LRP gravit GPS User Manual

LRP gravit GPS User Manual

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LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION
2.4GHZ F.H.S.S.
USER GUIDE

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  • Page 1 LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. USER GUIDE...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Charge your flight battery ALTITUDE-mode Insert batteries into your transmitter GPS-mode ONLY FOR GRAVIT GPS VISION: Return-to-Home-mode Check you camera mount ONLY FOR GRAVIT GPS VISION PRO: CIRCULAR-mode (POI, Point of interest) Gimbal-calibration Mount your propellers HEADLESS (FLYING)-mode ATTENTION! Check wireless status CRUISE-mode of your Gravit’s camera...
  • Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENT THE CAMERA Transmitter calibration Charging the camera IMU (Gyro) calibration Camera modes iSmart DV Camera settings MANUAL IMU- AND TX-CALIBRATION PC-connection TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE WiFi function SPARE PARTS THE GIMBAL REPAIR PROCEDURES / LIMITED WARRANTY What is the gimbal good for? WARNING NOTES Before using your gimbal GENERAL NOTES...
  • Page 4 LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S.
  • Page 5: Introduction

    GHz 8-channel transmitter will provide efficient and full-range control and different flight modes will assist you during your flight. Since your Gravit GPS is a very complex quadrocopter with many functions, we strongly advise to read through this manual carefully in order to understand all the functions and to get the maximum fun out of your Gravit GPS.
  • Page 6: Technical Specifications

    #220721 Gravit GPS Vision Pro: Gravit with action-cam and 2-axis gimbal Depending on the version you have bought, the configuration and function varies. If a chapter of this manual is only suitable for certain versions of the Gravit GPS, this will be indicated accordingly.
  • Page 7: Some Hints And Tips Before You Start

    4m/s ex work. The reason for this rather no interferences around (which we STRONGLY advise), you slow flight speed is that the Gravit GPS is PRIMARILY a qua- should have a range of at least 500 m.
  • Page 8: Take Care Of Your Gravit's Compass

    2 or more Gravit GPS pilots Along with a lot of other electronics, your Gravit GPS is In case you are flying with 2 or more Gravit GPS models at equipped with a compass module. This compass is located on your favorite area of flight, PLEASE NOTE: the rear lower part of the left landing feet, secured in a mount.
  • Page 9: The Gravit Gps

    THE GRAVIT GPS Propeller Brushless Motor Position lights Battery compartment Camera mount Landing feet WiFi camera USB Port Battery compartment Status LED Compass module WiFi-camera...
  • Page 10: The Status-Led

    The Status-LED On the bottom side of your Gravit’s 4 arms, there are large Your Gravit GPS features a large, bright Status LED at back and bright LEDs. Those LEDs serve as position-lights and help side of the bodyshell.This Status-LED is reporting on your to you to keep track of the Gravit’s orientation in the sky.
  • Page 11: Functionality Of A Quadrocopter

    FUNCTIONALITY OF A QUADROCOPTER A quadrocopter controls its direction of flight by varying the ro- tation speed of its 4 rotors. Due to the different rotation speed the rotors generate different ascending forces and the model flies in the appropriate direction. For example: If you issue the Gravit the signal to fly fowards (by pushing the throttle stick forwards), the Gavit evenly increases the rotation speed of its Vertical axis...
  • Page 12: The Transmitter

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. THE TRANSMITTER AUX1 AUX1 (Gimbal Roll) AUX2 (Gimbal Pitch) SWB: SWA: BALANCE-Mode AOC-Mode ALTITUDE-Mode GPS-Mode Mode LED Power LED Throttle Pitch Roll On/Off switch Trims Trims Transmitter - low voltage-warning point in time, you will have plenty of time left to safely land The transmitter of your Gravit has a 2-step low voltage-war- your Gravit in case you should be flying at this moment.
  • Page 13: Flight Preparations

    THE TRANSMITTER SWB(right 3-way-switch): Charge your flight battery The SWB is the main flight-mode switch. It switches between the “basic” 3 flight-modes as follows: SWB in Pos. 0 (top): BALANCE-MODE SWB in Pos. 1 (middle): ALTITUDE-MODE SWB in Pos. 2 (low): GPS-MODE SWA (left 3-way-switch): This switch is used for the special functions and flight modes.
  • Page 14: Only For Gravit Gps Vision: Check You Camera Mount

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. FLIGHT PREPARATIONS ONLY FOR GRAVIT GPS VISION – Check you camera mount IN CASE you should notice that the gimbal is NOT working as expected, please calibrate the gimbal. The calibration process works as follows:...
  • Page 15: Mount Your Propellers

    ATTENTION! Check wireless status of your Gravit’s camera The propellers of your Gravit GPS are self-tightening propellers The wireless action camera of your Gravit is also capable of which can only be mounted in one direction. This is a security 2.4 Ghz wireless operation.
  • Page 16: Compass Calibration

    Status LED of gimbal is NOT connected to power. Check the red 2-pin plug your Gravit GPS is blinking green rapidly (leave SWB in top that comes from your gimbal. If it is connected to the socket POS.
  • Page 17: Take Off-Preparations

    TAKE OFF - PREPARATIONS AND TAKE OFF Preparations risk) Before you can take-off with your Gravit GPS, you should - Your throttle control stick (left stick) should be completely make sure that some requirements are met and some preli- down...
  • Page 18: Basic Flight Operation

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. BASIC FLIGHT OPERATION 8) Once your Gravit’s status-LED is blinking blue only, bring Throttle control the control sticks of your transmitter to the inner lower By moving the left control position (left stick to 5 o’clock and right stick to 7 o’clock) stick up- and downwards, to arm and start the motors to idle speed.
  • Page 19: Keep An Eye On Your Status-Led

    The status-LED will tell you anytime if everything is ok and check your compass (see chapter “Compass calibration”). which flight mode you are currently using. For a detailed listing of all the status codes, please see chapter “The Gravit GPS, 3) GPS-error The Status-LED”.
  • Page 20: Landing Your Gravit

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. LANDING YOUR GRAVIT To land, you can basically choose between 3 different the quality and condition of the landing surface does not methods: matter. The second advantage is that you do not risk any...
  • Page 21: Auto-Land Your Gravit=Return-To-Home

    LANDING YOUR GRAVIT - Switch to GPS position hold when catch-landing. By doing ven, bumpy surfaces. Both scenarios have a big chance so, your Gravit attempts to hold its position both vertically of ending in a tip-over during the landing procedure, thus and horizontally and stay in one place.
  • Page 22: Advanced Flight Operation

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. ADVANCED FLIGHT OPERATION Before you start to use any of the advanced features of your Gravit, Retain your orientation you should make sure that you are familiar with the basic control Since your Gravit is a symmetrical object, it is more difficult to tell commands of your Gravit and you should be comfortable with flying its orientation in the sky compared to an airplane, for example.
  • Page 23: The Flight-Modes

    THE FLIGHT-MODES Your Gravit is capable of very advanced flight modes and Balance mode is also good for flying fast, as the flight control- functions. Those functions will be covered in this chapter ler will not limit the angle of tilt as restrictively as it is done in extensively.
  • Page 24: Gps-Mode

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. THE FLIGHT-MODES GPS-mode (SWA 0 and SWB 2) Return-to-Home-mode (RTH, SWA 2 and SWB ANY) GPS-assisted: YES The Return-to-Home mode is actually not a real flight-mode. Altimeter: Only for GPS-position hold YOU do not fly the Gravit, but the Gravit flies ITSELF back DEFAULT stick configuration: YES, except for height control home.
  • Page 25: Circular-Mode (Poi, Point Of Interest)

    INCREASE or DECREASE (and finally reverse) the flying speed (or rotation direction respectively), depending To get the most out of this feature, LRP advises to enable on whether the Gravit is flying clockwise or counter- „Headless Flying“ ONLY when the copter is actually facing clockwise.
  • Page 26: Cruise-Mode

    GPS-assisted: YES Altimeter: NO DEFAULT stick configuration: NO LRP DOES NOT RECOMMEND USING THE MANUAL-MO- DE, as it will MOST LIKELY result in a crash of the Gravit. The CRUISE-mode lets your Gravit fly at constant speed. This Only the most experienced pilots are capable of controlling...
  • Page 27: The Camera

    THE CAMERA No matter which version of the Gravit GPS you have bought, 3) UP- and DOWN-button all of them come with a high-quality, Full-HD WiFi-camera The UP and DOWN buttons with included color-LCD. This chapter will cover all the func- on the side of the camera tions of your camera in detail.
  • Page 28: Charging The Camera

    There is actually no need to take it out, as it can be LRP generally recommend charging the camera by connecting charged while inside the it to a running PC or Laptop. This method has proven to be camera.
  • Page 29: Camera Modes

    This mode let’s you play back your recorded videos and photos. Video quality  Choose between Fine, Super Fine and Normal. For best quality, LRP recommends using  To display a recorded video, use the DOWN-button on the the “Super Fine” setting side of the camera to high-light “VIDEO”, then press the OK...
  • Page 30: Pc-Connection

    WiFi of your camera is DISABLED when flying with your Gravit GPS. Otherwise, it might come to inter- ferences, resulting in uncontrollable behaviour and damage or...
  • Page 31: The Gimbal

    THE GIMBAL (ONLY GRAVIT GPS VISION PRO #220721) What is the gimbal good for? A gimbal is a electro-mechanical construction which stabilizes your camera in the horizontal and vertical axis. It does so by countering the movement of your Gravit (and your came- ra), thus trying to keep you camera always horizontally and vertically level.
  • Page 32: Gimbal Restrictions

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. THE GIMBAL (ONLY GRAVIT GPS VISION PRO #220721) AUX2 to a tilt level you want to have. In order to get the best out of your gimbal, you can experiment with the following settings: PLEASE NOTE: The functions of AUX1 and AUX2 depend on how the red/black gimbal wires are attached to the gimbal.
  • Page 33: Replacing Propellers

    Sooner or later, you will have a defective or bent propeller on tory in which you unpacked the downloaded file. your Gravit GPS. In this case, you should replace it IMMEDIA- In order to use the software with your Gravit GPS, please do TELY. as follows:...
  • Page 34: Autopilot

    FASTER at start up. LRP recommends leaving this setting at default, which is pretty much in the middle of the slider. At the bottom of the screen, you have the option to test the This tab provides information on the sensitivity of your Gravit’s...
  • Page 35: System

    In the picture above, you can see that the different functions are marked with red numbers in red boxes. LRP strongly advises NOT to set the numbers to unreaso- The functions of those numbered options are: nably low numbers. More specific, LRP does not advise to use numbers below 20 m for EITHER height or distance ...
  • Page 36: Endpoint

     MUST NOT be changed! GPS. This mode is available and may be selected and used, but it is NOT suitable for a quadrocopter like the Gravit GPS, IMPORTANT: Do NOT change CH5-A (BALANCE) and which is equipped with a camera (or even gimbal). For details, CH6-C (GoHome) to any other mode than default, as this please refer to chapter “Flight modes”.
  • Page 37: Firmware

    Gravit. Don’t worry, you have NOT bought a used software Gravit GPS. The flight time which is shown here is from the The TX must be powered on and bound to the Gravit intensive quality checks that are being made before the Gravit are released to sale.
  • Page 38: Imu (Gyro) Calibration

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. SOFTWARE MANUAL IMU- AND TX-CALIBRATION Although doing IMU- and TX-calibration via the Flight Tools 2.0  IMU (Gyro) calibration software (see chapter “Software”) is the most convenient way If you ever happen to see the status-LED of your Gravit emit...
  • Page 39: Troubleshooting Guide

    TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Problem Cause Remedy Calibrate the compass (see "Compass Compass does not work properly Calibration") Something is interfering with the com- Put the Gravit on another place. If this pass (for example metal objects near does not help, see "Compass calibrati- Status-LED is blinking yellow slowly the compass) on")
  • Page 40: Spare Parts

    LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. SPARE PARTS...
  • Page 41 SPARE PARTS Number Order No. Description 222840 Flight battery 3300 mAh 11.1V 30C T-Plug 222841 Decal sheet (LRP-logo, TX-sticker, Gravit GPS-sticker) 222842 Balance-charger (EU) for 2s and 3S LiPo-batteries 222843 8-channel 2.4GHz transmitter 222844 Flight controller incl. BEC/LED-Module and wires 222845 Bodyshell (upper and lower side) incl.
  • Page 42: Repair Procedures / Limited Warranty

    Sender festgeschraubt ist. Wenn sie lose oder nicht verbundenden sein sollte, kann das Sendesignal im Betrieb unterbrochen werden. Schrauben Sie die Antenne vorsichtig fest. Wenn to claim warranty. If the whole product is send in, LRP will Sie Einstellungen am Modell vornehmen, stellen Sie vorher den Motor ab bzw. trennen Sie die Steckverbindung.
  • Page 43: Warning Notes

    WARNING NOTES WARNING NOTES or no rc-experience at all, please feel free to seek the guidance of an experienced rc-hobbyist alcance y correcto funcionamiento antes de cada vuelo Si es necesario realizar operaciones de or your local dealer mantenimiento o reparación en el helicóptero, la batería debe ser desconectada previamente ¡No vuele bajo la influencia del alcohol! No vuele su helicóptero cerca de cables de electricidad, französisch antenas, personas, animales o agua.
  • Page 44 LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. WARNING NOTES WARNING NOTES μια επαναφορτιζόμενη μπαταρία, μια μπαταρία ή μεμονωμένα στοιχεία τους. Φορτίζετε την ve uyarıların dikkate alınmamasından kaynaklanan hasarlardan sorumlu tutulamaz. Sadece μπαταρία μόνο υπό επιτήρηση. Κατά τη φόρτιση, η μπαταρία πρέπει να βρίσκεται πάνω σε...
  • Page 45 WARNING NOTES WARNING NOTES akt på att inga vassa föremål, som knivar, verktyg, kolfiberkanter eller liknande kan skada acku- mulatorn. Ge akt på att ackumulatorn inte skadas genom att trilla ner, stötar, deformering eller portugiesisch liknande. Skadade celler får inte längre användas. Om cellerna skulle uppvisa deformeringar, Nenhum brinquedo.
  • Page 46 LRP GRAVIT GPS VISION 2.4GHZ F.H.S.S. WARNING NOTES WARNING NOTES ninger kan eventuelt ødelegge produktet. Dette produktet eller andre elektroniske komponenter jis naudojamas, gerai cirkuliuotų oras. Atidžiai ir stropiai sujunkite visas įrangos dalis. Jei dėl må aldri komme i berøring med vann, olje, drivstoffer eller andre elektrisk ledende væsker, da vibracijos kuri nors dalis atsipalaiduos, galite prarasti savo modelio kontrolę.
  • Page 47: General Notes

    Nende ainetega kokku puutudes peatage kohe töö ja kuivatage toode hoolikalt. Hereby, LRP electronic GmbH declares that this product is in Kui te toodet ei kasuta, eemaldage alati sellest aku või lahutage ta vooluallikast. Vältige akude või üksikute akupurkide lühiühendust, ülelaadimist ja ebaõiget polaarsust, See võib põhjustada...
  • Page 48 Technik + Service Hotline für A: 0900 577 4624 (0900 LRP GMBH) 0900 270 313 (0,49eur/Minute aus dem deutschen Festnetz, (0,73eur/Minute aus dem österreichischen Mobilfunkpreise können abweichen) Festnetz, Mobilfunkpreise können abweichen) info@LRP.cc www.LRP.cc HA00084 © 2016 by LRP electronic GmbH...

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