RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review – Best-Quadcopter User Manual

June 3, 2024
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RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review – Best-Quadcopter

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FLIGHT SAFETY

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Avoid flying over or near obstacles, crowds, high voltage power lines, trees, airports or bodies of water. DO NOT fly near strong electromagnetic sources such as power lines and base stations as it may affect the onboard compass.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter
03DO NOT fly the drone in adverse weather conditions such as rain, snow, fog or wind speeds exceeding 7m/s or 15.7 mph.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter 04

  •  It’s important to understand basic flight guidelines, for the safety of both you \:, and those around you. Don’ t forget to read the Safety Guidelines before flight.
DRONE PREPARATION

Aircraft DiagramRUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter
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Unfolding Instructions**

Folded station Unfolded station

Connect Battery to the Drone

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lnstallation of TF Card

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Insert the TF card into the slot on the belly of the fuselage, and pay attention to the metal contact surface orientation of the TF card.
Battery Charging
To maximize the battery life, please fully charge the battery before flying the drone. Battery light flashes while charging. When the light becomes solid, the charging is done.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter
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  •  Please use the original cord and 5V 2A power adapter
Battery Removal and Installation

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Tip: Please make sure the battery slot and the drone are perfectly clamped, and there is no gap between, otherwise, the battery may fall during the flight.

TRANSMITTER PREPARATION

Transmitter Diagram
The transmitter needs to be fully charged before flying the drone.RUKO U11
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  •  Please use the original cord and 5V 2A power adapter

Connect the transmitter to the supplied charging cord, and then the USB charging adapter. While charging, the transmitter indicator light flashes, and when it is completed, the indicator will become steady.RUKO U11 Quadcopter
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The Installation Methods of Mobile Phone Holder

Installation

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The Methods of Clamping the PhoneRUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-
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Right stick

  • Scan the QR code and watch the guide video

FLIGHT OPERATION

  1. Download and install APP: RUKO-GPS
    Please choose the corresponding
    QR code to scan and download.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter
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  2. Flight

Connection between Transmitter and Drone

  1.  Turn on the controller
  2.  Push the left stick down to the lowest  position and let go, the light goes off slowly Horizontal groundRUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter 23
  3. Turn on the drone Place the drone on horizontal ground, and long press the power button for 2 seconds to start the machine. The front navigation light flashes and the rear navigation light goes out. At the same time, the remote control “beeps”.
  4.  Connect APP

Connect your smart phone to the wifi named  “drone-**”.

  1.  Rotate the drone horizontally until the transmitter “beeps”. Level correction is complete.
  2.  Rotate the drone vertically until the trans mitter”beeps”. Vertical correction is complete.
  3. When the lights become spinning and flashing,the calibration is done

Please pay attention to the tips on the AppRUKO U11 Quadcopter Review -
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Tips: you need do the right calibration each time you start the drone, or it can”t work normally.
GPS Signal Search
After finishing the aboved steps, the drone will automatically search for GPS signals. When the blue indicator light of the remote control changes from flashing to solid, and it “beeps” at the same time, indicating that the GPS connection is successful. Please make sure the drone has searched a strong GPS signal before flying outdoors, or the return home function will be invalid. (When the GPS signal is weak flying indoors, the flight height is defaulted under 4 meters.)
Please pay attention to the tips of the App, it shows “GPS mode” but not” weak GPS “.
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  1.  Simultaneously push the left and right joysticks inward at 45 degrees to unlock the motor before the drone takes off.
  2. Simultaneously push the left and right joysticks in ward at 45 degrees again, motors stop working.

The drone can only take off when the motors are unlocked.

Control Stick Operation

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After unlocking the motor, push the left joystick upward slowly to make the drone fly. During flight, slowly pull down the left joystick to control the drone’s landing.

TRANSMITTER FUNCTION PROFILE

GPS ON/OFF
GPS is on by default.
GPS OFF: Press the “GPS” button, the transmitter “beeps”and the blue indicator of the transmitter will go off, it indicating the GPS is off.
GPS ON: Press the “GPS” button and the blue indicator of the transmitter will stay bright. It means GPS is restarted.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review -
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Return During the flight, press the “return” button, the transmitter continuously “beeps”, and the drone will automatically return to the take-off point.

  1. When using this function, if the distance between the controller and drone is within 30m, the drone will return at the current altitude. Therefore, you need to notice whether the drone will hit an obstacle when returning at this flying height. While the distance is more than 30m, the drone will firstly fly to the return altitude which you set on the APP and then fly back.
  2. The return function will be triggered automatically when the battery is low, and the drone will return to the position about 30m away from the take-off point. Thus, you can only control the the drone within this distance.

Notice:
While returning, you can do nothing to control over the drone unless you press the Return button again to stop its return. And plese do not fly in windy weather, or the wind will influence the drone’s return.
Follow Function
While flying, press down the Follow Function button, the transmitter “beeps”, and the drone enters the follow mode. Press the button again to cancel this function. In this mode, the drone will automatically follow the phone, so please make sure the controller and drone have connected successfully and you have turned on the mobile location function.Or the follow function will not work.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter 32 Note:
The maximum follow distance between the  drone and phone is less than 30 meters.
Encircling flight
During flight, press the “Encircle” button, the transmitter “beeps” and the encircling flight mode is activated. The drone will fly around a default minimun radius (about 3 meters). In this mode, the left stick can only control the drone’s flying height and by manilulating the right stick, you can adjust the flying radius.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter
33 Speed mode switch
Press “H/L” button and the controller “beeps” three times, it enters the high speed mode . Press down the button again, and the controller “beeps” twice, it enters the middle speed mode. Press down the button the third time, and the controller “beeps” once, it enters the low speed mode.RUKO U11 Quadcopter
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Medium speed: suitable for experienced operator to fly in breeze.
High speed: suitable for professional operator to fly against wind.
If the remote controller cannot control the drone, please check whether the wind speed is too high or the remote controller loses signal. You can adjust the speed to a higher one and wait until the drone flies back to a certain close distance before trying to control it again.
Gimbal Adjustment
Roll Gimbal Rotary Button to adjust Camera Angle.![RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review

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    Tips: If the camera’s angle can not be adjusted by controlling the button, please use your hand to manually adjust after turning off the drone. And start the drone to try again.
    Photo
    Press the “photo” button once to take a picture· it will be automatically saved in your phone.
    When taking a photo, the transmitter will beep once.RUKO U11 Quadcopter
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    Press the “video” button once to activate recording mode. Press it again to stop recording and the video will be saved in the phone (and TF/SD card). Notes for Recording

    1. The APP needs to be authorized to read the phone gallery to view the photos.
    2. Please turn off the drone before taking out the TF/SD card.
APP FUNCTION PROFILE

Pairing Your Device With The Drone

  1.  Insert the battery and power on droneRUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter 40
  2.  Place drone on a flat, horizontal surface
  3.  Turn on “WiFi (WLAN)” of the mobile phone, and choose connection “drone-GPS-**
  4.  Select Go Flying
  5. When you can see the live video on the APP, it means the pairing is successful.

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Control Drone Via APP

Unlock/Lock the motorRUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter
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Take Off and Click icon to take off , the drone will fly up automatically and keep flying at an attitude of  approximately 1.2m.
Note:
This function can be activated indoor and outdoor.
Landing click icon to land , and the drone will land automatically
Note:

  1. This function can be activated indoor and outdoor.
  2. Do not operate the left lever during landing,other wise the current command will auto fail V

Return Home Click  icon to return home, the drone auto returns to the takeoff point. During the automatic return flight, the remote lever is locked. When the drone returns to the takeoff point, press the Return Home Button again to unlock.
Warning:
Do not  operate the left  lever  during  landing or returning, otherwise the current command will auto fail .During the automatic return flight, the remote lever is locked  When the drone  returns to the take off point and points  in the takeoff direction, the  joystick is automatically unlocked
First tap the  icon and then user can choose the desired function:

Select the Jal icon for the waypoint function:

  •  Set the flight route by tapping points
  • Set the flight route by drawing line
  • Delete the   route point one by one
  • Delete all the route
  • The drone will rise to the set altitude and start waypoint flight
  • Select the II icon for “following me” Function, the drone will follow the user. The function is based on the APP signal of mobile phone, make sure the App has connected to the Wifi of the drone.RUKO U11 Quadcopter Review - Best-Quadcopter 48
  • When the drone comes to the function of surround, it will fly to the default position to wait for the next instruction. Thus you can operate the right  control stick to adjust the speed and direction you want. The default radius is the minimum, so the drone can only circling outside the minimum range.
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Turn left, the drone flies clockwise; Move further, the flying speed will become faster. Turn right, the drone flies counterclockwise; Move further, the speed will become faster.
Go downside to enlarge the radius of encircling. Go upward to narrow the radius of encircling. Left Space Stick: when the drone is circling, the left stick controls the altitude only.
(Above operations are the same as remote control)

Calibration

Calibration instructions when the flight is abnormal
After successful frequency pairing, push the Right Stick outward 45 (see below photo) and then release for calibrating horizontal level. The drone body lights flash, this indicates that the drone is calibrating. When the drone body lights become solid, this indicates successful calibration.
(Do not move the Left Stick before successful calibration.)RUKO U11
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When the drone crashes, it may cause the gyro to not recover and cause difficult control, if so, then you need to power off and power on again to calibrate.
Compass calibration
Before flying, you must have the compass calibrated. Since while flying the drone will be in different position, especially in the places with different altitude; or it may influence the accuracy of GPS position. After power on the drone and frequency pairing successfully, then start the calibration after the green light is off as below:
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The aerial photos and videos are stored in the smart phone, view the photos and videos from  Or check the aerial photography data in your mobile phone gallery.
Tip:
Authorize the app to read your mobile phone media data, or you may be unable to view the aerial photography. Click on the video icon to save a video when ending recording, or the video won’t be saved. Please play the video or photo after copying all aerial photography data to computer and make sure the software supports AVI format.
Note

  1. You mustn’t operate the drone before finishing connecting it to GPS signal.
  2. If you can not find the WiFi signal to connect, turn off WiFi and turn on again to search and connect.
  3.  The drone must be kept within the effective control distance of the WIFI.
  4. When alternating control from mobile phone to transmitter, the transmitter left stick must be in the center position, or exit from the APP. If not then can’t change control devices.
  5. Once the phone is connected to the drone, it can no longer be connected to other smart devices.

Do not fly in the following circumstances, some weather and geographical factors, may cause the drone to fly abnormally, and even crash.RUKO U11
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lntelligent Hover
Intelligent flight control can calculate the altitude, the visual system finds the ground position, GPS coordinates allow the vehicle to stay in your desired position. The drone is like a camera fixed in the air.
Aerial photography and control are very convenient.
Notice:
Drone must be connected to GPS properly in order to give full effectiveness to fixed-point hovering function. Atmospheric pressure or wind force affects hovering stability.
Low Battery Alarm
When the battery power of the remote control is almost exhausted, it will make the sound of “di””di””di” constantly to alert you. Now you should land the drone as soon as possible to charge the battery.
Automatic Return
While flying, in case that the battery of the drone is almost exhausted, it will make the sound of “di”. “di” to alert you, the drone’s indicator will flash. After alerting you, the drone will automatically return to the launch point.
Notice:
After low-battery alarm, the drone will return home.
Meanwhile, its controllable range will be reduced to 20 meters
0ut of Range Alarm
When the drone flies beyong the max remote control distance, the transmitter will beep “didi … didi … didi … ” to alert the user to fly back the drone within range immediately. The max distance of flying is 300 meters.
Stuck Protection

  1. When the propeller is stuck and does not rotate, the drone will start the automatic protection function to stop the motor.
  2.  In order to pair the frequency and then release the propellers, return the left stick to the lowest position and then to the middle position, the LED light keeps bright to indicate deactivation of the protection function automatically, then the drone can take off normally.
0ut of Control Protection

The reasons activate the Out of Control Protection mode:

  •  The remote control is off.
  • Flight distance exceeds the effective distance of remote control signal transmission.
  •  There is an obstacle between the transmitter and the drone.
  • Transmitter signal is disturbed.

Out of Control Protection causes the drone flying back to the takeoff position. In case of the drone receives the signal of remote control during flying back, it will standby for user further order.
Flight Trimmer
In case of the drone flies abnormally indoor, calibrate with remote control according to following steps:
Forward / Backward Trimmer When flying, if the drone leans forward, push the left stick down and pull the right stick back. Otherwise push it forward.
Left/ Right Tilt Trimmer When flying, if the drone tilts to the left, push the left stick down, whik pushing the right stick to the right. Otherwise push it to the left .
Left/ Right Rotation Trimmer When flying, if the drone head rotates to the left, push the right stick down, meantime push left stick to right. Otherwise push it to the left.
Gyroscope Calibration
Note:
When the drone doesn’t appear to use the trim correction flight status, or being hit hard, or falling abnormally, need to adjust the frequency again.
After the calibrating of the compass, pull the right control lever to the lower right corner at 45°, and the remote control will make a “di”, and the aircraft light flashes briefly releases, indicating that the gyroscope has been calibrated.
(Drone should be placed on horizontal ground) Attention

  1. Switching sequence. At first, turn on the power of the transmitter, then turn on the drone. When finished, turn off the drone first, and then turn off the transmitter.
  2. Improper operation can cause a crash. Check and confirm the connection of the motor, blade or electric pool of the aircraft and the damage level, so that the aircraft can fly again. If it is damaged, please replace it with new accessories, otherwise it will easily cause flight accidents.
  3.  Battery must be removed when the drone is not in use.

Drone Battery Li-Po Battery Disposal & Recycling
Worn out Lithium-Polymer batteries must not be placed with householdtrash. Please contact local environmental or waste agency or the  supplier of your model or your nearest Li-Po battery recycling center.
Important Notice
Our company’s products are being improved all the time, design and specifications are subject to change without notice. All the information in this manual has been carefully checked to ensure accuracy, if any printing errors, our company reserves the final interpretation right.

SPECIFICATIONS

Drone

  • Weight: 270 g (lncluing battery)

  • Propeller diameter: 155 mm

  • Maximum descent rate: 1.7 m/s

  • Flight altitude limit: 250 m

  • Maximum wind speed: level 3

  • Operating Temperature Range: 0 °C to 40 °C

  • Operating frequency: 2.4 Ghz/5G wifi
    Camera

  • Image resolution: 3840x2160P

  • Video Resolution: 2048x1152P

  • Frame Rate: 25

  • Image format: JPEG format

  • TF Card: Supports Class 1 O Micro TF card, Supreme supports 32 G.  1 O level Micro TF Card.

Gimbal

  • Stable: Single axis (tilt)
  • Size: Folded: 1509660 mm
  • Diagonal: 29529560 mm
  • Maximum ascent rate: 1. 7 m/s
  • Maximum speed: About 20 km/h
  • Maximum flight time: 20 minutes(calm)
  • Maximum tilt angle: 35° GNSS: GPS/GLONASS
  • Static Photography Mode: Single shot
  • Image mode: RGB Mode
  • File System Support: FAT 32
  • Video format: MP4 Compressed format H.264
  • Operation Temperature: O °C to 40 °C
  • Controllable range: Tilting: -90° to 0°

Tips: the above data are the test data of Ruko toy lab, for reference only.
Drone Battery

  • Capacity: 1200 mAh
  • Type of battery: LiPo
  • Net Weight: about 82 g

Transmitter

  • Operation Frequency: 2.4 Ghz
  • Operating Temperature: O °C to 40 °C
  • Mobile device bracket: Suitable for smartphones

APP

  • App Name:RUKO-GPS
  • Image transmission system: 5G wifi
  • Real time image transmission: 720P@20 fps
  • Operation System: This software is suitable for mobile phones in the IOS 9.0 or later and Android 4.4 or later system.
  • Voltage: 7.4 V
  • Energy: 8. 88 Wh
  • Charging temperature range: 5 °C to 40 °C
  • Maximum transmission distance: 300 m Battey: 3. 7 V, 1200 mAh

Accessories

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COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

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Ruko has 3-month warranty, any questions please contact our after-sales email: rukodrone@gmail.com

FCC Note
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

  •  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
  •  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
  •  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

WARNING:
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
FCC Notice:
The equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy. Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in the instruction manual. Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void user’s authority to operate this device. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

  1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
  2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement

The device has been evaluated to meet general RF exposure requirements. The device can be used in portable exposure condition without restriction.
Manufacturer company: SHANTOU CITY CHENGHAI UDIRC TOYS CO., LTD MANUFACTURER ADDRESS: Dengfeng Industrial Zone, Chenghai District, Shantou Guangdong, China
Model: U11
Manufacture date:
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(@ + 1 949-394-4635(Available from 5:00pm-2:30am PST)

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