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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2

Scope of Application........................................................................................................................ 2

Applicable Models ................................................................................................................... 2

Applicable Users ...................................................................................................................... 2

Applicable Environment ......................................................................................................... 2

Daily Inspection and Maintenance ................................................................................................ 3

Flight Preparation Inspection ................................................................................................ 3

Pre-flight Inspection................................................................................................................ 9

Post-flight Inspection ............................................................................................................ 16

Post-flight Maintenance ........................................................................................................ 17

Regular Inspection and Maintenance .......................................................................................... 18

Regular Inspection ................................................................................................................ 18

Special Inspection .................................................................................................................. 20

Verification after Accident .................................................................................................... 20

Flight Log and Record .................................................................................................................. 20

Aircraft File ........................................................................................................................... 20

Inspection Log ....................................................................................................................... 22

Maintenance Log ................................................................................................................... 22

Hardware Change Record .................................................................................................... 22

Record of Software Status and Upgrading ......................................................................... 23

After-sales Services ....................................................................................................................... 24

Policies about After-sales Services ....................................................................................... 24

Flight Accident Treatment and UAV Maintenance ............................................................ 24

Mailing Channels .................................................................................................................. 25

Summary of content (25 pages)

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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Scope of Application........................................................................................................................ 2 Applicable Models .............................................................................................................
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Introduction Dragonfish series tilt-rotor UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems), as the industry-level UAS aviation products, is highly professional, which can be reflected by not only the products themselves but in the whole life cycle. To address its superiority, both operators and maintenance workers of the product series must be equipped with full aviation knowledge and certain understandings of aviation products.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Daily inspection maintenance and 1. Clean environment with no foreign matters, dusts or accumulated water; 2. No irrelevant personnel or foreign matters within a radius of 10 m; 3. No electromagnetic or signal interference; 4. No signal blocking, etc. Regular inspection maintenance and 1. Professional regular check and maintenance environment; 2. Clean environment with no foreign matters, dusts or accumulated water; 3.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual sound; Inspect if front and rear undercarriages are mounted stably or become loose or move; 4. Inspect the connection of right and left wingtips and wing and if they become loose or move along extended direction; inspect if connecting rod is bent or deformed; 5. Inspect if the connecting rod at the connected site of wing and body is stable, worn, loose or deformed; 6.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Battery 1. Inspect if there is any damage or dirt on battery surface; if so, replace or clean it in time; 2. Inspect if there is any dirt or foreign matter on the interface of battery and battery bin; 3. Inspect if the battery can be mounted stably and assemblydisassembly button can bounce normally after mounting battery correctly. Gimbal 1. Inspect if the gimbal is connected with body stably; 2.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual 8. Other emergency materials. List of Power-on Inspections Types Emphasis Body structure 1. Inspect if the body has any abnormal movement or sound; 2. Rotate wingtip softly to inspect if there is any excessive clearance or gap at wingtip; 3. Rotate tail wing softly to inspect if there is any excessive clearance or gap at the control plane of tail wing; 4. Inspect if the wingtip navigation light and tail wing flight light flicker normally and synchronously.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual 2. Confirm if there is any error information of automatic inspection by running self-inspection process via APP; Power 1. Unlock ground trial run with an idle speed manually after self-inspection, to observe motor rotation and confirm rotation direction of motor; List of Flight Tests Types Emphasis Trial flight test 1.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual ① RTK antenna ⑩ Rear tripod ② Fuselage blade ⑪ Wingtip paddle ③ Smart battery ⑫ Wing motor ④ Power button / indicator ⑬ Horizontal tail ⑤ Wing buckle ⑭ Pitot tube ⑥ Fuselage motor ⑮ Rotating wingtip ⑦ Gimbal camera ⑯ GPS ⑧ Battery disassembly button ⑰ Ultrasonic sensor ⑨ Front tripod
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Indicators: Left wing tip indicator flashes red, right wing tip indicator flashes green, and tail wing indicator flashes white. Pre-flight Inspection Types Body Emphasis 1. 2. 3. Visually inspect the surface of all UAV parts and in particular, the surface of key parts to confirm their intactness, structural deformation, damage, rupture, cracking or surface dirt; clean or replace them in time, if any of the phenomena exists; Solution: a.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual 4. center for fastening. Inspect the connection of right and left wingtips and wing and if they become loose or move along extended direction; inspect if connecting rod is bent or deformed; Pull the wing tip in the direction of the arrow to confirm whether there is a gap. Solution： a. When drawing, please refer to the gap between the wing tip and the wing shown in the box in the figure to see if the gap becomes larger.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual  7. Fuselage wing latch Solution： a. Visually inspect the latch and cover plate to confirm whether there is serious deformation. If so, please contact the local after-sales technicians to repair and replace the latch; b. Close the latch and confirm whether the latch base is displaced.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual 9. a1. If it can be reset, to use normally; a2. If it cannot be reset, contact local after-sales technicians for inspection and maintenance. b. Visually inspect the interface surface. If there is any dirt or foreign matter, please contact the local after-sales technician for guidance and cleaning. Inspect if RTK antenna has been connected firmly; Stable side RTK antenna Solution: a. Rotate the RTK antenna slightly clockwise to confirm whether it is tightened.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual maintenance; b. If there is dirt or blockage, please contact the local after-sales technician for guidance and cleaning. 12. Inspect if ultrasonic device is mounted stably, if there is any dirt on surface and if heat emission hole is blocked by foreign matters; Radiating hole, ultrasonic sensor Solution: If there is dirt or blockage, please contact the local after-sales technician for guidance and cleaning. 13.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Solution: After the wing and tail are inserted into the fuselage, fasten the lock and hook, and check the gap at the wing body connection and tail connection. If the gap is greater than 1mm, please contact the local after-sales technicians for positioning analysis to confirm whether to repair or replace the parts. Power 1.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual aging or softening. If so, clean and replace it in time; 5. Inspect if the rotation direction of paddle is correct after mounting it correctly; Battery 1. Inspect if there is any damage or dirt on battery surface; if so, replace or clean it in time; 2. Inspect if there is any dirt or foreign matter on the interface of battery and battery bin; 3.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Battery 1. Inspect if all batteries are fully charged; 2. Inspect if the battery capacity of aircraft and cell voltage are normal and if battery circulation times are relatively consistent via APP battery page. Gimbal 1. Inspect if gimbal can finish self-inspection normally; 2. View if there is any corresponding error prompt in gimbal via APP; 3. View if there is any photo picture via APP; 4.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Types Emphasis Body structure 1. Inspect if UAV parts are damaged, collided or deformed; 2. Inspect if all connection structures are free of abnormalities, such as rupture and loosening; 3. Inspect if the clearance of steering engine becomes excessive further. Power 1. Inspect if paddles are free of abnormalities such as damage and deformation; 2. Inspect if electrically turning temperature of motor is normal. Battery 1.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual 3. Charge it using dedicated recharger; 4. Charge and discharge battery that is left unused for a long time. Entire system 1. Confirm the version of all modules and APP software.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Inspection of power system 1. Dismantle wingtip structure; 2. Inspect if transmission structure is normal, such as sleeve and connecting rod; 3. Inspect if wingtip steering engine is normal; 4. Dismantle wingtip motor; 5. Detect if there is an excessive clearance in wingtip quick release structure; replace quick release structure in time, if there is an excessive clearance or other abnormalities; 6.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual instruments to confirm problems such as damage and rupture; 5. Repair defective parts and components in time; 6. Confirm potential hazard based on part wearing status, and remove and repair these problems. Change of core parts 1. Change core parts with damage or whose service life expires discovered in detection; Change of quick-worn parts 1. Change core parts with damage and quick-worn parts whose service life expires discovered in detection; Troubleshooting 1.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual ⑦ Battery bin ⑧ Tail wing ⑨ Avionics device ⑩ Base station 11 Remote control 12 Battery Remarks
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Inspection Log Checklist of “Dragonfish” Inspection date Accumulated hours Contents inspected flight Inspection type Inspectors Reviewing officer  Body structure  Battery  Remote control system  Communication link system  Flight controller  Sensor  Power system  Gimbal  Base station system  Accessories and tools  Navigation system  UAV system Remarks Maintenance Log Checklist of “Dragonfish” Maintenance date Contents maintained Accumulated hours  Bo
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Record of Software Status and Upgrading Record of “Dragonfish” Software Upgrading No. Date of Upgrading Module Ver. No.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual After-sales Services Policies about After-sales Services For details about warranty period and policies https://www.autelrobotics.com/page/policy.html of the product, please log in Flight Accident Treatment and UAV Maintenance Disposal of aircraft loss 1. Once the aircraft is lost, please contact our after-sales engineer within the shortest time possible and state the details; 2.
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Dragonfish Series Maintenance Manual Mailing Channels Please feel free to contact dealers or dial our after-sales service hotline (844) 460-0454 or send an email to enterprise@autelrobotics.