HOBBYEAGLE A3 Super - LED Indicator; Start Up Steps

A3SuperUserManualVer.2.6
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7.BrownoutFastRecovery
TherecommendedoperatingvoltageofA3Superis5~6V.Thecontrollerwillperformaprotectiveresetwhenan
unforeseenpowerfailureoccurssuchasavoltagedrop(<2.7V)orinterruptionoftheBEC.Itwilltakeseveral
secondsinnormalstartupprocessbecauseoftheselftestandgyrocalibration,whichwillbeunacceptableduring
flight.Thisfunctionisusedtohandlesuchemergencysituations.Whenanunexpectedreboothappens,the
controllerwillperformafaststartupandresumeworkingveryquicklybyskippingtheselftestandgyro
calibrationtoensurethesafetyofyourplane.Butevenso,themostimportantissueisthatyoushouldalways
chooseareliableBECforyourplane!
8.LEDIndicator
ARGBLEDindicatorisusedforworkingstatusdisplayanderrorreport,shownbelow:
Condition
Color Description
PowerOn
White,2Seconds Readytostartinitialization.
White,FastFlashing Initializing, don't move the sticks and the plane until initialization is
done!
White,1Flash Initializesuccess.
Red,FastFlashing Initializefailed,pleaseretry.
Operating
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Red,SlowFlashing Nosignalchecked,youmustgetAIL,ELEandRUDconnected.
SolidRed Gyrodeactivatedmode,readyforflight.
SolidBlue Normalstabilizationmode,readyforflight.
SolidViolet 3Dflightmode,readyforflight.
SolidWhite Selfbalancemode,readyforflight.
Others
Green,FastFlashing Stickcentering.
Yellow,FastFlashing Levelcalibrating
9.StartUpSteps
Toachievethebestperformance,pleasefollowthestepsbelowbeforeeveryflight:
 Step1  Turnonthetransmitter.
 Step2  A3Superneedstoperformahorizontalcalibrationduringinitialization,beforepoweron,placethe
planeonastableplatformandkeepitinthehorizontalstate.Don'ttakeitinyourhandtopoweron!Theplane
shouldbeplacedfaceupwhateverthemountingwayis,oritmaynotinitializeproperlyorevenresultina
completefailure.SinceVer.2.6thecontrollerwillperformastickcenteringautomaticallyafterpoweron,
pleasekeepallsticks(throttleexcept)inthemiddlepositionbeforepluggingthebattery. 
 Step3  Powerontheplane,theLEDwillturnWHITEforabout2secondsthenbegintoflashrapidly
(about3seconds),whichmeansthecontrollerisinitializing,don’tmovetheplaneuntilinitializationisdone.
AftersuccessfulinitializationtheLEDwillflashWHITEonce.IftheLEDkeepsflashingREDrapidly,youhave
tocutoffthepowerandretry.ThentheLEDwillbegintoflashGREENrapidly(about0.5second)which
meansthestickcenteringisbeingperforming,don’tmovethesticksuntilthecalibrationisdone. 
 Step4  Afterinitialization,thecoloroftheLEDwillshowyouthatwhichflightmodeiscurrentlyselected.
Don'tforgettomovethesticksandcheckiftheservosmoveinthecorrectdirectionbeforeeveryflight.