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Contents

About E-SHARK ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

Main Components .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Flight Controller Board ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

615 Motors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Propellers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Other Components ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Remote Control ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Control During the Flight .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Trial Flight ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Download the Materials............................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Install the Driver ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

About GUI ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

SETUP Interface ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

PID Interface ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17

RECEIVER Interface ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18

DATA Interface ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Configure the Transmitter in GUI ................................................................................................................................................................................. 20

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Configure Flight Parameters in GUI ............................................................................................................................................................................ 22

Calibrate Gyroscope .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Calibrate Accelerometer ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 25

Assemble or Disassemble? ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 26

Fine Tuning ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

Precautions During Flight ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 30

Stunt Flying ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31

Install the Arduino IDE ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

Upload the Code .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33

Troubleshooting & Precautions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 35

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About E-SHARK www.sunfounder.com

E-SHARK is a mini drone with a cute appearance. Since its shape is similar to shark, it is named E-SHARK. Its simple structure makes it easy

to assemble. With protective motor bumpers, it’s safer for beginners to play. It’s an interesting and learning toy. However, the E-SHARK

is not only a toy – through its application, you can not only learn much basic knowledge about quadcopter and radio transmitter control,

but also, which is more important, assemble your own copter.

1.1 Specifications

Size: 6.6cm (distance between diagonal motors) Weight (battery and camera not included): 22.1g

Motor model: 615 DC motor working voltage: 3.7V

Blade/Propeller: 4-blade propeller Receiver: PPM

Battery: 1S Li-po battery

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Main Components www.sunfounder.com

Exploded View of E-SHARK

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Flight Controller Board www.sunfounder.com

Sizing 45.5*22mm, the flight controller board adopts MWC flight control firmware which is written in Arduino IDE. It supports several AVR

development boards by Arduino such as Pro Mini, Pro Micro, Mega, etc. This flight control board here integrates ATmega328P chip,

MPU6050 accelerometer, and gyroscope, thus providing excellent flight performance with only a small PCB. It's powered by a 3.8V Li-

po battery.

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615 Motors www.sunfounder.com

Motor Diameter: 6mm

Motor Length: 15mm

Shaft Diameter: 0.8mm

Cable Length: 56mm

Weight: About 1.8g

Option: With 1.25mm JST Plug

No load speed: 67000±15% rpm

Works for Blade Inductrix, Tiny Whoop, Nano QX etc.

Motor wire: Red & Blue (CW motor), Black & White (CCW motor)

The motors provide impetus to the aircraft. They can be categorized to CW and CCW types. When mounting them on the aircraft,

ensure the two diagonal motors are of the same type.

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Propellers www.sunfounder.com

There are CW and CCW propellers too. How to tell them apart?

Place the propeller on a flat surface, check the curved side of the blades. As we can see, the left one with the curve brim at the right

side is a CW propeller, when the right one with the curve brim at left is a CCW one.

When mounting the propellers, ensure the two diagonal propellers are of the same type. And the rotating direction of the motor and of

the propeller onside should be matched, i.e. if the motor is a CW one, the propeller will be a CW one too, and vice versa.

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Other Components www.sunfounder.com

1. Mini USB Cable x 1 2. PL2303 USB to Serial

Module x 1 3. 6-Pin Connector Cable x 1

To connect PL2303 module with PC;

Length: 1M

To connect flight controller

board with PC

To connect flight controller board with

PL2303 module

4. Philp Screw Driver 5. Propeller Remover

To tighren the screws on the aircraft To remove the propeller

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6. Charging Board 7. 3.8V 210mAh battery x 2

To charge the battery To power the aircraft

E-SHARK adapts the 1S 3.7V Li-po battery for power, and remember to fully recharge it before using.

A 3.7V 1-12P Micro+Battery Extension board is provided in the kit to recharge the battery. You can connect the board to the computer

or a socket with the Micro USB cable, or connect it to a DC power to

charge with the two wires.

Precautious items for battery usage:

The charging indicator will turn yellow during charging, and dim after fully

charged.

1) DO NOT directly connect the two wires to avoid a short circuit.

2) DO NOT throw batteries into fire or water.

3) Do not dispose of batteries in the trash directly. Please place them in

the appropriate collection container for recycle.

4) Store batteries in a cool, dry place at normal room temperature.

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Remote Control www.sunfounder.com

This is a 6-CH 2.4GHz RF transmitter with PPM signal mode only. It’s a left throttle one and powered by six 1.5V batteries.

Besides, it’s equipped with a 6-CH receiver.

Note：The power indicator is steady on normally; during flight, the flashing warns a low power state of the battery

Transmitter Specification:

Working Frequency: 2.400-2.4835MHz ISM BAND Modulation: FSK

TX Power: 13 dBm typical TX Current: 60mA typical

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Modulation Signal: 6-CH transmitter standard PPM PWM Working Voltage: 9 VDC (6*1.5V)

Control Distance: > 500m (in actual measurement)

Receiver Specification:

Working Frequency: 2.400-2.4835GHz ISM BAND Working Voltage: +4-8VDC

Working Current: 20mA typical RX Sensitivity: -100dBm typical

Demodulation Signal: 2–6 CH standard PPM PWM With adjustable sensitivity & signal pairing indicator

Receiving Distance: > 500m (in actual measurement)

Operations:

1. About pairing, here're the steps: Connect the receiver to the flight controller,

press and hold the pairing button and release it, and you'll see the LED on the

receiver blink. Turn on the transmitter, the indicators on the receiver and

transmitter will flash synchronously, indicating they are matching, then the

indicator may stop blinking and turn into steady, which means the two are

successfully matched. Then they can communicate normally.

2. There is no need to match the receiver later after doing successfully here.

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Control During the Flight www.sunfoudner.com

There are two different types of remote control. They are different in the position of throttle – left (what we provided in this kit) and right.

The throttle controls the motor speed. The higher you push it, the motor rotates faster, and the quadcopter flies higher, and vice versa.

It is quite easy to tell the throttle. Try to pull the two rocker arms. The one that will not restore to the middle is the throttle rocker.

Now let’s check the function of each level.

Throttle

Aircraft(Climb -Sink)

Pitch

Aircraft(Forwards and backwards)

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Roll

Aircraft (Roll to the right and left)

Yaw

Aircraft (turn on its own axis)

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Trial Flight www.sunfounder.com

Power on the aircraft, then place it horizontally. The aircraft will take 5 seconds to self-calibrate. DO NOT move or flip it during the

calibration. If the aircraft fails to self-calibrate on a level surface, remove the battery and reconnect to redo the calibration.

Turn on the transmitter, press SWA to unlock it, then you can see the blue LED light up and stay on steadily after unlocking.

Pull the throttle slightly to check whether the propellers start to rotate. If yes, we can know the transmitter and the aircraft both work

normally.

After each flight, remember to lock the aircraft and remove the battery to recharge.

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Download the Materials www.sunfounder.com

Downloaded the package from our website on LEARN -> Get tutorials -> Aircraft Model -> E-SHARK, then unzip it.

The following folders are included in the package.

SUNFOUNDER_GROUND_CONTROL_STATION: A PC software, to check and adjust the parameters of the aircraft.

Code: Arduino code. The code has been uploaded to the aircraft before shipping, so no need to redo it. If the plane flies unsteadily,

you may need to redo the code uploading. You can refer to Install the Arduino IDE to download if you don’t have it.

Drivers: for PL2303

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Install the Driver www.sunfounder.com

To connect the E-SHARK to the computer, a USB to Serial module will be used. Here we use the PL2303 module, which applies PL2303

DSP, and with an anti-plug cable to connect to the flight controller.

After connecting the flight controller to the computer, you need to install the driver manually, or it will fail to be recognized and a

message “Unknown Device” will be prompted.

The driver for PL2303 needs to be installed. You can find Windows and Mac OS X version drivers under E-SHARK\Drivers. Choose a suitable

one to install for your OS.

If you don’t know how to install, find the PDF file Installation Guide in the package, then follow the instructions to operate.

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About GUI www.sunfounder.com

Before opening the GUI, you need to install JAVA on your computer. If not, when you click the .exe file for the GUI, the window will

appear “This application requires a Java Runtime Enciroment 1.7.0_40”. So please first download JAVA at https://www.java.com/en/ .

Open SUNFOUNDER_GROUND_CONTROL_STATION and you can see the options for Linux32 and 64 bit and Windows 32 and 64 bit. Select

the version for your own PC. Open the SUNFOUNDER_GROUND_CONTROL_STATION.exe, and you can see the main interface of the

configuration software, which is to check and change the parameters of the aircraft. The four tabs in the red frame are the main

menu functions.

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SETUP Interface www.sunfounder.com

There're four interfaces in the software: SETUP, PID, RECEIVER and DATA.

Setup Interface:

1) In Red Frame: To show the serial port number of the aircraft

2) In Green Frame: To start the communication between the aircraft and the GUI. The detailed tutorials are in later part.

3) In Blue Frame: To change the baud rate of the serial port.

4) In Orange Frame: To show the aircraft’s roll, pitch, yaw angles and flying direction

5) In Pink Frame: To show the aircraft’s flight performance in real time

6) In Black Frame: To show the present time.

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PID Interface www.sunfounder.com

The main area in the red frame is to modify the aircraft parameters and configure the aircraft. When the aircraft is connected to the

GUI successfully, it will show the present mode, and the channel states of AUX1, AUX2, AUX3, and AUX4.

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RECEIVER Interface www.sunfounder.com

In the receiver interface, two parts are included: the red frame area is SunFounder website, forum, and WiKi, for you visit the page by

direct clicking.

In the orange frame, we can see the channels of the transmitter. After it's well connected to PC, we can see the value changes when

you pull the corresponding lever. Thus we can make sure whether the transmitter and the receiver communicate well.

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DATA Interface www.sunfounder.com

This interface is to show the parameters of the attitude for the aircraft. Thus we can check whether the transmission and sensor work

normally or not. Those curves in different colors are corresponding to the values in the left. And we can also adjust the two axes to

change the display scale by the scale in the blue frame.

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Configure the Transmitter in GUI www.sunfounder.com

Open SUNFOUNDER_GROUND_CONTROL_STATION.exe under E-SHARK\application.windows32\application.windows32

Then select the proper serial port. Double-click READ, and then START. Turn the aircraft over. If the data in the right side changes

correspondingly, it means they are connected successfully.

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Click RECEIVER, pull the levers for different channels to check the corresponding bars change or not.

When you pull one lever, and the values of two channels change at the same time on the GUI, it proves the mix function has been

enabled. Just press the mix button to turn it off.

Pull each channel lever except the throttle to the middle, and check whether the values of Pitch, Roll, and Yaw on the Receiver stay at

1500 or not. If not, pull the corresponding trim button until the values change to 1500.

Now the configuration is done, we can try to fly it.

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Configure Flight Parameters in GUI www.sunfounder.com Check the parameters’ curves in DATA interface. Observe whether the ACC, GYRO and MAG curves get normal. They should be all

leveled as shown below.

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If they are not leveled lines, place the aircraft on a leveled surface, go to PID interface, and click CALIB_ACC to calibrate.

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Calibrate Gyroscope www.sunfounder.com Place the aircraft on a leveled place after connecting to power. The blue indicator will flash if the aircraft is not leveled, and the drone

cannot be unlocked. Only when you place it leveled, the blue indicator will dim, then you can unlock the aircraft, and the blue indicator

will be on constantly.

Place the E-SHARK as flat as possible. Pull the Throttle, Pitch and Yaw to lowest .The blue LED on the flight control board will blink for

about 2 seconds and then light up constantly. So the calibration is done.

Pull the lever like the following:

Kind reminder: When pulling the throttle to lowest, you may first pull the Pitch to the lowest and then the Yaw to left.

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Calibrate Accelerometer www.sunfounder.com

Place the flight control as flat as possible. Push the throttle to highest, pull the Pitch to lowest and Yaw the leftmost. The blue LED on the

flight control board will blink for about 2 seconds and then stop. So the calibration is done.

Pull/push the lever like this:

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Assemble or Disassemble? www.sunfounder.com

This kit is a pre-assembled one, so no need to redo. But if unfortunately, the motor or receiver gets broken, we need to know how to

disassemble them. Here is how to do:

1) Remove the protective case 2) Remove the camera by the soldering pin

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3) Remove motor wires by soldering pen before disassembling the flight controller 4) Remove the flight controller board

5) Remove the propellers with propeller remover

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6) Remove motors 7) Take out the sponge and battery

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Fine Tuning www.sunfounder.com

Place the copter flat on a level surface in an open environment. Now you may calibrate the gyroscope and accelerometer and unlock

your plane. First push the throttle up slowly and stop pushing when the copter is about to take off (but not yet). Observe whether it tilts

forward/backward or right/left, or spins. If any of these happens, try the following steps:

Solution 1: Fine adjust the radio transmitter control rudder

Aircraft States Solutions

If the copter tilts to the left Push the Roll trim switch to the right.

If it tilts to the right Pull the Roll trim switch to the left.

If it tilts forward, Pull the Pitch trim switch down.

If it tilts backward, Push the Pitch trim switch up.

If it spins clockwise (top view) Pull the Yaw trim switch to the left.

If it spins counterclockwise (top view) Push the Yaw trim switch to the right.

As for how much to push/pull the switch, it depends on the tilt. Repeat the steps above until the copter does not tilt or spin any more

when you push the throttle only.

Solution 2: Fine adjust the accelerometer (note: spinning cannot be adjusted). If the copter tilts to the left, lock it first. Push the throttle

rocker arm to highest, Roll to the rightmost and back to the middle. Then you can see the blue LED on the flight control blinks fast for 1

second and then go out. It means you just completed a successful calibration. But whether the adjustment is precisely what it needs,

you need to observe the tilting of the copter. If it tilts a lot, you may need to repeat the operation for many times until no tilting appears.

1. Similarly, if the copter tilts to the right, lock it first. Push the throttle to highest, Roll to the leftmost and back to the middle. Then you

can see the blue LED on the flight control blinks and then go out. Then you complete a single round of fine tuning.

2. If the copter tilts forward, lock it first. Push the throttle to highest, Pitch backward and then back to middle. Then you can see the

blue LED on the flight control blinks and then go out. Then a single round of fine tuning is done.

Repeat these steps until the copter does not tilt any more when you push the throttle only. How to fine adjust the accelerometer:

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Precautions During Flight www.sunfounder.com

Please fly your copter in an open environment where there are few people.

To avoid the interference by magnetic field and airflow of Earth surface as possible, please fly the quadcopter to 1m or higher.

Please avoid quadcopter crashing into other objects in case of possible propeller damages.

At the beginning of flying, you may find it difficult to control the plane and it happens that the quadcopter hits something hard.

CHILLAX! And pull the throttle to lowest AT ONCE! Or the motors may got clogged, which can generate huge heat and burn the

motors.

Having performed the operations above and learned the precautions, you can fly your copter now! So just hold your radio transmitter

control, push the throttle and the aircraft takes off. Try to fly it in each directions, forward or backward, right or left, and spin clockwise

or counterclockwise. Enjoy the flying!

But for your first flights, please have your trial somewhere few people tread in case of danger. Read and bear the above-mentioned

safety precautions in mind. Fly the quadcopter properly and deal with accidents if any happens.

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Stunt Flying www.sunfounder.com

The stunt flying with a quadcopter is advanced playing with the plane and requires very high skills. You are not recommended to try this

type before getting proficient in performing the basic operations. Under this flight mode, the aircraft flies extremely fast and each aspect

of flying becomes quite acute. Therefore, you need to pay more attention to safety issues in this occasion.

If you've flied much before, and are fairly skilled at flying and confident enough, you may try the stunt flight operations!

For stunt flying, you need to set the flight parameters in GUI. Adjust the RATE values as shown in the figure below. The higher you set

them, the more agile the quadcopter can be. The upper RATE value is to adjust the agility of the plane in the pitch and roll directions,

when the lower is to do that in yaw. Both values range from 0.00~1.00.

You may try to increase them slowly, get familiar with the changes in flying your quadcopter and eventually make them fit your flying

operations most. Kindly reminder again: PLEASE safely fly the quadcopter! Keep our safety use instructions in mind.

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Install the Arduino IDE www.sunfounder.com

The code in this kit is written based on Arduino, so you need to install the IDE first. Skip it if you have done this.

Go to the arduino.cc website and click Software. On the page, check the software list on the right side under Download the Arduino

Software.

Find the one that suits your operation system and click to download. There are two versions of Arduino for Windows: Installer or ZIP file.

You're recommended to download the former.

When all the installation completes, click Close, and then you can see the Arduino icon on your desktop.

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Upload the Code www.sunfounder.com

Connect the USB-to-Serial module with the flight control.

Open the code MultiWii_2_2_SE_PPM_20170228 under E-SHARK\Code Click Tools>Board>Arduino Pro or Pro Mini.

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Upload the Code www.sunfounder.com

Then click Tools>Processor>ATMega328 (5V, 16MHz)

Select the corresponding Port. Click Upload and wait till it's done.

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Troubleshooting & Precautions www.sunfounder.com Troubleshooting

If the radio transmitter control fails to control the quadcopter, refer to Matching radio transmitter control with Receiver.

Switch on the quadcopter and the blue LED indicator keep blinking, and the copter cannot be unlocked.

--- Calibrate the gyroscope and accelerometer referring to Gyroscope and Accelerator Calibration.

The quadcopter cannot fly steadily after taking off.

--- First make sure you've opened the self-stabilization mode on the GUI.

After a long time, my quadcopter flies less steadily than it does at the beginning.

--- The propellers and motors are consumables and their lifetime may reduce with each usage.

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Precautions

Ensure the safety of yourself and others during the flying.

The assembly of the quadcopter should comply with the instructions above.

Please conform to the local aviation regulations and do not fly in the no-fly zone.

Observe laws and regulations. Do not perform illegal actions with copter.

Properly use the battery and other craft components.

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