Eagle Tree Vector FPV Flight Controller Package OSD with XT60
by Eagle Tree

The Vector flight controller package from EagleTree is one of the longest standing flight controllers on the market. With continuous firmware updates and excellent support from Eagle Tree, the performance of the Vector is like no other flight controller on the market. 

The Included V2 GPS/Magnetometer simultaneously receives and monitors both GPS and GLONASS satellites, in addition to other improvements. This provides the following advantages:

• Better position accuracy for more precise hovering, tracking, and speed indication compared to standard GPS only.
• Hardened RFI (radio frequency interference) rejection. Many video transmitters can interfere with low quality GPS receivers, but these are able to "see through the noise".
• Faster fix time than older GPS units, so you can be in the air more quickly rather than waiting for your GPS to get a good lock.
• Up to 24 satellites in view simultaneously, which again increases accuracy.

The Vector is a complete product including flight stabilization, OSD, waypoints, and return to home functionality. With years of product development and years of improvements. No need to learn how to program every little detail, the Vector can walk you through the process.

Features

• Built-in OSD (on screen display) with FULL COLOR GRAPHICS for the most visible information on the screen.
• The same Flight Controller works with either FIXED WING or MULTIROTOR, with multiple GPS modes,RTH (return to home), and waypoint functionality for both.
• SIMPLE to set up and operate "out of the box", with no PC required for many features. Wizards are also included to help walk you through setup.
• Highly Compatible with support for PCM, SPPM, and S.BUS signals, with 4 types of RSSI for ultimate compatibility with the rest of your system.
• EXPANDABLE with additional sensors, accessories, and internet firmware updates, including airspeed, temperature, and more.
• Flexibility to fly with or without your FPV equipment depending on your needs.
• Innovative wire harness that builds in power distribution simplifies hookup, powers your camera and video transmitter, and utilizes a built in 5V and 12V voltage regulator.
• Current sensor with quiet and efficient filtered 12V* and 5V Power Supply Unit and supports up to 6S packs
• Built-in barometric altimeter, IMU, and magnetic compass sensors

You can choose your layout.

The screen layout is fully customizable, allowing you to choose graphical or numeric representations of all sorts of data as you want to see it. Some examples of the types of data displays you can see on the screen are:

• Numeric displays - same as always, but in color, with programmable flashing color alarms to get your attention
• Gauge displays- you can easily set up parameters to be displayed in gauge format, with programmable color thresholds
• Swatch - Instead of staring at a number, you can set up a simple color square (we call them swatches) with programmable color changes, to easily see when a parameter needs your attention.
• Graphical horizon, and ladder based altitude and airspeed are available with a HUD system similar to an F-16!

In addition, check out some additional features built right in:

Voice alerts: The Vector can speak flight information to you periodically, or on programmed alarms. 

Variometer:  The Vector is the first OSD to provide both a charting graphical variometer, as well as an acoustical tone variometer. The variometers are fully programmable to suit your taste.

RSSI: The Vector supports 4 types of RSSI for optimal compatibility with the rest of your system:

• Analog  (fully buffered input) (variable voltage input)
• PCM - some receivers output a varying pulserate to indicate signal strength, which the Vector supports.
• Spektrum (all Spektrum FlightLog telemetry parameters are available for display, as well as a feature that combines them into a single RSSI display
• Virtual SPPM RSSI: some receivers output RSSI and link quality via the SPPM interface, which is supported

Fast, easy control and menu system:  The Vector utilizes switch "gestures" and your control stick to let you rapidly scroll through menus and change parameters. All OSD parameters can be configured via the stick menus!

Kitchen sink: Of course, all the other OSD features you've come to expect from Eagle Tree, such as RADAR to show your position relative to your ground station, ladders, compass, full 'F16' AHI, a built in flight simulator, manual and automatic waypoints for US customers, monitoring of up to four battery voltages, and a huge list of parameters available for display are available in the Vector.

Flight Controller

Utilizing their proven Guardian technology, the Vector's built-in, full featured flight controller is equally at home with both fixed wing (traditional, elevon, v-tail, etc.) and multirotor (quadcopter, hexacopter) aircraft. And, since the controller is fully integrated with the OSD, everything can be adjusted via the onscreen menus. No need to drag a laptop or other device to the field for small settings changes.

You can even move the Vector back and forth between your fixed wing and your multirotor at the field, with no PC configuration needed!

Feature Details

The Vector system includes the base controller unit, the GPS/Magnetometer, and the Current Sensor/PSU.  The Vector's feature list is quite long, so what follows is an overview of the main features:

Full Color OSD

The Vector's built-in OSD provides features not found anywhere else. 

Smooth, razor sharp color graphics:  tired of staring at hard to read white text with clunky graphics?   The Vector changes all that. WARNING: a full color OSD can be addictive! :)  Colors are fully adjustable to your preference.

Numerous flight modes are available, and are easily selectable via one or more switches on your radio:

2D: multirotor or fixed wing leveling with or without altitude and heading hold
3D: direct rate 3D with or without heading lock, for doing acrobatics when you get bored just flying along. :) Great for holding 3D positions such as knife edges or inverted flight, or doing flips with your quad (experts only!).  Pitch, roll and yaw direct rates are programmable of course.

Additionally, following GPS control modes are supported:
Return to Home (RTH): Whether you fly fixed wing or multirotors, our advanced RTH algorithm means few if any adjustments are needed. 
Geofence: lets you program a maximum ceiling and distance, to avoid flyaways or exceeding altitude restrictions
Loiter: for multirotors, this holds the present position using the altimeter and GPS, and for fixed wing, the plane circles when loiter is triggered
Cartesian: this multirotor control mode remembers the direction that the ‘copter was pointing when it was last armed, translating your pitch and roll commands to that frame of reference and reducing 3rd person pilot workload.  Stick-left makes it fly to the left, stick-back makes it fly back towards you, etc.

Radio Control Interface

The Vector's receiver input harness with labeled connectors makes it easy to connect to any receiver.  

The Vector supports three types of RC inputs:
Standard/PCM: the Vector's labeled servo connectors just plug into the appropriate receiver channels
SPPM and S-BUS: a single cable connects to your SPPM or S.BUS outputs, for reduced wiring and more flexibility. The PC software lets you fully customize the meanings of up to 8 serial channels, making it easy to support a variety of OSD features.

The Vector's flight modes are easily accessed via a 2 or 3 position “mode switch” on your radio. Also, a “submode” switch can be configured to allow more modes to be easily selected during flight. The meaning of each switch position is easily programmable via the Vector's menus.

Current Sensor with Integrated Power Supply Unit (PSU)

Tired of using multiple batteries, LC filters, BECs, etc.? The Vector's current sensor/PSU makes it super easy to power your equipment.

The current sensor is available with Deans, XT60, or wire leads. (This is the XT60 version)

The high efficiency, low noise power supply unit accepts up to 6S voltage input,  and provides filtered 12V and 5V output at 1.5A max per channel.  It's perfect for powering most FPV gear, and also powers your receiver on multirotors with “opto” ESCs, eliminating the need for an external BEC.        

Note that the 12V regulator does NOT boost the voltage, like a SEPIC. However, the Vector's 12V PSU has a unique Low Voltage Loss feature that drops the regulator’s output by only about 0.5V if you are using a 3S pack operating below 12.5V.    For example, if your 3S pack is at 11.5V, the regulator outputs about 11V. Other non-boost switching regulators typically drop the output voltage by 1.3V or more.  

In addition, SEPIC and other voltage boost regulators used in other systems are generally much less efficient and generate much more UHF band noise, and in many cases you don’t need one. All known cameras and many transmitters will operate well across the 3S voltage range. Check your transmitter manual’s specs to determine this. If your transmitter does need a boost when operating at the lower end of 3S, a JST equipped boost regulator can easily be connected into the Vector's AV harness without needing to cut wires.

Wiring Made Simple!

The Vector's filtered PSU and innovative wiring harness makes it easy to connect your 5V or 12V cameras and transmitters without keeping an electrician on standby.  If your camera and transmitter has/have servo style connectors already, you just need to plug them into the labeled plugs, select the appropriate voltages, and away you go. And, If you prefer to use 2 or even 3 flight batteries, additional filters, voltage boosters, etc., that’s trivial to do without needing to do any rewiring. The harness also makes it easy to move the Vector from model to model without removing all of the wiring as well.

EagleEyes FPV Ground Station Compatibility

The Vector fully supports the EagleEyes Ground Station. On-screen menus make it easy to set up EagleEyes features. New, greatly simplified antenna tracking setup wizards make it an easy to configure your EagleEyes compatible tracker.

Data Logging and Telemetry

Of course, the Vector fully supports data logging of sensor and GPS parameters via internal storage, and the PC software lets you display, graph, visualize and save the data. Variable logging rates and advanced logging triggers are supported.The Vector also embeds real-time telemetry in the video signal for use with the EagleEyes ground station.  

Further, the Vector's UART port is compatible with open source telemetry transmitters and other hardware. Eagle Tree plans on supporting the UART interface with a variety of telemetry related features in the future.

Powerful PC Setup Software

Want to configure your Vector via your PC or laptop? The powerful PC software and the Vector's USB interface make this easy. Drag and drop screen setup lets you see how the display will look as you configure it. Configuration files let you easily move your Vector from model to model without needing to reconfigure everything.  Tabs for visualizing GPS flight data, manual waypoint management, and many others make it quick and simple to fully utilize your Vector.

Vector user manual found HERE