Parrot Disco User manual

USER GUIDE

GUIDE UTILISATEUR

GUÍA DEL USUARIO

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PRESENTATION OF THE

PARROT DISCO

GENERAL

CHUCK AUTOPILOT UNIT

Flap

Servomotor

Propeller Flap

Servomotor

Cowling

Fisheye camera

On/off button, warning light and pitot tube Micro USB port

RC remote port

Battery connector

Servomotor

connectors

Central engine connector

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BEFORE GETTING STARTED

DOWNLOAD THE FREEFLIGHT PRO

APPLICATION

FreeFlight Pro application to your smartphone or tablet.

CHARGING THE PARROT DISCO’S BATTERY

The battery must be disconnected from the Parrot Disco.

1.Select the plug for your country and put it on the charger.

2.Connect the cable to the charger.

3.Connect the battery to the charger’s cable, and then plug the

charger into the mains.

The warning light is red while charging and then turns green when

the battery is charged.

The battery charge time is approximately 55 minutes.

The ﬂight time is approximately 45 minutes.

FITTING THE BATTERY

1. Remove the Parrot Disco’s cowling.

2. Place the battery in the

slot provided for this

purpose.

3. Plug the battery into the

Parrot Disco.

4. Close the Parrot Disco’s

cowling.

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Attach the wings to either side of

the Parrot Disco.

Make sure the wings are properly secured

in the servomotors.

ATTACHING THE WINGS PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS

Before each ﬂight with Parrot Disco, make the following checks:

REGULATIONS

Make sure that the use of Parrot Disco is allowed where you are

going to ﬂy.

Check the restrictions regarding the use of Wi-Fi®frequencies in

the place where you are going to ﬂy.

Check the regulations on the use of FPV goggles when ﬂying a

drone where you are going to ﬂy.

FLIGHT CONDITIONS

Make sure you have at least 80 meters in diameter of clear space

for your Parrot Disco to take off and land. Make sure the airﬁeld

has no obstacles that may hinder piloting or prevent visual ﬂight.

Do not ﬂy the Parrot Disco at night.

Do not ﬂy the Parrot Disco over an urban area or in certain places

in the public domain (for example: train stations, airports, etc.).

Check weather conditions. Do not ﬂy the Parrot Disco in rain,

fog, snow or wind over 12 meters per second or 43 km/h.

PARROT DISCO

Make sure the Parrot Disco’s wings are properly secured (see the

Attaching the wings section).

Make sure the Parrot Disco’s battery and your remote control’s

battery are charged (see the Fitting the battery section).

Make sure the Parrot Disco’s cowling is properly closed.

Make sure the Parrot Disco’s warning light is green. This means

the Parrot Disco has acquired the GPS signal.

To remove the wings, pull on them.

Do not move the servomotors with your hand to avoid damaging them.

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CONNECTING

TO THE PARROT DISCO

CONNECTING THE PARROT

SKYCONTROLLER 2 TO THE PARROT DISCO

1.Place the Parrot Disco on a ﬂat surface.

2.Press the Parrot Disco’s On/off button.

>The button ﬂashes red and green once the GPS is connected.

3.Press the Parrot Skycontroller 2’s ON/OFF button to turn it on.

4.Wait until the warning light is a steady green.

You are connected to the Parrot Disco.

If the warning light continues to ﬂash red, you need to calibrate the

Parrot Disco. To do this:

1.In the FreeFlight Pro application, go to Settings > Position,

Distances and limits > Gyros-

cope > Calibrate.

2.Rotate the Parrot Disco on the

Z-axis (yaw).

3.Rotate the Parrot Disco on the

Y-axis (pitch).

4.Rotate the Parrot Disco on the

X-axis (roll).

>The warning light ﬂashes

green. The Parrot Disco is

calibrated.

PILOTING CONFIGURATIONS

There are three piloting conﬁgurations.

Familiarise yourself with no. 1 and no. 2 before using no. 3.

Parrot Skycontroller 2

alone

Parrot Skycontroller 2 and

Parrot Cockpitglasses

TAKEOFF

GPS 97%

0m/s

EMERGENCY

Parrot Skycontroller 2

and smartphone

1 2

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DÉCOLLER

Vous devez décoller face au vent.

1.Placez-vous face au vent en maintenant le corps du Parrot Disco

d’une main.

2.Assurez-vous que le moteur du Parrot Disco est complètement

dégagé.

3.Appuyez sur le bouton de votre Parrot Skycontroller 2.

>Le moteur du Parrot Disco tourne lentement pendant 3 secondes

puis accélère.

>Une fenêtre pop-up «Ready to take off» s’afﬁche sur l’écran de

votre smartphone. Vous pouvez décoller.

4.Lancez le Parrot Disco légèrement vers le haut.

>Le Parrot Disco décolle. Il s’élève à 50 mètres d’altitude puis effectue

des cercles de 60 mètres de diamètre. Vous pouvez alors le piloter.

Note : Pour arrêter le moteur du Parrot Disco,

appuyez à nouveau sur le bouton de votre Parrot

Skycontroller 2.

Si vous ne lancez pas le Parrot Disco 10 secondes

après avoir appuyé sur Take Off, le moteur se coupe.

Appuyez à nouveau sur Take Off pour démarrer une

nouvelle procédure de décollage.

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mmm/s

LANDING

CONTROL SCREEN

Previous screen

Take a photo

Parameters

Speed Parrot Disco’s

battery level

Altitude GPS signal

Return Home

Video recording

Map mode

Distance from your smartphone

Circular landing

Linear landing

Parrot Skycon-

troller 2’s battery

level

Standby mode

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You can conﬁgure and customise the commands in the FreeFlight Pro

application.

LEFT CONTROL

Accelerate

Slow down

LEFT CONTROL

Go down

Go up

Turn right

Turn left

Right orbital

standby mode

Left orbital

standby mode

PILOTING MODES

AUTOPILOT

This mode allows you to securely ﬂy the Parrot Disco. During ﬂight, the

Parrot Disco maintains its speed and maintains its altitude.

FLIGHT PLAN

You can plan your ﬂights thanks to the In-app Flight Plan, available

for purchase in FreeFlight Pro.

You must create and load your ﬂight plan before taking off.

PRELOADING A MAP

1.Make sure your smartphone is connected to the Internet.

2.Enable your smartphone’s GPS.

3.In the FreeFlight Pro application, go to Menu > Settings.

4.Press Preload map.

>A map opens. The blue dot indicates the position of your smart-

phone.

5.Zoom in on your ﬂight area.

6.Press Preload.

7.After preloading is complete, press [ﬂèche] to return to the pre-

vious screen.

CREATING A FLIGHT PLAN

1.Press to enable waypoint editing.

2.On the map, tap where you want to place your ﬁrst waypoint.

>A numbered bubble appears. The number represents the alti-

tude of the Parrot Disco when passing this point.

3.Continue placing your waypoints.

4.Once you have drawn your path, press and hold the last point of

your journey.

>A pop-up window appears. Choose the desired landing mode

(linear or circular). Warning! Circular landing requires an area of

60 metres in diameter free of obstacles.

Your ﬂight plan is created.

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FLYING WITH FLIGHT PLAN

1.Make sure your ﬂight plan is created and loaded.

2.Turn on your Parrot Disco.

3.Wait until the Parrot Disco’s warning light turns green. This means

that the GPS is connected.

4.Connect your smartphone to the Parrot Disco and start the Free-

Flight Pro application.

5.On the Home screen, press Flight Plan.

6.Press Start.

7.Stand facing upwind

8.Make the Parrot Disco take off.

>The Parrot Disco begins the course you set.

MANUAL MODE

You can use an RC remote (not included) to ﬂy the Parrot Disco.

Manual mode offers no piloting assistance for the Parrot Disco. Conﬁ-

gure the channels of your RC remote for the Parrot Disco. To do this,

refer to the manual for your RC remote.

The Parrot Disco is difﬁcult to control without the assistance of

the autopilot. This mode is for expert pilots.

PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

The Parrot Disco can be used in photo mode or video mode.

TAKING PHOTOS

On your Parrot Skycontroller 2, press the

button to take a photo.

The internal memory of the Parrot Disco has a capacity of 32 GB.

The maximum number of stored photos depends on the format

selected.

For good quality photos, make sure the Parrot Disco is in photo

mode.

RECORDING VIDEOS

Recording starts automatically when you press the Take off button.

The icon ﬂashes while recording video.

To stop recording, press the

button.

To record a new video, press

again.

Note : You cannot take videos when the Parrot Disco

is in burst mode.

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RETURN HOME

To make the Parrot Disco return to its starting point, press the

button on the Parrot Skycontroller 2 or on the FreeFlight Pro appli-

cation.

>The Parrot Disco sets its altitude to 50 meters, comes back to-

wards its starting position and makes 60-meter diameter circles

above this position.

Point de départ

Make sure you are in an open environment.

LANDING

To avoid damaging the Parrot Disco, land on a suitable surface,

such as grass, for example.

LINEAR LANDING

1.Position the Parrot Disco facing upwind.

2.Press the button on the Parrot Skycontroller 2.

>The Parrot Disco descends in a straight line and then straigh-

tens and lands softly.

Note : During the descent of the Parrot Disco, you

can over-correct: go up, go down, turn left and turn

right.

80 m

50 m

10 m

To cancel the landing, press the button on the Parrot

Skycontroller 2.

The Parrot Disco goes up to 50 meters and makes 60-meter diameter

circles.

CIRCULAR LANDING

During circular landing, the Parrot Disco makes sure, by itself, that it

lands facing upwind so as to limit its landing speed.

1.Make sure you have an area of at least 80 meters in diameter to

land the Parrot Disco.

2.In the FreeFlight Pro application, press Circular landing .

>The Parrot Disco lands in a spiral.

80 m

50 m

10 m

Circular landing requires a lot of space.

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