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Arkbird

Product Features

ARKBIRD Flight Stabilization System is a high-accuracy stabilizer designed for fixed-wing, which has

capability of auto-balancing to ease the manipulation while flying.

1. Attitude sensor through barometer, reliable design; on-board voltage regulation chip, “ESC+ voltage regulation”

dual voltage design.

2. Inertial measurement unit, suitable for any kinds of weather environment.

3. Applicable for small-space model, support delta-wing.

4. Easy to adjust, which saves much time for adjustment and applicable for most models. Intelligent PID controller.

5. One button auto-leveling, one button return-to-home, go home once radio turn off.

6. Return-to-home even the signal from GPS satellite is poor.

7. Gyro normal balance and 3D balance.

8. One button hover mode.

9. Straight constant-height flight.

10. Switching to Return-to-Home Mode while flying over the rectangle area

specified.

One board integrated OSD, new features:

1. Adjusting OSD by radio stick.

2. Customized interface: can set HUD interface, and can choose the font size, the demands of latitude and

longitude, and throttle protection.

3. Data link interface, support way point flight, intelligent formation flight. 2 pcs of Arkbird flight controller can

implement auto-trace formation and the position of helicopter will be shown on OSD.

4. Customized display 3D Go-home arrow, radar mark, flight time, horizon, total distance, and power

consumption.

Summary of content (16 pages)

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Arkbird ： Product Features ARKBIRD Flight Stabilization System is a high-accuracy stabilizer designed for fixed-wing, which has capability of auto-balancing to ease the manipulation while flying. 1. Attitude sensor through barometer, reliable design; on-board voltage regulation chip, “ESC+ voltage regulation” dual voltage design. 2. Inertial measurement unit, suitable for any kinds of weather environment. 3. Applicable for small-space model, support delta-wing. 4.
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Arkbird ： Descriptions ARKBIRD is a doubled board stack-up form, all components are inside, which provides better protection. Using “ground (black), power (red), and data (white)” 3P wiring, thus ease the installation. The function of double board version is the same as single board version. GPS port and servo port are at the same position, but video port and upgrade port are on the other end.
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Arkbird Wiring ： Wiring diagram （Note：Please note the polar while wiring, check carefully then power on. Do not power on before checking wiring.
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Arkbird All connections are now unified to “ground (black), power (red), and data (white)” 3P wiring. 1. When Arkbird sensor and 3S battery share the power, plug in the jumper, there will be power from sensor to 12V equipments (such as AV Tx and camera). 2. If using 3S battery alone to provide 12V power to AV Tx and OSD, remove the jumper, connect 3S battery to the video power port on the third row. The sequence to power on is OSD 12V first, and then ESC5V. Otherwise, the OSD cannot initialize and display.
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Arkbird OSD menu again and exit to reset the current value. ） Dual Power Supply: On-board 12V to 5V regulation module provides power to OSD module and flight controller module. ESC 5V only provides power to flight controller module. While normal flight, it is ok to plug in ESC 5V only, OSD module has no power consumption. （However, we strongly suggest plug in OSD 12V to provide dual power for flight controller to prevent any issue caused by ESC 5V power insufficiency.
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Arkbird 2 ways of installation Switching Mode through CH5 and CH6: 1. After installation, test OSD and the setting of radio are correct. Using CH5 and CH6 to switch flight mode. （ 2. While CH5 is less than 50%, it switches to Manual Mode OSD shows ），（ 3.
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Arkbird OSD Setting: Once turning on all system, Arkbird will start to search GPS satellite and set the current position as Home. During searching, the elevator will be all the way up and any manipulation of radio stick is invalid. If need to skip the searching, please push CH6 more than 75% and push CH1 to left or right side. Once skipping the searching, it will use the last position as Home. Flight Interface: Please note that the vibration value 100 is the most ideal situation.
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Arkbird ： Main Menu "Set HOME" --------- Save home position "Set PID Parameters" --------- Set PID Parameters "Set RTH Parameters" --------- Set RTH (Return to Home) Parameters "Set OSD Parameters" --------- Set OSD Interface "------------------" "Flight Parameters" --------- Reverse and delta-wing mixing "Fence Area Set" --------- Set Fence Mode Area "Way Point Set1" --------- Set Way Point Mode1 "Way Point Set2" --------- Set Way Point Mode2 "Reset All to Default" --------- Moving stic
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Arkbird . Aileron and When lock height and direction, OSD shows elevator can also be controlled through CH1 and CH2. ： "OFF" Turn off the mode. Set RTH Parameters "Max Roll" ---------Max roll angle while return to home, 20 to 40 degree recommended.
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Arkbird Fence Area Set "Fence Mode" ---------Fence Mode ： "ON" Switching to Custom Mode through CH5 and CH6 after turn on, more than 50% ） and CH6 between 30% and 70% Balance Mode within this area, return to home while out of the rectangle area.
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Arkbird Way Point Set Be able to set four way points (WP1~WP4), allow to turn on/off separately. Turn on this function while setting Custom Mode as Way Point Mode ）（ CH5 more than 50% and CH6 between 30% and 70% . The plane will fly in a loop upon the sequence of 1 to 4, skip the waypoint turned off, and return to home while over the safe time. "WP safe time" ---------WP safe time Returning to home while reach the safe time. Re-timing while next power-on.
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Arkbird ： Reverse under Balance Mode Switching to Manual Mode Switching to Balance Mode by pushing CH5 to 0%, and then setting reverse function through radio. by pushing CH5 to 100% and CH6 to 0%, basically, if the neutral point is correct, rudder, aileron and elevator shall be at the neutral position, otherwise, please check the neutral point again. 1. Aileron: When rolling the plane to right, aileron shall produce a left compensation automatically.
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Arkbird If the compensation direction is not correct, please move the dip switch 3 to the other side. ： While First Flight, Please Check 1. If travel range is proper under Manual Mode 2. If compensation is correct under Balance Mode. If OSD horizon display is correct. Compensation shall be precise and fast, if not, please do neutral point alignment again.
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Arkbird Balance Mode and Return to Home Adjustment：： Arkbird stabilizer has PID control, which can collect level flight throttle value automatically without any parameter adjustment. If the most ideal situation expected, please refer to the following methods: Once completing the first installation, do a neutral point alignment. Plane shall be put paralleled to the ground before neutral point check, moving aileron stick left and right to get start.
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Arkbird 3. Adjust Max Up and Max Down to make plane pitch up and down smoothly. (too prompt or slow are improper) 4. Based on the height and distance expect to fly to adjust safe height as high as possible (If the flying height is higher, please adjust this value more than 120m). Please set usual speed as minimum speed of return to home. Frequently Asked Questions：：：Take off camera, and select PAL/NTSC in “Set OSD Parameters” again. 1. Incorrect PAL/NTSC selection 2.
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Arkbird caused by using this product Appendix： Check 5 and 6 channel reverse: Check 5 and 6 channel reverse through radio monitor: push throttle, CH5 and CH6 to 0%, the CH3, CH5, and CH6 status shown on radio shall be like picture below (Or check through servo). Pic 1 舵量信號與正反向 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Revision Information ： 10.15 First Release 10.