ImmersionRC Vordex 250 Pro Manuel utilisateur

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250ProGettingStarted

Guide

Internationaledition

Rev1.0-Dec2015

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EveryVortex250Proisflighttestedbefore

leavingthefactory.

FlightTestedBy:

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WARNING

Congratulationsonyourpurchaseofoneofthehobby’sfirstARFpure-bredracingquadcopters.

AproductdesignedbyFPVRacers,forFPVRacers.

DonotexpectittoflylikeaDJIPhantom™.Itdoesnothaveareturn-to-homefeature,noGPS,

anditdoesnothavestabilizationfeaturesthatwillallowyourlittlebrothertofly.

TakeiteasyifyouarenewtotheworldofFPVracing,trytoavoidslammingthequadintothe

firstwallbeforeyouhavemasteredslalomingthroughthetreesonthewaytothewall.

Acromodeissomethingthatshouldbelearnedassoonaspossible,flyinganyothermodeisa

bitlikedrivingaLamborghiniaroundaparking-lotinreverse…notexactlywhatyouboughtthe

Lambofor. 

Pleasecarefullyreadtherecommendationsinthisgettingstartedguide,asfaras

equipment/batteryselection,andhowtoruntheVortex250ProWizard.

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REMOVEPROPS

Mini-quadpropscandoseriousdamagewhencomingincontactwithhumanskin,riskofdeep

cutsandlacerationsshouldbeavoidedatallcost.

Sowhenyouareworkingonaquadwiththebatteryconnected,itishighlyrecommendedto

REMOVEALLPROPS,unlessyouarejustabouttofly.Keepinmindthatwhensettingup

mini-quads,thereisalwaysaremotechancethataconfigurationchangecanspinupmotors

unexpectedly.

ImmersionRCacceptsnoresponsibility,orliability,foranyinjury,ordamage,topersonsor

property,causedbytheuseoftheVortex.

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INSTALLANTENNA

TheVideoTransmitterincludedintheVortexmaybedamagedpermanentlyifrunwithoutthe

suppliedSpiroNETAntenna.Pleasetakecaretoinstallthisantennabeforeeveryflight,and

whenpoweringuptheVortexforevenashorttimeperiod.

ImmersionRCacceptsnoresponsibilityfordamagecausedtotheVortexbyoperatingwithouta

suitableTxantennainstalled. 

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4Steps:UnboxingtoRacing

TogetyourARFVortexreadytorace,followthesimple4-stepprocessbelow.

1)InstallCompatibleR/CReceiver

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2)Installsuitablebattery

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3)Setupthevideolink

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4)Runthewizard

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1)InstallCompatibleR/CReceiver

TheVortex250Proisshippedwiththreereceiverinterfacecables,oneforCPPM,oneforS-Bus,

andonefortheSpektrumreceivers.

Cleanflightprovidesalistofreceiversstatedasworking,sopleasecheckifyoursislisted

here:https://github.com/cleanflight/cleanflight/blob/master/docs/Rx.md

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CPPM

Asitships,theCPPMcableispre-installedinthequad.IfaCPPMreceiveristobeused(such

astheEzUHF,orotherCPPMreceiverson2.4GHz)thereceivercansimplybeattachedtothe

rearmountingplate,andthecableconnected.Noothercablingisrequired.

CPPMsendsallPPMchannelsdownasinglecable,andeliminatesthemassofwiringthat

mostmini-quadshavetocontendwith.

NotethattheVortex250ProisnotcompatiblewithstandardR/Creceiverswithmultiple

channelsofPWM,eachconnectedviaaseparatecable. 

Thereceivershouldbemountedontherearofthequad,ontheshelfprovided.Avelcrostrap,or

apieceofdouble-sidedtapeisthebestwaytomounttheareceiver.

SBus,orSpektrum

Tosupportoneofthesereceivers,acablemustbeinstalledinthequad,whichdoesrequire

removingafewscrewstoaccesstheconnector.

1) Removethescrewspointedtobelow:

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2)Alsoremovethetwoscrewsatthebottomoftheright-handside-plate,andremovethe

side-plate.

3)RemovetheinstalledCPPMcable.

4)Lookingintherightsideofthequad,awhiteconnectorisvisibleonthefusion(flight

controller)board.

InstalltheincludedS-Bus,orSpektrumcable,asrequired.Notethatthefactthatthetopplate

screwsareremovedontherearofthequadmeansthatthetopplatecanbeeasedupafew

millimeterstoallowtheconnectortobeinstalled.Don’tforcethetwoaparttoomuch,orrisk

damagingthePDB.

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NotesonReceiverSelection

Onecriticalparametertokeeptoaminimuminaracequadsetupislatency.Latencyfromwhat

thecameraseestothedisplaydevice,andalsofromthecontrolsticktotheflightcontroller.

Forminimumlatency,withreasonablerange,theSpektrum™radiosandsatellitereceiversarea

greatchoice.Anothergood(andquitecommon)choiceistheFrSkyTaranisradiowitha

matchedS-Busreceiver(X4Rforexample).

Forlonger-rangeFPV,theEzUHFsystemisagoodchoice.Duetothecloseproximityofthe

electronicsandVideoTransmitteronamini-quad,andthelackofasuitableground-plane,a

diversityreceiver,withdipoleantennasishighlyrecommended.

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Note:AnupdatetoallexistingEzUHFsystemswillbeavailableearlyDec.2015,whichwillenable

anS-Busoutput,asopposedtothemoretraditionalPPM.Thiswillgreatlyreducelatency.

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ReceiverAuto‐Detection

AuniquefeatureoftheVortexfamilyofquadcoptersisthatthereceivertypeisauto-detectedby

theOSDwhenrunningthewizard.

WiththeVortex250Pro,itisnolongernecessarytomanuallyspecifythereceivertypewiththe

ImmersionRCToolsbeforerunningthewizard.

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R/CTransmitterConfiguration

DependingupontheR/Ctransmitterinuse,certainparametersneedtobemodifiedinorderto

ensurecompatibilitywiththeVortex250Pro,andmoreimportantlywiththeCleanflightFlight

Controllerfirmware.

Inallcases,duringthewizardsetup,thecurrent‘PPMValue’isshownon-screenbesideeach

control.Thisvaluemustbeascloseaspossibletoamin.of1000,centerof1500,andmax.of

2000.

Itishighlyrecommendedtostartwitha‘clean’configuration(newmodel)forallradios.

Spektrum™Radios

Spektrumradiosneedthefollowingconfiguration:

- Twochannelsneedreversing,AIL,andRUD.

- Mapchannel5toa2or3-positionswitchtocontrolflightmode(Acro/Horizor

Acro/Level/Horiz).

- Verifythattheendpointsare1000/1500/2000asdescribedabove.

FrSkyTaranisRadio

- Mapchannel5toa3-positionswitchtocontrolflightmode(Acro/Level/Horiz).

- Verifythattheendpointsare1000/1500/2000asdescribedabove.

FutabaS‐BusRadios

- Mapchannel5toa3-positionswitchtocontrolflightmode(Acro/Level/Horiz).

- ReversechannelsELEandTHR

- Changesubtrimto-31forTHR,AIL,ELE,RUD

- Changetravelto+/-119onallchannels.

- Verifythattheendpointsare1000/1500/2000asdescribedabove.

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2)InstallaSuitableBattery

TheVortexhasaflexiblebatterymountingsystem,andusesanindustry-standardXT-60

connector.Thisallowsittouseawiderangeofdifferentbatteries.

Tohelpselectasuitablebatteryforyourflying-style,readthissectioncarefully:

Voltage

Firstthingsfirst,voltage.ForstartingoutwiththeVortex,a3s(11.1V)packisrecommended.

AVortexrunning4s(14.8V)isanextremelyfastrace-quad,whichcaneasilygetapilotinto

trouble.

A3spackcalmsthingsdownabit,andisagoodwaytoeaseintothehobby,hencenovice

pilotsshouldcertainlystartouton3s.

Notethatthe20AESCsinstalledintheVortex250Prodosupport‘LiHV’packs,withacellvoltage

of4.35Vasopposedtothestandard4.20VcellvoltagewithLiPopacks.

Capacity

Forcapacity,thereareafewthingstoremember.Firstly,keepingweightdownonamini-quadis

thebestwaytoincreasecrashsurvivabilityaswellasimproveacceleration,climbspeedand

generalagilityofthequad.

Alsorememberthatmostracesarejustafewlaps,soahugecapacitybatteryisjustdead

weight,andwillneverbedrainedinthetypicalrace.

1300mAhpacks,orsimilar,areImmersionRC’schoiceforracing.3sforbeginners,4sforpros.

‘C’Rating

For‘C’rating,theVortexinstocksetup,with5045props,canpullover80Ampsduringfast

pull-outs.A1300mAhpack,witha25Crating,isgoodforabout32A,andwillhaveit’susablelife

reducedwhenpullingmuchmorethanthat.

Thesepackshavebeentestedforthe3sconfiguration

-Turnigynano-tech1300mAh3S45~90CLipoPack

-Lumenier1300mAh3s60cLipoBattery(XT60)

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Andtheseforthe4s

-Turnigynano-tech1300mAh4S45~90CLipoPack

-Lumenier1300mAh4s60cLipoBattery(XT60)

-ReadyMadeRC‘OrangeSeries’,60C1300mAh,4s

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-AerialVisionsInc,4s1300mAh60C

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Wheninstallingtheselectedbattery,payattentiontotheCenterofGravitymarkonthebottom

oftheVortex.TheCOGisnotthatcriticalonaquadofthisclass,butitdoesn’thurttorespectit

ifpossible,especiallywhenracing.

TheadditionofaheavyGoPro,onthenoseofthequadmayneedaheavierbatterytore-balance

thequad.

NotethatthelargestbatterythatcanbeinstalledsafelyontheVortexisapprox.86mmlong,by

50mmwide.Theselargerpacksarenotgenerallyrecommended,duetothedamagethatthe

extramasscandoinacrash.

NOTE:Ensurethatthebatteryissecurelymountedontheanti-slippad,withatleasttwo

batterystrapsinstalled.Thebatteryshouldnotbeabletomovearoundinflight.Alsomake

suretheplasticlinerontheanti-slippadisremoved!

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ANOTHERNOTE:Ensurethatyourmainbatterycables,andalsothebalanceleadsare

securedinthestraps,andcannot,underanycircumstances,touchtheprops.

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Slicedbatterycablesand/orbalanceleadsareacauseofexpensiveshorts,fires,and

crashes!

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3)SetuptheVideoLink

Toavoidthetraditional‘dip-switchchaos’atraceevents,theVortexdoesnotuseaDIPswitch

todefineVideoTxchannels.Instead,theOSDisresponsibleforsettingthechannel,andband.

TheVortexshipswithadefaultTxfrequencyof5740MHz,whichcorrespondsto

ImmersionRC/FatSharkfrequencies,Channel1.

IfyouarerunningImmersionRCreceivers,oraFatSharkheadsetusingthestandard5.8GHz

module,justselectChannel1,andthewizardimageshouldbeshown.

Ifyouarerunningnon-ImmersionRC/FatSharkgearwhichcannottuneto5740MHz,itmaybe

necessarytoswitchbandsontheVortexbeforethewizardimageisdisplayed.Todothis,set

yourreceivertoChannel1,andusethebuttonontheLEDboard(rearofthequad).

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Toswitchbands,pressthebuttonontheLEDboardforapprox.2secondsuntilyouhearthe

firstbeep,andrelease..

TheVortexwillbeepanumberoftimes,representingthebandnumber.Eachtimethebuttonis

pressed,thebandnumberwillbeincremented.

Theband/beeporderisasfollows:

Band1:IRC/FS(5740MHz)

Band2:RaceBand(5658MHz)

Band3:BandE(5705MHz)

Band4:BandB(5733MHz)

Band5:BandA(5865MHz)

Forafulllistofchannelfrequenciesforeachband,pleaserefertothefullInstructionManual. 

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4)RuntheWizard

IntheworldofR/C,thereislittlestandardizationbetweenequipmentmanufacturersasfaras

controlsticktochannelmapping.Thereisalsolittleagreementbetweenusersastowhichof

the4controlmodesshouldbeused.

SinceintheVortex,boththeOSD,andtheFlightControllerneedtoknowthechannelmappings,

a‘TxSetupWizard’isincludedtogreatlysimplifytheprocess.

Thiswizardalsoconfiguresvariousflightcontrollerparameterswhichwouldnormallyrequirea

personalcomputer,withaUSBconnectiontothequadcopter.

NOTE:Thewizardshouldallowabrand-new,unconfiguredVortex,toberemovedfromits

shippingboxataraceevent,andpreparedforflightinlessthanaminute,withnotools,or

USBhookupsrequired.

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Forthetechies,thereisafulldescriptionoftheconfigurationstepsperformedneartheendofthe

fulluser’smanual,under‘AppendixA:TheWizard-Details’.

ThefirsttimetheVortexispoweredup,theTxSetupWizardispresented,asshownafterthe

mode1/mode2controldescriptionsbelow.

Followingtheinstructionson-screen,5simplesteps,willconfigurethe4flightchannels,and

oneauxiliarycontrol(CH5)whichwillcontroltheflightmode.

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