Emax Tinyhawk, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Thanks for purchasing the Tinyhawk Designed in California assembled in China ...

Page 2: ...ged and power connections are secure DO NOT fly around crowds children animals or objects EMAX ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE S OR INJURIES INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT Precautions Please follow the instructions to assemble and to operate this product in a proper way Pilots do not use this product if you have physical or mental illness dizziness fatigued or use whi...

Page 3: ...rim 4 Gimbal Calibration 4 Goggles 4 Battery and Charging 4 Assembly 5 Operation 5 Power 5 Video Channel Selection 5 Video Channel Auto Scanning 6 Screen Adjustments 6 Flight 7 Radio Stick Controls 7 Left Stick Diagram 7 Right Stick Diagram 7 Fly Tinyhawk 8 Arming 8 Flying Modes 8 Line of Sight Flying 9 First Person View FPV Flying 9 Tinyhawk 10 Propeller Direction and Mounting 10 Propeller Dismou...

Page 4: ...sed user chart 12 Changing VTX setting via Betaflight OSD 13 Tinyhawk All in One Flight Controller 14 Emax Tiny Receiver 14 Binding Procedure 14 Emax Tinyhawk Flight Controller FC 14 Stock Flight Controller Settings 14 Adjusting Software Settings Betaflight Configurator 15 Reprogramming Tinyhawk Flight Controller 15 Set the Correct Settings 15 ...

Page 5: ...C EMAX Tiny receiver Compatible with Frasky remote control D8 mode Camera 600TVL CMOS camera Transmitter 25mW Adjustable frequency 37CH Battery 1 Cell 450 mAh HV lipo battery Radio Maximum appearance size 181 213 80 mm weight without battery 211g Number of channels 6 Channels Transmission frequency 2 4GHz ISM Band 2400MHz 2483 5MHz Output Power 22dbm Modulation GFSK battery 1 cell 18650 lipo batte...

Page 6: ...a com Product list 1 Tinyhawk 1 2 Radio 1 3 Goggle 1 4 Instruction manual 1 5 Battery 1 6 Charger 1 7 Gaggle battery case 1 8 Extra Propeller Set 2x CW 2x CCW 9 Screwdriver x 1 Tinyhawk Structure Radio and Goggle Diagram ...

Page 7: ...nter light will turn green when on Binding The radio comes already bound to tinyhawk in the ready to fly kit If binding is necessary follow these steps 1 Put tinyhawk into binding mode by pressing and holding the bind button while powering on tinyhawk A green light will power on tinyhawk flight controller indicating in bind mode 2 Put the radio into bind mode by first powering on the radio and the...

Page 8: ... the radio off pull the right gimbal to the lower right corner and then power on 2 Release the right gimbal to its center position and red lights will flash around the power button indicating in calibration mode 3 Use the right gimbal and pitch forward to the maximum pitch forward point then press the respective trim button pitch positive trim setting the maximum point for the pitch axis 4 Repeat ...

Page 9: ...y unplugging the power lead from the battery cartridge Video Channel Selection There are 2 buttons CH and FR that can manually select the correct channel and frequency band The table below shows the channel and frequency band map with the respective frequency number This is the recommended way to change channels to the correct frequency on tinyhawk The CH button will cycle through the channel numb...

Page 10: ...ycling through channels Caution If using this feature with multiple tinyhawks or other drones with a vtx powered on autoscan may select the wrong drones channel We recommend manually selecting the correct channel to prevent mismatch errors Screen Adjustments The menu button M will bring up a menu where you can adjust brightness contrast saturation and language To cycle through menu options press t...

Page 11: ...se learn the flight controls first before powering on the aircraft to fly Radio Stick Controls The left stick controls throttle and yaw direction of tinyhawk The right stick controls pitch and roll of the aircraft Left Stick Diagram Right Stick Diagram Yaw Left Yaw Right Pitch Down Roll Left Pitch Up Roll Right ...

Page 12: ...When tinyhawk is powered on first it will not spin up the propellers until it is armed Arm the aircraft by first moving throttle to the bottom position Then move the left switch of the radio to its 3rd position upwards You will see the propellers spinning when tinyhawk is successfully armed In the event of a crash always disarm immediately Failure to disarm in a timely manner can damage tinyhawk A...

Page 13: ...t altitude Pitch and roll tinyhawk with the right thumb stick and yaw tinyhawk with the left thumb stick First Person View FPV Flying Make sure tinyhawk and the goggles are on the same vtx channel and that you have a clear area to fly around in Apply the same principals learned when flying tinyhawk line of sight except now work on flying in a forward direction while maintaining a controlled consta...

Page 14: ...struts of the propeller with the 3 struts on the motor bell 2 Press on the propeller while supporting the backside of the motor with our fingers 3 Press on until the motor shaft is flush with the propeller Caution Failure to support the motor sufficiently can cause the frame to break Use caution when pressing the propellers on Propeller Dismount Use caution when dismounting the propellers Only do ...

Page 15: ...tton and hold for 5s again to save parameters and exit the menu After saving and exiting the menu all LED goes out 3 Band and Channel parameter change After entering menu short click button to switch frequency group band b frequency channel C and the LED of the corresponding menu is lit 4 Enter Exit Parameters 1 After choosing menu press the button and hold for 2s to enter parameter option And the...

Page 16: ...users specifications To use the unlocked features of this VTX the user is required to have a HAM radio license or prior consent from the FCC By purchasing this equipment the user is agreeing that they understand these responsibilities and will operate the equipment legally Emax cannot be held responsible for your actions if you purchase and or use this product in violation of your government s reg...

Page 17: ...cursor to FEATURES and stir Roll stick right to enter next menu Using PITCH stick to move cursor to VTX SA as shown in Figure 3 Then pull ROLL stick right to enter VTX configuration menu as shown in Figure 4 4 In the menu of VTX SA we can configure the BAND CHAN and POWER Pulling the PITCH stick to move cursor up and down to choose VTX options that need setting While pulling ROLL stick left and ri...

Page 18: ...D receiver will be on it means the receiver is receiving data from transmitter Transmitter bind with receiver no need repetitive operation unless you change either receiver or transmitter Emax Tinyhawk Flight Controller FC This flight controller has a F4 MCU with a MPU6000 gyro Tinyhawk flight controller comes pre programmed and properly tuned for optimal flight The flight controller is programmed...

Page 19: ... Configurator and flight controller firmware can be downloaded at https github com betaflight The hardware target for Tinyhawk Flight Controller is MatekF411 DISCLAIMER We do not suggest changing any PID settings on Tinyhawk or upgrading the firmware to new versions Tinyhawk comes stock with an optimal tune for superior flight performance Changing this can affect flight time overall speed control ...

Page 20: ...Tinyhawk 16 emax usa com Open the CLI Dump File in a text editor and copy all the text Paste the settings into the command bar and press enter Tinyhawk will reconnect to Betaflight when completed ...

Page 21: ...Tinyhawk 17 emax usa com Thank you for purchasing our product Enjoy Flying Tinyhawk Warning Please pay attention to your surroundings Not Recommended for persons under 18 years of age ...