User Manual

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Apprentice STS
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Small (Default)
Home Location
Large
Virtual Fence Mode Transmitter Stick Position
Virtual Fence OFF
• Low throttle
• Full right aileron
• Full up elevator
• LED Indication: Slow Yellow fl ash
until home point is set.*
Circle Virtual Fence, Small
(Default)
• Low throttle
• Full left aileron
• Full up elevator
• LED Indication: Slow yellow fl ash
with 1 Red fl ash.*
Circle Virtual Fence, Large
• Low throttle
• Full left aileron
• Full down elevator
• LED Indication: Slow yellow fl ash
with 2 Red fl ash*
Airfi eld Virtual Fence
• Low throttle
• Full right aileron
• Full down elevator
• LED Indication: Slow Yellow fl ash
with 3 red fl ash*
Circle Virtual
Fence
Home Location
Aircraft Heading
No-Fly Zone
above ~20ft (6m)
Flying Area
Airfi eld Virtual
Fence
LEDs are located in the center of the front windshield of the aircraft.
*A purple fl ash will follow all mode indicators to indicate LAS is installed.
Virtual Fence Mode and GPS
CAUTION: Keep aircraft away from magnetic sources such as
cameras, camera mounts, speakers etc. These may interfere with
the GPS system and loss of control may result.
Your aircraft uses GPS to establish a home location and a virtual fence to keep
the aircraft within a given distance from the home location. While fl ying, the
aircraft will automatically turn around and fl y back towards the home location
if it approaches the edge of the virtual fence. Once back inside the fence, the
aircraft will “wag” its wings, indicating full control has been given back to
the pilot.
The Virtual Fence feature is active in all SAFE fl ight modes, provided the GPS
function is active. There are 4 variations of Virtual Fence mode, which are
selectable from the transmitter while the aircraft GPS system initializes.
Virtual Fence Off: turns off the Virtual Fence function.
Circle Virtual Fence, Small (Default): sets the virtual fence in a circle with a
radius of approximately 175 meter from the home location.
Circle Virtual Fence, Large: sets the virtual fence in a circle with a radius of
approximately 225 meters from the home location.
Airfi eld Virtual Fence: sets the virtual fence in a rectangle of approximately
400m long x 200m wide and establishes a “no fl y zone” approximately 10m
(about 30 feet) inside of the center line.
Once a Virtual Fence mode is chosen, the aircraft will remember that mode
until another mode is chosen. It is not necessary to select the Virtual Fence
mode every time the aircraft is powered on.
WARNING: Never attempt to fl y under the no fl y zone. The bottom of
the no fl y zone is elevated to only allow for taxiing of the aircraft in
the pit area of the airfi eld. Due to variances in the barometric sensor,
attempting to fl y in this area may cause the aircraft to suddenly fl y back
toward the home location, during which time the pilot will have no control
over the aircraft until the aircraft reaches the home location. The pilot will
have no way to avoid any obstacles between the no fl y zone and the
home location.
LED Indication
Virtual Fence Off: Slow yellow fl ash until home point is set. Once
home point and direction is set, a solid LED (without LAS installed).
Circle Virtual Fence, Small (Default): 1 Red, 1 yellow fl ash until home
point is set. Once home point and direction set, a solid LED (without
LAS installed).
Circle Virtual Fence, Large: 2 Red, 1 yellow fl ash until home point set.
Once home point and direction is set, solid LED (without LAS installed).
Airfi eld Virtual Fence 3 Red, 1 yellow fl ash Set home, slow yellow
fl ash. Set direction, right or left aileron depending on direction of fl ying
fi eld. Home point and direction set, solid LED without LAS.
*A purple fl ash will follow all mode indicators to indicate LAS is
installed.