FY-41AP Lite AutoPilot & OSD System Installation & Operation Manual Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Addr : 4th Floor,YuTaiJie Science Technology Building,Information Industry Park , ChaoYang Road ,Qi Xing District ,Gui Lin ,541004 Website: www.feiyu-tech.com Email: service@feiyu-tech.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Table Of Content User Agreement ................................................................................................................................ 1 1. FY-41AP Lite AutoPilot System Introduction .............................................................................. 2 2. Function Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3 2.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Dear Customer : Thank you for choosing FY-41AP Lite as your autopilot system. Please read this manual carefully to ensure correct installation & operation. User Agreement The use of FY-41AP Lite is prohibited for any illegal intentions and purposes.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 1. FY-41AP Lite AutoPilot System Introduction FY-41AP Lite Module FY-41AP Lite is an inertial attitude measurement instrument used for FPV flight on fixed-wing aircrafts. It has an integrated OSD video overlay system that presents critical flight information such as power management, airspeed, altitude, and flight direction via its sensors and GPS module, allowing for a clear visual flight while ensuring key information is within sight.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Power Manager Module FY-41AP Lite can connect power manager module which is integrated with current sensor module and Voltage-Regulating module. Current Sensor is used to check voltage, Amp draw. The integrated Voltage-Regulating module provides stable +12V to FPV video camera and video transmitter. Altitude Control Altitude control is achieved using a high sensitivity barometric sensor which measures relative height.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. ● 3D Mode If no input is given by the pilot (all sticks in the middle position), 3D mode will lock the current aircraft attitude. Therefore the aircraft can be easily maneuvered to complete a variety of 3D flight with added stability & smoothness. ● Fixed altitude & Heading lock Mode This mode maintains aircraft flight course & holds the altitude on activation.The system automatically corrects flight course deviation & maintains straight-line flight.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 2.3 OSD Video Overlay System Function First Person View (FPV) FY-41AP Lite has an integrated OSD video overlay system that presents critical flight information on the video for easy enjoy FPV, at the same time, Auto stable, Fixed altitude & Heading lock, Auto Return To Home function will make FPV operation more easy. 2.4 FY-41AP Lite Can Be Connected To A Data Link Connecting to a Data Link can increase flight distance.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. To measure airspeed 4 Size: 64.5mm * 13.5mm * 13.5mm Weight: 9g For FY-41AP Lite firmware upgrade 5 For connect data link to PC For connect remote adapter to PC 6 For connect FY-41AP Lite to remote receiver 7 For connect video camera or video transmitter 8 Can weld to power manager module for connect the batter and ESC 9 GPS extension wire Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyu-tech.com Page 6 service@feiyu-tech.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 4. FY-41AP Lite Connection Summary Z Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyu-tech.com Page 7 service@feiyu-tech.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 5. S1~S8 Servo Interface Connection Instructions No.
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Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 7. Main Module Installation 7.1 FY-41AP Lite Module Installation When installing, please keep FY-41AP Lite horizontal and as close as possible to the "Centre of gravity" (COG) of the aircraft. The modules orientation can be changed by FY-GCS (Ground Control Station) system: arrow to front, back, left or right. Efficient anti-vibration components are very important and to be used when installing.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 7.2 GPS Module Install GPS receiver module has integrated plate type GPS passive antenna with stronger reception ability shielding the false signal by ground reflection efficiently. Don‘t install next to metal or carbon fiber & other shielding material, which may block satellite signal reception.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 7.5 Remote Control Setting: SW1&SW2 FY-41AP Lite needs remote control and receiver with at least 6 channels, including 4 normal channels for AIL,ELE,THR,RUD, and two for SW1,SW2 to control flying mode. You need to choose normal fixed wing plane mode canceling all mix control modes, meanwhile setting CH5,CH6 to two three-switch.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (1) Through SW1: On SW1, switch ABM to Deactivated Mode 6 times, time interval has to be less than 3 seconds as follows: ABM→ Deactivated Mode → ABM → Deactivated Mode → ABM → Deactivated Mode → ABM → Deactivated Mode → ABM → Deactivated Mode → ABM → Deactivated Mode. After doing this operation, the LED will bright white light about 1S.Wait for the LED go out, then the gyro initialization finish. (2) Through OSD video overlay menu ―INIT GYRO‖ option.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Note: When the FY-41AP Lite needs Gyro Reset or FY-41AP Lite module is in a state of motion, the LED will bright purple light. e.g. Red Manual Mode, GPS not lock Red—Red—Green Stabilized Mode, GPS lock Purple—Purple—Green Stabilized Mode, GPS lock, If it stay static means need Gyro Reset. Blue—Blue—Green Fixed altitude & Heading lock Mode, GPS lock 7.8. OSD Interface Instruction The integrated OSD module supports PAL or NTSC form video input.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Flight mode instruction 8. Name Introduction Name Introduction RC Deactivated mode RTL Return to home 3D 3DAerobatic Flight ADH ABM Stable mode ACM Fixed altitude & Heading lock Mode Circle mode FY-41AP Lite Setting There are two ways to set the FY-41AP Lite, one is via remote control and OSD overlay menu settings. Another solution is connected via USB cable to the computer by using the setting software to set up.
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Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 4 ) Install the software ―FYGCS 5.11 for 41&DOS‖. The software in addition to can use for setting up and configuring FY-41AP Lite also included other functions. For example, Electronic mapping, Telemetry data monitoring of flight parameters, Flight attitude, Flight speed, Altimeter, Location, Recording and Playback of telemetry data into Ground Control Station, Map loading ,etc . The FYGCS5.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. c) Confirmation has been connected to the network, click the ―3D‖button ,you can switch to the Google earth map. Note: If you can’t open FYGCS5.11 successfully in Vista, Win7, or Win8 operating system . Please find out executable file, right click the mouse and run as administrator. Please according to the picture below, through USB data cable to connect FY-41AP Lite to PC. Connect FY-41AP Lite to your PC, select corresponding COM port.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Step One: Installation direction setting First you should set the correct mounting direction according to the FY-41AP Lite mounting direction on the plane(The default setting is Arrow forward).After choose the correct mounting direction, pitch and roll inclined the plane and checking through the attitude chart whether the posture and aircraft state is identical.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Servo’s output mix control mode setting Step Two: No. Option Normal Elevon V-Tail Normal “AIL NAV‖means using only aileron make a turn in navigation mode. ‖RUD NAV‖means using only rudder make a turn in navigation mode. Method one: Setting FY-41AP Lite via remote control and OSD overlay menu Select the correct rudder output based on the aircraft model. Setting via the ―MIX SETTING‖ option in the OSD menu.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Method two: Setting FY-41AP Lite via “FYGCS 5.11 for 41&DOS” software Step Three: The remote control switch setting & checking and setting the direction of the rudder surface automatically control . FY-41AP Lite requires a minimum of 6-channel RC receiver. 1) First, the remote control is set to fixed-wing aircraft of conventional layout mode, do not set any mixing. The rudder angle of the remote control is set to 100%, and fine-tune gyrus.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. OSD display mode. 4) Switch to manual mode, check the control surfaces of the joystick remote control aircraft direction whether is correct, if not correctly, adjust the rudder surface reverse control on the remote control to correct it. 5) Switch to the "Auto Balance Mode", check the control direction according to the following steps carefully.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (1) AILERON (Check in "Auto Balance Mode" ) RIGHT Roll the plane, the right aileron should automatically move downwards, while the left aileron move up. LEFT Roll the plane, the left aileron should automatically move downwards, while the right aileron should move up. If the servo movement is incorrect, you need to reverse the automated servo movement, please select ―AIL REV‖.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (3) Rudder (Check in "Auto Balance Mode" ) CLOCKWISE rotate your plane, the rudder should move to the Left. COUNTERCLOCKWISE rotation, the rudder should move to the Right If the servo movement is incorrect, you need to reverse the automated servo movement, please select “RUD REV”.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. In general gain of the throttle do not need to adjust, if the airspeed have a small space velocity shock in automatic navigation, you can decrease the parameter to suitable. Method one: Setting FY-41AP Lite via remote control and OSD overlay menu In the OSD menu, you can change the gain of the rudder control via the ―Gain‖ list of the ―Servo Gain REV‖ option. 1) Every channel's gain can be set separately (AIL,ELE,THR,RUD), setting range:0-99.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Step Five: The cruise speed and hovering flight radius setting Target speed setting (Default setting is 60km/h): The flight speed is very important, it cannot be set optional. The speed should be make the aircraft keep normal flight. We suggest not increase the settings too high, it may cause very unusual flying behavior and may result in damage of your aircraft due to excessive throttling.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Step Six: Gyro and airspeed sensor initialization Gyro Initialization: When doing the gyro reset, please keep the aircraft static. It‘s better to do the gyro reset before each flight. Airspeed sensor initialization: The aircraft keep static, you can use your hand to cover the port of the airspeed sensor, and do not let the wind interfere with the airspeed sensor, then execute the initialization operation.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Step Seven: Record attitude The default attitude angle is ―0‖ (zero). After finish the installation, the aircraft place to the level flight attitude, then record the attitude. This function is used to eliminate any installation deviation from the default. When record the level flight attitude on the ground via toggle switch, it will initialize the gyro at the same time, so ensure the aircraft absolute static.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Auto balance mode test a) This paragraph explains the interactions between pilot input, Auto Balance Mode (ABM) and autonomous flight (Navigation Mode). b) In ABM, the FY41AP Lite will constantly want to keep the aircraft flying level and straight. Any pilot input will go against this stabilizing action, in order for you to change the course, altitude or angle as you fly the plane.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 10. Other Functions And Settings 10.1 Switch ( SW2 ) Function Setting You can select the Auto Circling Mode which control by SW2.The navigation models of FY-41AP Lite show in the table, we can just select two modes for SW2 at the same time. SW2 Mode Function Null SW-2 Deactivated Go Home Auto Return To Launch Line Fixed altitude & Heading lock flight Mode Circle Auto Circling Mode (ACM) Remark SW-2 set to NULL, Flying mode is controlled by SW-1.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. The default RC Max Distance Setting programmed into the FY-41AP Lite is 4000 meters. You can adjust this parameter via ―FYGCS 5.11 for 41&DOS‖ software. After FY-41AP Lite connect to the GCS software successfully, you can select ―Menu->Autopilot Setting->RC Setting‖ to finish the RC Max Distance Setting. 10.3 Circling Radius Setting The FY41AP Lite can fly over a set GPS point upon activation of Auto Circling Mode via switch SW-2.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 10.5 FAIL-SAFE Setting The RC receiver remote control mode uncontrolled return of function, you need to use with runaway protection function remote and the receiver. Failsafe remote control receiver when no signal is received, output a default set of rudder. Various models of remote control set runaway protection have said, the reference to the remote control manual.
Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Attention: Please make sure the RC stick is released when you switch into Fixed altitude & Heading lock Mode. The FY-41AP Lite can record current RC stick position and lock the flight course and altitude when your RC stick released. 10.7 3D Mode Instruction 3D Mode – If no input is given by the pilot (all sticks in the middle position), 3D mode will lock the current aircraft attitude.
