A3 3-axis Gyro & Stabilizer User Manual V1.

Caution Notes
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 Before power on, put the aileron, elevator and rudder sticks in the middle position. The gyro will perform
self-calibration and stick centering after you plugging the battery, the LED will keep blinking Blue rapidly for
about 3 seconds while calibrating, don’t move the plane and the sticks until the initialization is done.
 It’s extremely important to verify that the gyro reacts in the correct direction before flight, or it could lead to
losing control or even crash during flight!
 You need to restart the gyro after changing the receiver type to make new setting take effect.
 Never use the delta-wing or V-tail mixing functions of your transmitter.
 A3 supports a wide working voltage from 5 to 8.4V, HV receiver or servo can be used directly.
 The radio control models are not toys. The propellers rotate at high speed and pose potential risk, please carry
out debugging and flying in open space far away from the crowd. The beginner should be directed by someone
experienced.

Features
 One-click Auto Hover!
 4 Flight Modes: Normal, Auto-balance, Auto-hover and Gyro Off modes.
 3 Wing Types: Standard, Delta-wing (Flying-wing) and V-tail.
 3 working frequencies for servos：50Hz, 125Hz and 250Hz；
 Separated gain adjustment for each flight mode.
 Automatic stick centering.
 HV (8.4V) operating voltage supported.
 Futaba S.Bus / S.Bus 2 supported.
 Easy to use, extremely well-suited to beginners.

Specifications
Input Voltage: 5 to 8.4V
Servo Travel: 1520 ± 500μs
Gyroscope： ± 2000dps
Accelerometer： ± 4g
Operating Temp： -40 ℃ ~ 85 ℃
Size： 43 × 27mm
Weight：11 g

Installation
The gyro must be firmly mounted on the platform of the airframe by using the provided double-sided tape, as close to
the CG as possible. The gyro can be attached flat or upright. However, the servo connector pins must always point
toward the rear of the plane (the shorter side with the setting button must always point toward the heading
direction). There’re 4 mounting orientations supported, as shown below.

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Connection
Standard Receiver If a standard receiver is being used, you just need to connect the corresponding channels to
the pins AIL, ELE, RUD, MOD and GAIN using the included receiver wires. The aileron, elevator and rudder should be
always connected or it could not work. The MOD is used for flight mode control, if you don’t connect it the flight mode
will be set to normal as the default. The GAIN is used to adjust the master gain remotely. If you don’t connect it the
gain will be set to 100% all the time as the default. Wiring is as shown in the figure below.

Futaba S.Bus The Futaba’s S.Bus/S.Bus 2 is also

supported by A3. Because the S.Bus is a single-line
solution all channels are transmitted via one single line
you need to establish the first 6 channels in the correct
order in your transmitter before use. Here we use a
R7008SB receiver as an example because it supports
both S.Bus and S.Bus 2. You need to change the mode
for the R7008SB before using its S.Bus outputs, please
refer to the manual of it.

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Delta-wing & V-tail

Never use the delta-wing and V-tail mixing
functions of your transmitter, all you need is to
choose a single 4-channel fixed-wing model in
your radio any time. The right figure shows the
servo connections for a delta-wing or V-tail.

Flight Modes
A3 Supports 4 flight modes, including Normal, Flight Mode Colors of LED Descriptions
Auto-balance , Auto-hover and Gyro Off mode. You
1 Normal Mode Blue Normal Stabilization Mode
can switch them using a 3-way switch on the
2 Auto-balance Red Self-balance Mode
transmitter. But if you are using a 2-way switch
3 Auto-hover Blue & Red Self-hover Mode
instead then you can only use 2 of them during
flight. The color of the LED shows you that the 4 Gyro Off Mode Off Gyro deactivated mode

flight mode currently selected, as shown to the

Modes Position-1 Position-2 Position-3
right.
1 Mode-1 Normal Auto-balance Auto-hover

A3 allows you to choose 4 kinds of mode 2 Mode-2 Normal Gyro Off Auto-balance
definitions for the 3-way switch, the factory 3 Mode-3 Normal Gyro Off Auto-hover
default is Mode-1 (Normal-Balance-Hover). You 4 Mode-4 Auto-balance Gyro Off Auto-hover
can change it through function 7 in the setting
menu, as shown to the right.

Gyro Directions
It’s extremely important to verify that the gyros of all
channels are reacting in the correct direction before flight,
otherwise it could lead to losing control or even crash
during a flight! To perform the examination, power on the
plane, pick it up and check by following the steps in the
figures on the left. If the gyro compensates in an incorrect
direction, reverse it at once!

Aileron Quickly move the right wing downward around

the roll axis. The right aileron surface should flap down and
the left flap up.
Elevator Quickly move the nose of the plane downward
around the pitch axis. The elevator surface should flap up.
Rudder Quickly move the nose of the plane to the left

around the yaw axis. The rudder surface should flap right.

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Setting Methods
Setting Menu
Press and hold down the button for more than 2 seconds (long press), release it when the LED starts to blink Blue&Red
rapidly. In the setting menu, the LED should be blinking Blue&Red for N times in a loop with the sequence by the chart
below. N stands for the number of the setting function.

Functions
When you reach the function that you wish to operate in, quickly press the button once (short press) to enter it.

Parameters
After entering a function, the color of the LED shows you the settings currently selected. Each short press of the button
advances the option to the next value. When you finish making your selections, just wait for 5 seconds then system will
save the modified and back to the setting menu automatically. The colors corresponding to the options for each
parameter are as shown in the chart below. (* is the default setting).

Exit Setting Mode

When back to the menu, long press the button again to exit the setting mode.

Stick Centering
A3 will perform a stick centering automatically every time it starts, so a manual centering is no longer needed. You
just need to keep all the sticks ( except throttle) in their middle position before power on the gyro, and don’t move
them while initializing. You can change the trims or sub-trims settings in your transmitter anytime you need, the new
center positions will be relearned and saved by the gyro next time it starts.

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Level Calibration
This function is only used for auto-balance mode, to establish the appropriate level attitude of the plane. After first-
time installation, or if the plane drops down or up when switch to auto-balance mode, you will need to perform a level
calibration to make the gyro re-learn a new correct level reference. Follow the steps as shown below.

Step 1 Power on the plane and wait until the initialization is done.
Step 2 Place the plane on the ground horizontally. In order to get a better result, it is recommended that you
would need to make the nose of the plane slightly upwards.
Step 3 Enter setting mode and select function 9, when the LED starts to blink Blue & Red, it means that the
calibration is being performed. It will take you about 5 seconds, don’t move the plane during this period.
Step 4 After the calibration is done, exit the setting mode and fly it again.

Vertical Calibration
This function is only used for auto-hover mode, to establish the appropriate vertical attitude of the plane. After first
time installation or if the plane cannot hold hovering correctly when operating in auto-hover mode, you will need to
perform a vertical calibration to make the gyro re-learn a new hovering attitude. Follow the steps as shown below.

Step 1 Power on the plane and wait until the initialization is done.
Step 2 Pick the plane up and make it vertically, both in elevator and rudder directions.
Step 3 Enter setting mode and select function 10, when the LED starts to blink Blue & Red, it means that the
calibration is being performed. It will take you about 5 seconds, don’t move the plane during this period.
Step 4 After the calibration is done, exit the setting mode and fly it again.

Gain Adjustment
There are 3 knobs on the gyro (GAIN1, GAIN2 and GAIN3), they are used to adjust the gyro gain for each flight mode
separately. Clockwise for increase, anticlockwise for decrease. The gain is affected by many factors there is no standard
answer to that how much it should be. You need to fine-tune to get the best result during flights. We suggest you
always start with a lower volume for the first flight and then increase it gradually. The normal gain (Basic Gain) (GAIN1)
will take effect in all flight modes, it’s the most basic feature of the gyro, don’t turn it to 0% anyway. In order to get
the best performance in auto-hover mode, you could try to turn the hover gain on full volume.

Remote Master Gain

The GAIN is used to control the master gain remotely. You can make a linear adjustment by using a knob or slider on
your transmitter, or make a 3-level gain control using a 3-way switch. The master gain is just an optional channel that
the gyro can still work properly without connecting this channel.

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Device Reset
Press and hold the button while power on the gyro, you will see both Blue and Red LED turn on. Keep holding the
button for more than 4 seconds and don’t release it until you see the LED flashes Blue & Red twice, which indicates
that all the settings have been restored to the factory default.

*Voltage Protector
After installing the gyro, the servos will move more frequently than before, it is highly
recommended that a reliable UBEC or ESC be used to provide sufficient working current
for the servos on the plane, otherwise the gyro may become unstable by an occasional
voltage drop. A large capacitor (3300uF/16V) can be used to get a more stable and
secure voltage level. You just need to simply plug it into any open slot of the gyro or the
receiver.

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