Eachine Blade 185

Blade 185 (EB185) is a UAV developed by the Chinese company Eachine.

Eachine Blade 185

Features

Wheelbase: 185mm

Frame Size: 170mm*155mm*55mm

Package size: 275mm*235mm*90mm

Weight: 351g include ( AIO Plate, Motor, Propeller, Antenna)

Weight (with box): 727g Highly integrated design aircraft for FPV flight.

Body is made of carbon fiber materials

Flight controller: Naze32 Rev6 Full function 32bit

CPU: STM32F103CBT6

Frequency: 72M

Accelerometer: MPU6500

Barometer: MS5611

Magnetometer: HMC5983

Naza32 Rev6 10DOF flight controller

Cleanflight Black box

FPV Camera Resolution: 520TVL HD

Video format: NTSC or PAL Switchable

Effective pixel: 720(H)x480(V)

Sensor: 1/4 inch HD Colour CMOS

Lens angle: H:120 degree/V: 100 degree

Working voltage: 5V

Working current: 80mA

Weight: 4g

Battery Capacity(mAh):1300

Cells (s): 3S

Discharge (c): 30

Weight (g): 111

Max Charge Rate (C): 2

Length(mm): 80

Width(mm): 30

Height(mm): 24

ESC Eachine B12A brushless esc

Continuous current: 12A

Burst current: 15A(10s)

Li-xx Battery: 2s-4s

Motor Eachine B1806 KV2300

Configuration: 12N14P

Stator Diameter: 18mm

Stator Length: 6mm

Shaft Diameter: 2mm

Motor Dimension(Dia.*Len): Φ23*30.1mm

Weight(g): 20

Idle current(10)@10V(A): 0.35

No. of Cells(Li-po): 2-3S

Max Continuous Power(W)180S: 135

Internal Resistance: 118mΩ

Max Current(180S): 12A

Max.Efficiency Current: (2-7A)>83%

FPV Transmitter 5.8G 40ch 200mw Video transmitter

Wireless Channel: 40CH

Modulation: Broadband FM

Support Video Format: NTSC/PAL

Video input impedance: 75 Ohm

Audio input impedance: 10K Ohm

Output Signal: 23~24 dBm Output Power : 400mw(Max)

Working voltage: 5V

Working current: 500mA Operating

Antenna Connector: RP SMA

Package Included

ARF

1 X Eachine Blade 185 frame kit

1 X AIO Plate ( Internal:1 X Naze32 Rev6 Full 10DoF Flight controller Build in Black box

4 X 12A Be-Heli 2-4S ESC

1 X 5.8G 40CH Raceband Transmitter

1 X OSD for Naze32

1 X Buzzer for Naze32

1 X LC-Power filter )

1 X FPV RHCP transmitter Antenna

4 X 1806 2300KV motor

8 X 4045 propeller (4*CW 4*CCW)

1 X 520TVL CMOS 120 degree FPV camera

1 X 3s 1300mah 30C lipo battery

1 X B3PRO charger

1 X TX60 receiver signal Installer

1 X Spektrum DSM/DSMX receiver transfer cable

1 X OSD tool (USB-TTL daughter board)

1 X EVA bottom frame buffer

1 X Data cable

1 X Allen wrench

1 X Battery paste

1 X Battery Tie

1 X Box

Versions

Version 1 

Getting Started

ARF

1. Connect either a PPM or SBUS receiver using the supplied 3 wire cable (white, red, and black). Black is ground, red is +, and white is signal.
2. For PPM, Dipswitch A, Switch 1 OFF and Switch 2 ON | For SBUS, Dipswitch A, Switch 1 ON and Switch 2 OFF
3. Connect a usb cable and bind transmitter and receiver
4. #Update firmware
5. Configuration tab - turn on LED strip
6. Configuration tab - turn on Blackbox
7. Modes - Configure switches on your Tx to activate modes on the Naze (Rate mode or Manual mode is defaulted if Angle and Horizon are NOT selected)
8. Calibrate ESCs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwz1l293OaQ
9. LED Strip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5r3cxqFHI @3:22

Update firmware

Cleanflight

1. Download and open Cleanflight
2. Connect USB cable to Blade 185
3. Select Firmware flasher in Cleanflight
4. Select NAZE
5. Full chip erase
6. Load Firmware Online
7. Flash
8. After reboot, go to configuration turn on PPM or SBUS depending on the receiver connected (The quad will beep indicating the quad is not receiving a signal from the receiver.)

Update ESCs to BLHeliSuite

Purchase Blheli Constant Speed ESC Programmer BANGGOOD

Download BLHeliSuite: https://blhelisuite.wordpress.com/

Instruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khITEnqxriA

Setting Failsafe

Set failsafe in Flight Controller

Cleanflight failsafe setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikr9oDzQqc

Set failsafe on receivers with failsafe built in

See also Lemon Rx set #Failsafe

See also on OrangeRX R616XN Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUzjYCzqsxQ

Video Transmitter

Important! - Always make sure your VTx antenna is attached before powering up your Eachine Blade 185. Running it without the antenna can result in VTx failure.

VTx module: SM235T. Link to supplier information: SUNFLYTEK

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  SM235T module. Bottom side view.

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  EB-185 main board with unmounted VTX.

VTx Frequencies

Parts & Accessories

Suggested list of parts and accessories

Accessories

B6AC Charger BANGGOOD or Turnigy Reaktor Charger HOBBYKING

Prop Balancer BANGGOOD

FPV Goggles or Display

Action Camera

Batteries to power up VRx

Receiver

PIDS

PIDS are highly dependent on flight setup, which includes props, battery size, externally mounted camera, etc. and also when new firmware versions are released. With each component change, the values in gyro filters and/or other features will be needed to tune again. The user postings of PIDS is to provide an approximate value covering a specific flight setup, so that pilots can tune further from there.

BetaFlight

PIDS

PIDS are highly dependent on flight setup, which includes props, battery size, externally mounted camera, etc. and also when new firmware versions are released. With each component change, the values in gyro filters and/or other features will be needed to tune again. The user postings of PIDS is to provide an approximate value covering a specific flight setup, so that pilots can tune further from there.

Troubleshooting

Flash recovery | DFU mode

To recover from a bad flash or to recover from accidentally disabling MSP Data on UART1

Cleanflight

1. Go to Firmware flasher
2. Turn on No reboot sequence, Flash on connect, and Full chip erase
3. Select Naze firmware

Quad

1. Short BOOT0 to 3.3V (3.3V is the V between G V K D). On standalone NAZE32 boards, there are BOOT pads/pins/buttons, but this allinone board does not have these pads. We have to get to BOOT0 off of the STM32 chip. See attached photo, 5th pin from the right.
2. Connect Battery (this will put the board into DFU mode. No green red LEDs/nor any beeps will be seen/heard. Only a solid blue LED will turn on)
3. Connect USB
4. Disconnect battery
5. Reconnect battery
6. Firmware will flash and a message Programming successful will display on Cleanflight

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  BOOT0 pin

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  3.3V

Links

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