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- | =====Building | + | =====Building |
- | **Edited By:** Micheal Salinas | + | **Edited |
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- | **Date last modified on:** 06/27/16 | + | **Date last modified on:** 06/30/16 |
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- | The photos above depicts what your first completed FPV 250 quadcoptor setup might look like. This tutorial shows you how to find, buy, and connect the various hardware and software needed to fly a quadcoptor manually with FPV. This will take approzimately 10-15 hours | + | The photos above depicts what your first completed FPV 250 quadcoptor setup might look like. This tutorial shows you how to find, buy, and connect the various hardware and software needed to fly a quadcoptor manually with FPV. This will take approzimately 10-15 hours. |
+ | I would suggest that you should first read through this tutorial then start working on the build. This will help make your build time quicker with less problems because you already know what is coming next. | ||
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====Motivation and Audience==== | ====Motivation and Audience==== | ||
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- | This tutorial' | + | This tutorial' |
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- | *Is interested in flying | + | *Has already flown a quadcopter |
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+ | If you haven' | ||
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The rest of this tutorial is presented as follows: | The rest of this tutorial is presented as follows: | ||
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|A computer with a GCS software| |Your Cubicle| | | |A computer with a GCS software| |Your Cubicle| | | ||
|A USB to mini USB cable| |Someone' | |A USB to mini USB cable| |Someone' | ||
+ | |A Lipo Battery Charger| |Battery Table| | | ||
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====Construction==== | ====Construction==== | ||
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- | This section gives step-by-step | + | This section gives instructions with photos |
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===Frame=== | ===Frame=== | ||
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+ | I would suggest that you start to charge the lipo battery you plan to use as you build the frame. This way it will be ready for you when you need it later. Make sure to ' | ||
+ | Please read this [[Battery Management]] wiki to learn how to manage lipo batteries if you haven' | ||
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===Electronics=== | ===Electronics=== | ||
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- | We tested it by plugging our battery in to see if the LEDs on the FCB would light up. During this we found out that there are switches to power and turn off the smaller spots we used for the FCB. | + | We tested it by plugging our battery in to see if the LEDs on the FCB would light up. During this we found out that there are switches to power and turn off the smaller spots we used for the FCB. Since the LEDs lite up and the FCB didn't explode we called it fixed and moved onto mounting everything to the frame. |
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- | \\ First mount the motors onto the arms of the frame. | + | ==ESCs== |
- | \\ Then mount the PDB and the flight | + | \\ |
- | \\ Position the esc's properly, tying them down to the arm using zipties, electric tape, or double sided tape. \\ | + | Since these are soldered to the PDB there isn't a lot of play on where you can place the ESCs. Especially on the small frame of the 250. Depending on your frame the best place for the esc can differ but in our case we stuck them down, using double sided tape, on top of the arm they were closest |
- | \\ Finally connect | + | \\ |
- | \\ Do not put the blades onto the motors yet!! \\ | + | |
+ | ==Motors== | ||
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+ | The box that the motors | ||
+ | A tip I would give is to check which direction the propeller | ||
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+ | Do not put the propellers onto the motors yet!! | ||
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+ | ==Controller Receiver== | ||
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+ | Now it is time to connect | ||
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+ | Note: Please keep in mind that you will also have to put the battery, | ||
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+ | Now if you want to you can put the top of the frame back on. But make sure the the usb mini port on the FCB is still accessible. You will be using that port in the next step. | ||
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- | ===FPV Setup=== | ||
- | Setting up the FPV is simple; however it is important to double check what voltage each component is rated at in your system\\ | ||
- | The main components are the camera and transmitter, | ||
- | \\ **1.** Solder the transmitter power cable to the power distribution board.\\ | ||
- | \\ **2.** Mount the camera to the frame.\\ | ||
- | \\ **3.** Connect the camera to the transmitter.\\ | ||
- | \\ **4.** Mount the Transmitter to the frame.\\ | ||
- | \\ That is all that is needed to set up the FPV on the drone. The Next step is to get the headset you will use to fly the multirotor.\\ | ||
====GCS Setup==== | ====GCS Setup==== | ||
- | \\ Once all of the components are on the frame of the quad you will need to find the usb port on the flight controller board and find the appropriate cable to connect it to a computuer with a ground-control-station (GCS) program on it. **Make sure that your flight controller board is supported by the GCS program before connecting it.** \\ | + | \\ |
- | \\ Once you have the appropriate cable and GCS program connect your quad (with the battery unplugged) to the computer and start their vehicle setup wizard. Follow their instructions closely and read each instruction carefully. \\ | + | Congratulations, |
- | \\ After your done with that go onto the controller setup wizard. If you have any problems with the controller not registering on the computer, re-bind the controller to the receiver (if you don't know what that is google it), double check the connection between the receiver and the flight controller board. The connecting pins might be bent. Also try closing the program and opening it up again (i.e. turn it off then on again). | + | |
- | \\ One thing you should be careful about during the controller setup wizard is the arming sequence. This is the sequence you have to follow to allow the motors to run. So after turning on the controller, then the quad on you have to follow this sequence before being able to fly. \\ | + | |
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+ | At this point you will need to either find a computer with a Ground Control Station (GCS) software on it or download one. The one we used is Open Pilot GCS. Unfourtunately this GCS is no longer supported and is not available for download online. I would suggest that you use [[http:// | ||
+ | Before downloading any GCS software please check which boards the software supports. Sometimes an earlier version supported a board, but the newest version dropped supports. I had this issue with my cc3d and Open Pilot where I had to download an older version that supported the board. | ||
+ | Follow the vehicle setup wizard to configure your quadcopter. Then after your done go onto the controller setup wizard. | ||
- | ===DONE!!=== | + | Now it is time to tie/tape down all of the loose wires on the quadcopter down. Use what ever method |
- | \\ Once you have gone through | + | |
- | \\ **Now go out and crash it!!!** \\ | + | |
- | ===Test Flight | + | Before putting propellers onto the motors and flying it is important to know that propellers have cw and ccw directions as well. You will want the high end of the prop to move around scooping up air and pushing it down. This lets you know whether it is cw or ccw. Put the cw propellers on the cw motors and ccw propellers on the ccw motors. |
- | Drone 1 | + | Secure the battery to the frame using double sided tape or velcro zip-ties, and done! |
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+ | Now it is time to take the quadcopter for a test flight! | ||
+ | Tip: Be vary, vary, vary easy on the throttle. The last thing you want is to explain why there is a hole in the ceiling. | ||
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- | Drone 2 | + | ====FPV Setup==== |
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+ | Now that you have finished the quadcopter aspect you have to create the FPV setup to create an FPV quadcopter! | ||
- | {{youtube> | + | These are the items you will need for this part: |
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+ | *The quadcopter you just finished | ||
+ | *A video camera | ||
+ | *A video transmitter | ||
+ | *The corresponding wires to connect the camera to the transmitter to a battery | ||
+ | *A video reciever (inside the FPV goggles) | ||
+ | *A video monitor (the FPV goggles) | ||
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+ | If you bought the bundle set I put as the link you will not have any issues with compatibly however if you buy the items separately this won't be as easy. | ||
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+ | *1) Figure out how you will power the transmitter and the camera. The set that I linked earlier comes with a battery. However there are pros and cons to this. It is great if you want to keep the FPV setup independent of the quadcopter setup. This might be usefeul if your quadcopter runs out of battery and you lost physical sight of it. You can use the FPV camera to locate it by seeing what is close to the quadcopter. However this adds extra weight and is another point of failure. Extra weight can cut flight time and if the FPV battery dies out midf-light and your don't have a physical visual of the quadcopter you are flying blind. For a first time setup I would recomend using the battery since it is much easier and quicker to do. But after maybe 1 or 2 flights to switch over to using the PDB (remember the JST connector we soldered?) to power it. | ||
+ | *2) What you do next will depend on what you decided. | ||
+ | *If you decided to use the battery connect everything on a table and test the equipment. Toggle the channel finder to get the video feed and check that everything is working. <fc red> Do not turn on the goggle or video transmitter without connecting the antennas to them first. They will explode if you don't </ | ||
+ | *If you decided to power them from the PDB find out how you will power them. | ||
+ | *Some video transmitters have a v-out out to the camera while others don't. If it does check to see that the voltage coming out of the transmitter is what the camera can handle. If it isn't either buy a voltage regulator or another camera/ | ||
+ | *If the transmitter doesn' | ||
+ | *3) Now all that is left is to put it on the quadcopter. Find a spot on the front end of the frame to mount or secure the camera to. Use zipties, electric tape or double sided tape to do this. Then find other places to put the rest of your setup so that it isn't interfering with the rest of the setup. | ||
+ | *4) Time to fly using FPV! Be vary cautious and double check your surroundings first. | ||
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+ | ===DONE!!=== | ||
+ | \\ Once you have gone through all of these steps, you now have a working FPV quadcopter! \\ | ||
+ | \\ **Now go outside to a relatively large park with a couple spotters to let you know when someone is close by and crash it!!!** \\ | ||
+ | In las vegas there is a quadcopter racing community, if you are interested in this check them out on facebook at https:// | ||
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