I bought one of these little Cheerson CX10 quadcopters from an online supplier and when it arrived it was a bit frustrating to get going because the instructions were not in very good English. But I worked it out and it's a great little thing.
The purpose of this video is to save you the grief of decrypting the instructions so you can just get on with playing with the thing.
Things worthy of note are that there are two types of blade. Clockwise and counterclockwise. If you put them on the wrong motor the quadcopter will do very weird things. I recommend putting a marker pen dot on one diagonally opposing set of blades as soon as you get it. There are spare blades of either type and you will need to compare them for the way the blades slope if you have to put new ones on.
The charging circuitry is built into the USB plug. A red LED shows when the charge has completed. Do not leave the quad on charge continually and do not leave the charging lead plugged into it when it's not charging as it may run the battery down.
There are two types of controller. Left hand throttle and right hand throttle. The throttle makes the blades spin faster and the quad lift upwards. It's the only joystick movement that doesn't have spring loaded return to centre. That same joystick also does the "rudder" function that makes the quad spin on the spot in either direction.
The other fully spring loaded joystick is for backwards, forwards, left and right (in non geek-speak.)
The remote control needs two AAA alkaline cells to operate.
After charging the quad you will need to pair it with the remote controller each time you use it. To do this, turn on the quadcopter and place it on a flat surface. It's LEDs will be blinking. Place it with the red LEDs towards you (it's rear). Then make sure the remote controller has it's throttle joystick fully moved towards you (the side with the on-off button) and then turn the remote controller on and after a moment push the throttle fully forwards and you'll hear a beep and see the quad's lights react. Now pull the throttle fully back again and you're ready to fly.
To calibrate the quadcopters accelerometers/gyro put it on a flat surface and push the non-throttle lever up to its top left position and then move the throttle lever to its lower left position. If successful the quad's LEDs should blink on one side after a second or two.
To fly the quad after pairing, ease the throttle forward slowly until the quadcopter starts lifting off the ground. It requires a delicate balance to keep it at a specific height, so don't get too violent with the throttle lever. If the quad drifts in still air then you can compensate with the two pairs of trim buttons that adjust the effective centering position of the steering control.
After that it's really just down to playing with it to get a feel for how it flies and behaves.
If it crashes put the throttle down to the bottom position immediately. But if the motors stall the quad will go into standby mode immediately and flash all its LEDs to aid location. It will need switched off and on as will the controller for pairing again.
If the quad refuses to fly and just flashes its LEDs then it may need recharged.
Enjoy. These things are great to play with.
The purpose of this video is to save you the grief of decrypting the instructions so you can just get on with playing with the thing.
Things worthy of note are that there are two types of blade. Clockwise and counterclockwise. If you put them on the wrong motor the quadcopter will do very weird things. I recommend putting a marker pen dot on one diagonally opposing set of blades as soon as you get it. There are spare blades of either type and you will need to compare them for the way the blades slope if you have to put new ones on.
The charging circuitry is built into the USB plug. A red LED shows when the charge has completed. Do not leave the quad on charge continually and do not leave the charging lead plugged into it when it's not charging as it may run the battery down.
There are two types of controller. Left hand throttle and right hand throttle. The throttle makes the blades spin faster and the quad lift upwards. It's the only joystick movement that doesn't have spring loaded return to centre. That same joystick also does the "rudder" function that makes the quad spin on the spot in either direction.
The other fully spring loaded joystick is for backwards, forwards, left and right (in non geek-speak.)
The remote control needs two AAA alkaline cells to operate.
After charging the quad you will need to pair it with the remote controller each time you use it. To do this, turn on the quadcopter and place it on a flat surface. It's LEDs will be blinking. Place it with the red LEDs towards you (it's rear). Then make sure the remote controller has it's throttle joystick fully moved towards you (the side with the on-off button) and then turn the remote controller on and after a moment push the throttle fully forwards and you'll hear a beep and see the quad's lights react. Now pull the throttle fully back again and you're ready to fly.
To calibrate the quadcopters accelerometers/gyro put it on a flat surface and push the non-throttle lever up to its top left position and then move the throttle lever to its lower left position. If successful the quad's LEDs should blink on one side after a second or two.
To fly the quad after pairing, ease the throttle forward slowly until the quadcopter starts lifting off the ground. It requires a delicate balance to keep it at a specific height, so don't get too violent with the throttle lever. If the quad drifts in still air then you can compensate with the two pairs of trim buttons that adjust the effective centering position of the steering control.
After that it's really just down to playing with it to get a feel for how it flies and behaves.
If it crashes put the throttle down to the bottom position immediately. But if the motors stall the quad will go into standby mode immediately and flash all its LEDs to aid location. It will need switched off and on as will the controller for pairing again.
If the quad refuses to fly and just flashes its LEDs then it may need recharged.
Enjoy. These things are great to play with.
Clive you chose one of the hardest quad copters to fly for your first time. Most drones today fly themselves but this one is too small to have a flight controller or six axis gyro. I kinda prefer them, RC piloting like it used to be!
Have you maybe tried to bind this to a multi protocol radio like Radiomaster TX16S?
What is drone dotkom
When I plug mine into the usb and turn the copter off the light goes on and when I flip the switch the light goes off and all the blades start spinning full throttle? I bought the cord separately mine didn’t come with one but I’m 99% sure it’s the right one what do you think is going on ?
A few years back, I bought a little bit bigger version of this, with a tiny camera built in. I tried to fly it inside an empty site cabin – not a good idea!
I bounced it of the walls, off the ceiling, off the windows and off the floor. Pretty badly bruised and ruined one set of rotor blades. I never did get it to the point of stable flight. I think if I took it outside it would simply go up and sideways, and disappear into the sky.
I want a DJI Mavic, at least they seem to be capable of stable flight and hover with zero user input. If I can get one airborne, then I might be able to attain some semblance of controlled flight.
Oh yes, and watch out, cats love these things and will gladly take it down for the kill, and run away with it!
Pink, pink and dangerous things…
i remember buying one of these little drones once, crashed it a few times, and eventually it must have gotten drone brain-damage cause the thing decided that “Up” was actually now 90 degrees to the side, so it would just fly sideways into the wall, and it wasn’t just a bent blade or anything like that, it would perfectly stabilize itself sideways as long as you held it in the air, but once you let go of it, it would just dive sideways into the ground.
Ive had 2 of these, both lasted about 10 minutes before a motor would fail rendering it useless lol
Sleeve like a hippo's yawn.
My brother got a quadcopter like that but it’s charger was “house burning brand”
The charger lit on fire
THAT IS A FULL SIZE QUADCOPTER! CLIVE IS A GIANT! DON'T BELIEVE HIS LIES! 🤣