 42316912
Assembling
Install 2 CHC M3x12 screws with M3 nuts.
Place the servomotor.
The sprocket has to be on the left side, as shown on
the picture.
Secure it with 2 M3 nuts.
Use pliers to fold the ejection pin to an angle of 5°.
Insert the pin provided with the hardware and acces-
sories kit, as shown on the picture.
3m2 Cross parachute:
Total Mass (kg) 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6
Sink rate (m/s) 3.3 3.6 3.8 4 4.2 4.4
Impact energy (J) 19 25 32 39 47 57
2x 3m2 Cross parachute ( for simultaneous deployment with 20cm of distance between the anchor points):
Total Mass(kg) 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7.0 7.8
Sink rate (m/s) 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.2
Impact energy (J) 18 23 28 34 41 48 55 69
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Assembling Assembling
Attach the line provided to the tube base by passing
the line through the loop.
Take out the other end of the line on the opposit side.
Put the carbon piston on the spring.
Attach the piston on the spring with the 3 plastic
clamps provided.
Tighten them rmly and cut the surplus with a wire
cutter.
Pass the line through the piston.
Prepare 1 CHC M3x8 with a large M3 washer.
Arrange the line loop on the screw, as shown on the
picture.
Insert the screw with the line into the piston middle
hole.
Screw the arming rod. It is also advised to use some
threadlock for this operation.
With a cylindric tool, push rmly the piston inside the
tube.
Caution: the pression exercised is important. Take the
necessary precautions.
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Assembling Parachute preparation and installation
The arming rod has to stand out at the base of the
tube..
Lock the arming rod with the“Remove Before Flight”
pin.
Arrange the horn on the servomotor. Push it up on
the highest position. Then place the horn in the posi-
tion shown on the picture.
This position correspond to the Ejection status.
Check that the horn is able to reach this low position
during a move. The pin must be place on the second
hole of the arming rod.
This position correspond to the Locking status.
Arrange on top of the tube, a piece of adhesive foam
provided.
Remove the black tether strap of the rescue para-
chute.
Replace it with the Aramid strap provided.
Cut with a pair of scissors the connecting line. Re-
move what’s remain of the line on the parachute.
The following pictures have been made with a 1m2
parachute and the ST60, but the procedure is iden-
tical for the ST80 and a 2.5m2 parachute.
Remove the parachute from its pocket and unfold it
totally.
A parachute properly stocked and aerated, without
being permanently held in a constant pressure allows
a faster and a more ecient deployment.
Make sure that the lines are not entangled.
Hold the lines with something heavy like a ballast or
anything at your disposal.
Arrange on both sides of the lines the parachute
panels.
Then place all the panels on one side.
Afterwards toggle them one by one on the other
side. This operation allows to properly place the fab-
rics for an optimal opening.
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Parachute preparation and installation Parachute preparation and installation
Arrange the parachute inside the tube, and make
sure that the lines and the parachute trailing edge
are placed upwards the tube.
Never placed the lines in the bottom of the tube.
A piston blocking situation and a non deploye-
ment could occur.
Take the lines end that remain outside the tube.
With your hands, Make 8 around 2 ngers, and make
sure not to roll them up.
Once again equally arrange the panels to the left and
right.
With the rst half, do a simple S. And hold those panels
with a random mass.
Flip the whole thing delicately and do the same opera-
tion with the other side.
The second S is now placed on top of the rst one.
Firmly hold the whole thing.
Do several S in the way of the parachute length, as
shown on the picture.
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Parachute preparation and installation Transmitter / module setting
Slide the 8 on top of the parachute.
Cover the tube with the neopren cap.
Tighten it rmly.
Note: Make sure that the xation line is correctly
placed between the tube and the cap.
Never place the xation line through the cap.
In locking status the piston is locked with the pin. The
servomotor horn can have an angle from 45 to 70°
(the angle formed by the servomotor plan and the
horn).
In ejection status, the angle formed has to be -45°.
The pin fully release the arming rod.
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Initiating and standby procedures
Initiating procedure Standby procedure
Switch on your transmitter and make sure that the
trigger button is on the locking position.
Place the “Remove Befor Flight“ in the arming rod
hole.
Power up the receiver or the stand-alone trigger
module. Check the binding / radio pairing.
Disconnect the receiver from the battery or from the
stand-alone trigger module.
Remove the“Remove Before Flight” pin. Switch o the transmitter.
In order to guarantee the kit is eciently operating and for an optimal lifespan, we recommend you to make
the following safety inspections and the following maintenance operations:
Parts Inspections periodicity Actions
- Servomotor 20 deployments Check the good working without
the pin. No sprocket is dammaged.
Replace if necessary.
- Piston line 10 deployments Preventive replacement.
- Piston line 1 deployment Visual vericiation of non rupture.
- Parachute 1 deployment Make a folding.
- Parachute 50 deployments Check the good condition of the lines
and fabrics.
- Parachute 100 deployments Send it to our workshop for a com-
plete inspection.
- Parachute 200 deployments Preventive replacement.
- Parachute 2 months If the parachute is not used for a 2
months period, make an unfolding
and a complete folding.
- Spring 50 deployments or 1 year Preventive replacement.
- Tube 1 deployment Check the tube, the base must not be
detach from the tube.
These operations can be done at our workshop.
Please contact your Opale Parachutes team.
Maintenance
Installation on the DJI Matrice M200 / M210
Here is a an overview of the parts required for the
adapter of the DJI Matrice M200 / M210
Insert the 2 side parts and x them with 2 x M3-8 CHC
screw and 2 x M3 nuts.
Insert the tub holder parts and place the adapter on
the upper arm of the Matrice M200 /M210 landing
gear. Use 4 x CHC M3-35 with 4 x M3 nuts.
Fix the ST80 on the adpater.
Use 3 x CHC M3-12 screws. Place between the adapt-
er and the ST80 a plastic spacer. And x the whole
thing with M3 nuts.
Do the same operation on the other side.
Then place the xation strap of the parachute on the
landing gear support.
Make sure that you have the same servo settings on
both ST80. You will be able to use a Y power cable to
simultaneously deploy both parachutes.
Installation on the DJI Matrice M200 / M210
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Flat view
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