Electronic Guide

LynxmotionUAV
ElectronicConfiguration
Atransponderallowseachaircrafttobepickedupbyradarandassignedaspecificcodewhich
describesthataircraft.AlmostnosmallUAVshaveatransponderasitaddssignificantweight,
theUAVwillbevisibletoallaircraft(whichisnotnecessarilygood)andthereisayearlyfee.
TheFLIPMWCflightcontrollerdoesNOThaveatransponder.
Step 4: Pre-Flight Checklist
Atthispoint,allconnectionsontheUAVshouldbemade(exceptforthebattery).Thefollowing
stepswillhelpyouprepareforthefirstflight.Thetransmittershouldbeturnedoff.Ifyouarenew
tomultirotors,it’simportanttonotethatdespiteyourbestefforts,itishighlylikelythatyouwill
crashonyourfirstfewtries.Don’tbediscouraged;theframeisquiteresilient,andalthoughyou
maybreakafewprops,therearesparesincludedinthekit,andcanbepurchasedseparately
(andareveryinexpensive).Therearealsocrashkitsavailableintheeventthatyoubreaksome
oftheG10plates.
1. Turnonyourtransmitter(thetransmittershouldalwaysbeturnedonbeforetheUAV)
2. Movethejoystickstoneutral(centered)position.
3. PlacetheUAVonaslevelasurfaceaspossible(ifthesurfaceisnotlevel,theUAVmay
notwanttoarm)andorientthefrontfacingAWAYfromyou.
4. PlugintheUAV’sbatteryandstepback
5. Arming/disarmingtheController:Movetheleftjoysticktothebottomrightandhold;this
willstartthemotorsandsetthemtotheidlespeed.TheUAVisnowreadytofly,butdo
nottakeoff.
6. Disarmthemotors:Movetheleftjoysticktobottomleftandhold.Themotorsshouldstop
rotating.
7. Unplugthebattery
8. Turnofftheremotecontrol.
PlacetheUAVatadistancewiththefrontfacingawayfromyou