C3 enhanced fail-safe, Enhanced fail-safe – DJI Ace Waypoint User Manual

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C3

Enhanced Fail-Safe

Ace Waypoint can detect the fail safe output from your receiver, if you have pre-set fail safe output correctly. Once your helicopter lost

signal from the transmitter, Enhanced Fail-Safe function will control the helicopter automatically and save it in most of the conditions.

1

The Enhanced Fail-Safe (Auto Hovering and Auto Go-

Home) will not be activated, until you’ve correctly Pre-set

Transmitter Command Stick Center Position.

2

The Enhanced Fail-Safe functions will not be working correctly if you have not finished the Auto Mode Test Flight.

Please see Autopilot Test Flight on Page 24 for details.

3

You must perform the following setting under Manual Mode.

4

If GPS signal reception is bad, Auto Go-Home function will not be disable, even it was activated in Ace Waypoint

Assistant, in case the Attitude Hold function will be force to activate instead.

In Ace Waypoint Assistant Software, page

–Enhanced

Failed-Safe:

STEP1: Please configure your autopilot to the best condition,

make sure the helicopter can flight well under GPS

Cruise Mode and GPS Atti. Mode;

STEP2: Switch your Ace Waypoint into Manual Mode;

STEP3: Please record your command stick positions which are

the same as the moment you switched from Manual

Mode (if you changed throttle curve before switching,

use that curve for this setting). You will be asked to

configure your transmitter, and let your helicopter able

to hover with transmitter command stick roughly (Not to

be exact) on their center position. You can read the

[current stick position] which shown as number -1000

to +1000 in real time, click

button, save them into

[Confirmed] group as Tx center position.

You will be noticed by

symbol instead of

button, which means you throttle working range has not

been correctly set or your throttle position is holding on throttle-cut (STOP) position. Please check your throttle-cut switch and throttle

working range setting in Ace Waypoint Assistant page

–Engine. See page16 for details.

STEP4: Must check the confirm box that the Tx center position is correct, otherwise enhanced failed-safe will be disabled.

STEP5: Select protection method, auto Hovering or Go-Home, the following schematic shown is introduction for Go-Home.

1

30m

If GPS satellite found > 6 after boot,
then record Home Location

Home Location

2

Tx

3

Tx

5

(current location lower than HOME) OR (current location higher than HOME)

Tx

Signal lost

Go Home path

Tx

Go Home path

Helicopter

4

Tx

Signal lost > 10s

Stay hover

Ready to

Go-Home

Fail-Safe functions are designed for GPS Atti. Mode and GPS Cruise Mode. Once the helicopter came back to the available

transmitter signal range, switch to Manual Mode then you can re-gain the control right for Ace Waypoint system.

STEP3

STEP5

STEP4

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