YS-X4 Multirotor Flight Controller-Hobby Part I-General Introduction YS-X4 Autopilot system for multirotors continued the innovationality/practicality/convenience style of Zero UAV's products, applied to brand-new design of integrating IMU into one unified box with MC, possessing fashionable apperance with metal texture, comes with free navigation/ click & go/target lock etc. supper cool features, meanwhile it supports various ground station and frame, brings you extremely different flying experience. AUTO NAVIGATION (WAYPOINTS) YS-X4 WIFI Version comes 4waypoints; Navigator Version comes 8waypoints with full features open. Bring you absolutely amazing flying experience. AIRCRAFT TYPES SUPPORTED/CUSTOMIZE PARAMETERS Compatible with various common multirotor platform and support customized Parameters.Support Quad-rotor, Hexa-rotor and Octo-rotor and other common multi-rotor aircrafts. In customized parameters, users can select customize mixer style according to its motors and setup parameters of THR, Course Angle, Roll, Pitch to make it be compatible with Customize Motor Mixer. GIMBAL STABILIZATION YS-X4 gimbal stabilization module is compatible with common 2-axis gimbal structure. One-time parameters setup can correct and adjust the gimbal in time, the autopilot system can read real time at atittude of the aircraft, to make the task loading keep in a stable angle and increase the stabillization duiring arial filming or photography. The scope of gimbal servo output frequency is: 50HZ (analogue servo), 250HZ, 333HZ (digital servo). SUPPORT S-BUS RECEIVER Compatible with most transmitters and receivers in the market, like PCM and 2.4GHz, simple and practical, providing more choices to users. MONITOR REAL TIME POWER AND VOLTAGE The power management module is used on YS-X4 system to calculate the real time consumption. When this module starts to work, autopilot will zero sensor automatically, then GCS will display the current in Ampere & display power consumption in mah according to the output of power management module. MONITOR MOTOR ROTATION SPEED When your're using S-Bus, if the channel C8 A E T R C5 is empty, the speed sensor can be inserted. In "Data" of GCS, it displays the accurate rotation speed of each motor, to monitor the efficiency and balance of multirotor. But when S-Bus is not used, this function doesn t work. BUILT-IN DAMPER There is built-in damper inside IMU, no need to add any additional damper, just simple sticking all-in-one box to the frame can work well.
PPM Supported YS-X4 suports PPM receiver, bring you more concise and amazing flying feelings. INTELLIGENT MOTOR ARM/DISARM Arm motor: After landing or before take-off, only if it is manual mode and the throttle stick is at the bottom position, the insurance can be enabled after 5 seconds; After the insurance is enabled, even if you push the throttle stick, the motors will not work. But you can arm the motor by clicking " enable insurance" in GCS or moving transmitter's stick as V shape to make the motors rotate again. Disarm motor: Only in manual mode and without holding altitude, the motors will stop rotating when pulling throttle stick back to the bottom. In other conditions, the motors will just decline the altitude but not stop rotating. There have 4 ways to stop motors urgently! INTELLIGENT FLIGHT CONTROL MODE Two 3-position switches(ch5&ch6) can decide all flight control modes simply. Manual mode/attitude mode/gps attitude mode is controlled through CH5. Auto Hover mode /Auto Navigation mode /Auto Go Home mode is controlled through CH6. Details: CH5 CH6 It works only when CH5 at position 3 Position 1 Manual Mode Red light blinks for 3 times Position 1 Auto Hover mode Position 2 Attitude Mode Blue light blinks twice Position 2 Auto Navigation mode Position 3 GPS Attitude Mode Green light blinks once Position 3 Auto Go Home mode Remarks 1. CH6 is available only when CH5 is at position 3. 2. Quit from any mode in CH 6, need to switch CH5 from position 3 to other positions. Example: If you want to fly in Auto Navigation mode, switch CH5 to position 3 first, then switch CH6 to position 2. If you want quit from Auto Navigation mode, need to switch CH5 from position 3 to position 1 or position 2.
TARGET POINT LOCK In Auto Hover mode, select any one target point on map and confirm it, the aircrafthead will be lock in pointing to the target point and flight around the target point. It is very easy and convenient by operating aileron to make it fly encircle&elevator to setup the radius. It is suitable for all-round shooting of a fixed scenic spot. "AUTO GO HOME" COMMAND FROM TRANSMITTER In addition to Auto Go Home in Fail-Safe, you can also enable Auto Go Home function from switches on transmitter, and unnessary to turn into Fail-safe mode. FAIL-SAFE AND AUTO GO HOME Anytime when your aircraft gets lost, Fail-safe function can help it stay at a safe position and Auto-hover for 5 seconds then Auto Go Home. LOW VOLTAGE ALERT You can monitor the voltage value directly on GCS or LED light can tell you when voltage is low, but there have one more great way to warn you intelligently-phone vibration! Interval vibration warns you notice that the voltage is getting low. Constant vibration warns you should land your multirotor urgently. LEADING GCS SYSTEM YS-X4 comes with two versions of GCS: Android and PC GCS. Phone/Tablet can be used as ground station, GCS records real time flight data, any time you want to check, you can go there. Designing waypoints on map of GCS, adjusting your multirotor, become much easier and more convenient with this GCS system. In addition, GCS interface can be customized as your requirements and needs. FOLLOW ME Another cool feature comes with YS-X4 as well: Multirotor will fly following up your phone in the condition that the phone has GPS functions. During flight, the aircrafthead will always face to phone, and the direction of aircrafthead is locked. JOYSTICK YS-X4 supports a joystick with extended wifi module, it will bring you a brand-new fly experience! DATA LINK EXTENSION To increase flight range, a data link can be added to YS-X4, like XB-PRO900 which is with 900MHZ frequency/100mw power/115200bps baud rate and support RS232 port UPGRADE YS-X4 Bluetooth version and WIFI version can be upgraded to Navigator version which is a more powerful platform, to satisfy customers on the highly hobby requirements.
Part II-Inbox Functions Support Android phone/tablet &PC as ground station, provide GCS for free of charge to all versions. Versions Functions Hardware Included MSRP(USD) WIFI Version 1 Auto (Takeoff/ Go Home/Landing) 2 Target Lock & Fly encircle (Both ground station and RC Transmitter can control & No limitation) 3 Click/Touch & Fly To Point (Unlimited times, 30 meters Point to Point max, 20 sec wait per completion for next point) 4 Realtime Flight status (Google Earth Map) 5 Auto-Navigation(4 waypoints + 200m Diameter Max) 6 Fail/Safe (Auto Hover--Go home--landing) 7 Low Voltage Alert 8 Gimbal Stabilization 9 Flight Control Mode(GPS Atittude Mode/ Atittude Mode/ Manual Mode) 10 Bluetooth Module Supported 11 Bulit-in Damper Module 12 Optional S-BUS/Ordinary/PPM Receiver 13 Carefree 14 Follow Me 15 Intelligent Motor Arm/Disarm 1 All-in-one box (MC&IMU) 2 GPS&Compass 3 WIFI Module 4 LED Indicator 5 Power Supply module 6 GPS Bracket 7 USB Cable 8 3-Pin Servo Cable 9 Warranty Card 10 Sticker 11 Cable Label $479 Navigator Version What are added? 1 Target Lock & Fly encircle (No limitation) 2 Click/Touch & Fly To Point (No limitation) 3 Auto-Navigation (8Waypoints + no range limitation ) Same As above $639
Part III-TECH Specifications Basic performance Multi Rotor Types supported Quad-Rotor: +4, x4; Hexa-Rotor +6, x6,y6, Rev Y6; Octo-Rotor +8, x8, V8 (Gimbal is unavailable) Flight Performance Hovering position accuracy (GPS mode) Vertical: ± 1m Horizontal: ± 2m Supported ESC output 400Hz refresh frequency Suitable Wind Condition < 8m/s (17.7mph) Recommended Transmitter PCM or 2.4GHz with 6 channels at least and Failsafe function available on all channels Max Tilt Angle 35 Recommended Battery 3S~6S LiPo Max Ascent/Descent Speed <6m/s Power Consumption MAX 2.5W Operating Temperature -5 C to +60 C Ground Control Software Requirement Android / Windows XP sp3 / Windows 7 Hardware Built-In Functions Weight 107g(without WIFI) 146g( with WIFI) Low Voltage Alert Click/Touch & Fly To Point All-in-one Box:70.5mm 43mm 25mm (integrated with IMU) Auto Takeoff & Auto Landing S-Bus Receiver Supported Realtime Flight status Phone Attitude Control LED Indicator: 17mm x 17mm x 5.5mm Three flight control modes Auto-Navigation Size GPS : 55mm (diameter) x 11mm Intelligent Failsafe Joystick Control Wifi:65mm x 40mm x 14.4mm 2-axis Gimbal Support Support Bluetooth module Target Lock & Fly encircle Support WIFI module