Elios 3 Maintenance

General maintenance

Elios 3 requires basic user maintenance as per the following table

Element	When	Additional information
Cleaning	Every mission or every flight	Depending on the environment where the drone is flying more or less frequent cleaning is needed
Motors	Every 50 hours of flight
Propellers	Every 10 hours of flight	Replace propellers more often in harsh environments. Replace them immediately if they show wear, such as surface scratches or dented edges.
Batteries	Standard battery : Every 50 cycles or 12 months High Capacity battery : Every 100 cycles or 12 months	More information can be found in the Battery Safety Guidelines

If any damage is noticed on a component, it shall be changed, even if it doesn't reach its lifetime limit (e.g. damaged propeller tip).

If any doubt, please contact the support

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Cleaning the aircraft

Most of the drone and the cage can be cleaned with compressed air and Isopropanol alcohol with a soft plastic brush.

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Cage element replacement

Necessary:

• Zip tie 2.5x100mm

• Mechanic plier and Cutting plier

• Cage elements

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Propellers replacement

Necessary:

• Propellers

• 1.4 Nm Driver with 8mm socket

• Gloves (propellers can be sharp!)

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Motors replacement

Necessary:

• Motor

• T8 Bit with 0.4 Nm driver

• Motor centering jig

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LIDAR Playload replacement

Necessary:

• T8 Bit with 0.4 Nm driver

• LIDAR cap

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LED Panel replacement

Necessary:

• LED panel

• T8 screwdriver