USER MANUAL
INTEL® FALCON™ 8+ UAS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTEL® FALCON™ 8+ UAS ............................................................................................................. 7
1.1. SAFETY FIRST .........................................................................................................7
1.1.1. Intended Use ......................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.2. Safety Guidelines ................................................................................................................ 8
1.2. UAS AND SAFETY CHECK ...............................................................................11
1.3. PRE-FLIGHT CHECK ...........................................................................................13
1.4. POST-FLIGHT CHECK .......................................................................................16
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM .................................................................................................. 18
2.1. THE INTEL® FALCON™ 8+ UAV ......................................................................18
2.1.1. Central Unit ..........................................................................................................................20
2.1.2. Motor Rails Of The UAV .................................................................................................22
2.1.3. Actively Stabilized Camera Mount (Gimbal) ..........................................................23
2.2. THE INTEL® COCKPIT CONTROLLER (CTR) .............................................23
2.2.1. The Status Display ............................................................................................................27
2.2.2. The Touchscreen Tablet ................................................................................................27
2.3. THE INDEPENDENT CAMERA CONTROL (ICC) .......................................28
2.4. THE 2ND OPERATOR MONITOR ..................................................................29
2.5. PAYLOADS - CAMERA OPTIONS .................................................................30
2.5.1. Changing a Payload (Camera) ......................................................................................32
2.5.2. Payload and Compass Calibration .............................................................................34
2.5.3. Sony Alpha 7R Full Frame Camera ............................................................................37
2.5.4. Inspection Payload ...........................................................................................................41
2.6. THE INTEL® POWERPACK BATTERIES ......................................................46
2.6.1. Charging the Intel® Powerpack Batteries ................................................................49
2.6.2. Operating The BMS Menu .............................................................................................50
2.6.3. .Battery Update ..................................................................................................................53
2.6.4. Battery Information Safety Instructions And Warnings ...................................53
2.7. TRANSPORT CASES & INTEL® BACKPACK ..............................................57
2.7.1. Packing Instructions .........................................................................................................57
2.8. SOFTWARE FEATURE PACKAGES ...............................................................61
2.8.1. Activating Software Feature Packages .....................................................................62
2.8.2. Checking Activated Software Feature Packages .................................................63
2.9. INTEL® FALCON™ 8+ UAV FLIGHT LOGS ..................................................64
3. OPERATING THE SYSTEM .........................................................................................................68
3.1. PREPARING THE INTEL® FALCON™ 8+ UAV ............................................68
3.2. PREPARING THE INTEL® COCKPIT CONTROLLER (CTR) ...................70
3.3. THE TOUCHSCREEN TABLET ........................................................................72
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