UDI RC Upgrade U818A HD User manual

U818A HD
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Name for parts:
1.Quadcopter
2.Transmitter
White Blade
LED Light
White Blade
Black Blade Black Blade
Power light
Throttle/Direction
Control Stick
Power On-O
Direct Trimmer
Photo
Camera
Forward/
backward/left/
right control
stick
Forward/Backward
Trimmer
left/Right Trimmer
Return Home
High/Low Speed
Mode
LCD Screen
Four-Direction
Rolling
Mode On-O Headless Mode
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Thank you for purchasing our U818A HD+ RC Quadcopter. In order to quickly
and safely master the operation of the UDIRC U818A HD+ quadcopter, please
read the user instruction manual carefully and then keep it in a safe place for
future consultation and maintenance.
(1)This product is not a toy, it's a piece of complicated equipment which is
integrated with professional knowledge by mechanic, electric, air mechanics,
high-frequency transmitter and so on, so it should be installed correctly and
adjusted to avoid any accidents. The owner must always operate in a safe
manner. If improper operation causes human injury or property damage,
then Holy Stone accepts no liability for any damage from operation as we have
no control over the way the quadcopter is maintained, used and operated.
(2) This product is suitable for experienced RC quadcopter pilots aged 14 years
or more.
(3) The Flight eld should be legally approved by the local government.
(4) We at Holy Stone accept no liability for any safety duties or nes arising from
operation, usage or mis-control after the sale of our products.
(5) For technical support, operation, maintenance, etc, please contact our
customer service team.
(1) Keep away from people and obstacles
"The ying speed and status of RC quadcopter is uncertain, so it may cause
potential danger." When choosing a ying site, stay clear of buildings, trees
and power lines. AVOID ying in or near crowded areas. Meanwhile avoid
ying in rain, storms, thunder and lightning to protect machinery and parts
out of damage.
(2) Keep away from humid environments
Inside of quadcopter is made up of precise electronic components, it must
be kept away from humidity or water vapor to protect machinery and parts.
(3) Safety operation
Please y your quadcopter according to your physical status and ight skill.
Fatigue, listlessness and mis-operation will increase possibilities of accidental
hazard.
(4) Keep away from rotating blades
Keep your face and body as well as all spectators away from the rotating
blades. The spinning blades of a model of this type can cause serious injury.
(5) Keep away from heat
A RC quadcopter is made up of metal ber plastic, electronic components,
etc. So we must try to keep it away from heat and sunshine to avoid
distortion, even damage.
Notice:
1.Instructions
1.1 Important Notice
1.2 Safety Precautions
Keep away from crowd when ying, since RC quadcopter ight is a high risk
hobby. Mis-assembled or broken main frame or defective electronic equipment
or unskilled operation may cause accidents of machine damage or injuries.
Please pay special attention to safety operation and have good knowledge of
accident responsibility that the pilots may cause.
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Battery Cover
4x1.5v AA
Batteries
1. When install the battery, you must obey the
electrode instructions, and loaded reverse is
not allowed.
2. Please don't mix new and old battery together.
3. Please don't use dierent kinds of batteries.
Notice:
1.3 Check List Before First Flight
(1) Flying eld should be in an open space and we suggest at least
5M length *5M width *3M height.
(2) Make sure the receiver and transmitter are fully charged.
(3) Please strictly obey the order of turn-on, turn-o before operation.When
starting your ight, rst turn on the transmitter, and connect power cable of
quadcopter last; When nishing your ight, please disconnect the power
cable of your quadcopter, rst turn o transmitter and last a change in the order
of connection may cause your quadcopter to lose control, which would threaten
the safety of yourself and others. Please cultivate a correct habit of turn-on and
turn-o.
(4) Make sure the connection is solid between battery and motor. The ongoing
vibration may cause bad connection of power terminal and out of control for
quadcopter.
Transmitter battery installation:
Open the battery compartment cover of transmitter, install the battery into box
according to electrode instructions (Batteries not included).
Charger notice:
1. Connect 1 or 2 batteries to the balance charger and then connect USB to
computer.
Connect USB Plug to Computer
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2. The red indicator light keeps bright when charging. When fully charged the
red indicator light o and the green indicator light keeps bright.
Warning: Please only use equipped charger to charge the Lipo battery.
Lithium-Polymer(LiPo) batteries must not be placed in with household trash.
Please contact your environmental or waste agency or the supplier of your
model for local regulations and the location of your nearest LiPo battery
recycling center.
LiPo Battery Disposal & Recycling
Calibration instructions:
When the quadcopter takes o hovering can't be adjusted by trim and causes
dicult operation, then please adjust the quadcopter according to steps below:
1. Pull out the power of quadcopter, power o the transmitter;
2. Power on the transmitter, push the throttle stick to utmost and then back to
lowest position.( see pic 1/2),then the transmitter is ready to code pairing.
3. Power on the quadcopter and put it on a level surface, about 3 seconds later,
you will hear "di,do,di ", and it shows code pairing successful.
4. It's not allowed to push the throttle stick
before adjustment. Operate the transmitter
stick forward and backward/ left and right to
the lower right corner (see pic 3), then
quadcopter gets a solid light and no more
ashing, it shows adjustment nished and
quadcopter is ready to y.
Picture 1 Picture 2
Picture 3
Flying operation:
1. Power on transmitter,the LED indicator begins ashing. Push up throttle stick
to top end and then pull down to low end, the indicator gets a solid light. It
shows transmitter is ready for code pairing with receiver.
2. Install the batteries to the battery box and power on the drone.
3. Put the quadcopter on the at ground,when blue light stops ashing and is
stable, then the quadcopter is ready to y.
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Important notice:
When powering on the quadcopter the receiver gyro will need to calibrate level,
so you must make sure the surface is level. Then the quadcopter will be ready
for controlling.
Battery
Battery installation and power connection for quadcopter
Additional instruction before flying:
1. White blade is at front and black blade is at back.
White Blade
Clockwise
Black Blade
Counterclockwise
White Blade
Counterclockwise
Black blade
Clockwise
RightLeft
Front
Back
2. Power on the quadcopter, check the rotating of blades. Left Front and Right Back
rear blades rotating Clockwise, Right Front and Left Back rotating Counterclockwise.
3. When ying, if the quadcopter tilts to one side, then you can adjust balance
by relative trim key.
4. When the quadcopter battery is low, then the transmitter will sound
DI,DO,DI... to warn. When you receive the warning, then you need to remote
back the quadcopter within 40 seconds.
Flying control:
1. When moving Forward&backward/left&
right stick to left or right, then the
quadcopter is ying to left or right
at the same time.
2. When moving throttle stick up or
down, then the quadcopter is ying
up or down at the same time.
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3. When moving throttle stick to left or right,
then the quadcopter is turning to left or
right at the same time.
4. When moving forward and backward/
left and right ying stick to front or back,
then the drone is ying forward or backward
at the same time.
5. Adjust left and right rudder trim
When taking o, the body head
drifts to left,then adjusts right
rudder trim, otherwise left
rudder trim.
6. Adjust forward and backward trim
When taking o, the body drifts
forward, then adjusts backward
trim, otherwise forward trim.
7. Left & right trimmer
When taking o,the body drifts
to left, then adjusts right trim,
otherwise left trim.
High/low speed mode
This quadcopter comes with high and low speed modes, press down the high
and low speed button in the transmitter, then LCD display screen will show
switch for MODE1 and MODE2.
MODE 1 (Low speed mode, suitable for beginner)
MODE 2 (High speed mode, suitable for RC enthusiast )
(When quadcopter bottom light gets ashing, then it's not allowed to ip)
Flip:
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When quadcopter is ying in the air, then left hand press down the ip mode
switch in the upper left corner of transmitter, then transmitter will sound
"DI, DI...", it shows that quadcopter is ready to ip. Use your right hand to push
the rudder stick to utmost, then release, the quadcopter will ip 360 degrees
to forward and backward or left and right side simultaneously. Meanwhile the
ip mode will automatically shut down.
Press This Button
Warning: enough room is needed for this motion, or danger may occur.
Headless mode:
Press Headless Mode button, the LED light of drone goes o. This indicates
that Headless Mode is on.
Press the Headless Mode button again, the LED light of drone turns on. This
indicates that Headless Mode is o.
NOTE: When the drone is in Headless Mode, the head of drone must face
towards the front. While in Headless Mode, if the direction and angle of
drone is oset, you can exit from Headless Mode and then turn Headless
Mode on again. This will cause the direction and angle to be reset to
normal status.
Press This Button
During normal ight, the head of the drone is towards the front. Pressing the
Headless Mode button, the LED light of the drone body turns o. This indicates
that Headless Mode is activated. There is no direction to distinguish the front
and back of the drone when ying.
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left
back
right
front
left
back
right
front
left
back
right
front
Return Home Function:
When the drone ies a long distance away, you can press the Return Home
button and the drone will return home (location from where it took o)
automatically. Move the right side control stick forward and backward / left and
right, then the drone will stop returning.
Important:
The Return Home function only works when Headless Mode is turned on
Press This Button
Additional instructions for receipt board:
Please make sure the install direction and wire-plus position should be the same
as the following picture, otherwise, the quadcopter cannot work normally.
receipt board socket 1,
connect with right-front electric wire
receipt board socket 2,
connect with left-front electric wire
receipt board socket 3,
connect with left-back electric wire
receipt board socket 4,
connect with right-back electric wire
left
back
right
front
LED lamp holder
camera
socket
How to take video & photo:
1. Install TF card to the camera, press TF card to insert, notice the TF card
metal touch place and insert the TF card according to the sketch map.
2. When pressing down the camera button, the LED indicator will ash once,
showing that the quadcopter is taking pictures. When pressing down the video
and the LED indicator keeps ashing, then it's recording video. If you need to
button stop recording, then press the video button again, and the LED
indicator will stop ashing, thus nish a video. When you press the TF
card again, you can pick up the card.
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micro
TF CARD
LED State Light
3. When Aerial is over, please disconnect the quadcopter and battery. Pull out
the TF card, put the TF card into the reader, then connect the USB to a
computer. A few seconds later, you will nd the Mobile hard disk from My
computer and then you can see aerial data.
Notice: Please make sure broadcast the video after data copied to computer
and the video broadcast software format only support AVI.
Aerial Camera parameters as below:
Video resolution: 1280*720P/30fps; Camera resolution: 1280*720
Spare Parts:
Below are spare parts for your selection, for more convenience, we listed each
spare part you would buy through local distributors.
U818A HD-01 U818A HD-02 U818A HD-03 U818A HD-04
U818A HD-05 U818A HD-06 U818A HD-07 U818A HD-08
U818A HD-09 U818A HD-10 U818A HD-11 U818A HD-12
U818A HD-13 U818A HD-15U818A HD-14 U818A HD-16 U818A HD-17
Standard Motor
(Red/Blue)
Reverse Motor
(Black/White)
Clockwise Motor Set
(Red Light)
Clockwise Motor Set
(Blue Light)
Counter-Clockwise
Motor Set(Red Light)
Counter-Clockwise
Motor Set(Blue Light)
Main Shelf Blade Head Cover Charger Box
Receiver
Camera Box
TF Card Battery Gear Holder Transmitter Reader
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