TINY Hawk II Freestyle, Instruction Manual

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

Page 2: ...is fully charged 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 fatigu...

Page 3: ...ning 10 Screen Adjustments 10 Tinyhawk II Freestyle 11 Propeller Direction and Mounting 11 Tinyhawk II Freestyle VTX Settings 12 Changing VTX setting via Betaflight OSD 12 VTX Channel Settings with the Button 13 Emax On Board Receiver 15 Emax Tinyhawk II Freestyle Flight Controller FC 16 Stock Flight Controller Settings 16 Adjusting Software Settings Betaflight Configurator 17 Reprogramming Tinyha...

Page 4: ...Tinyhawk II Freestyle emax usa com First Person View FPV Flying 21 ...

Page 5: ...1RX firmware 4 in one 5A ESC SPI RX receiver Compatible with Frsky remote control D8 mode Camera RunCam Nano 2 Camera Transmitter 0 25 100 200mW Adjustable frequency 37CH Support SmartAudio Ham radio license required for use in North America Battery 1 Cell 450 mAh HV lipo battery 2 Radio Maximum appearance size 181 213 80 mm weight without battery 211g Number of channels 6 Channels Transmission fr...

Page 6: ...olution 480 272 battery 1 cell 18650 lipo battery Product list 1 Tinyhawk II Freestyle 1 2 Radio 1 3 Goggle 1 4 Goggle battery box including 1 cell 18650 battery 1 5 Emax 1s HV 450 mAh 2 6 Charger 1 7 USB data wire 1 8 User manual website card 1 9 Propeller Set 2x CW 2x CCW 10 Screw pack x 1 ...

Page 7: ...6 emax usa com Tinyhawk II Freestyle Structure ...

Page 8: ...adio The radio is powered with an 18650 battery The radio comes with the battery installed however if a reinstall is needed make sure the negative side is on the side touching the spring of the radio The radio can be charged with a micro usb cable attached right below the speaker and power button ...

Page 9: ...mode by pressing and holding the throttle trim down and pitch trim down buttons for 2 seconds until the red lights turn off 5 Unplug tinyhawk II Freestyle battery to power it down to take it out of binding mode 6 Tinyhawk II Freestyle and radio will not be bound Trim There are trim buttons for each axis on each gimbal Each trim adjustment will beep the radio and a longer beep will sound for center...

Page 10: ...ndicator light is green The indicator light will turn red when charging is complete Tip When low power is displayed on the goggle display please charge the battery Otherwise goggle will shut down in two minutes Assembly Minimal assembly is required for proper operation of the goggles Follow the steps below 1 Attach the two supplied antennas by screwing them on to the SMA connection point 2 Place t...

Page 11: ...I Freestyle Caution Make sure the goggles are on the correct channel that tinyhawk II Freestyle is on The current selected band and channel of tinyhawk II Freestyle is shown in the upper left corner of the screen Video Channel Auto Scanning There is a scanning function on the goggles to aid in finding which channel tinyhawk II is on First power on tinyhawk II then press the A button and hold for 3...

Page 12: ...The blunt leading edge indicates the direction the propeller is suppose to rotate as compared to the sharp trailing edge When mounting propellers please make sure the correct orientation shown in the diagram below Caution Failure to mount the propellers in the correct orientation will cause Tinyhawk II Freestyle to not fly correctly and with no control Please double check for the correct orientati...

Page 13: ... Figure 2 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 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 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 right to change the ...

Page 14: ... are displayed twice by LED cycle then the LED is extinguished To check frequency group band channel and power status click the button once quickly and LED starts to indicate frequency band band frequency channel and power First indicate the frequency group band and then indicate the frequency channel final indicative power After all 2 rounds of LED display cycles all LED will be off 2 Menu Entry ...

Page 15: ...d for 2s again to exit frequency group band channel power option and return to the menu 4 Band Channel Power parameter change After entering frequency group band channel power option short click button to change the parameter Notice If you change to an illegal channel using SmartAudio there will be no image transmitting from Tinyhawk II Freestyle To switch back to a legal channel press the button ...

Page 16: ...ds these responsibilities and will operate the equipment legally EMAX cannot be held responsible for a user s actions purchasing and or using this product in violation of the governmental regulations Tinyhawk II Freestyle All in One Flight Controller Tinyhawk II Freestyle s main electronic board is shown above This board contains a F4 flight controller with all 4 esc s and an 8CH receiver Emax On ...

Page 17: ...plete the binding process Emax Tinyhawk II Freestyle Flight Controller FC This flight controller has a F4 MCU with a MPU6000 gyro Tinyhawk II Freestyle flight controller comes pre programmed and properly tuned for optimal flight For a full tune and configuration setting file CLI dump file please visit https emax usa com for the CLI dump file Stock Flight Controller Settings Tinyhawk II Freestyle i...

Page 18: ...ub com betaflight The hardware target for Tinyhawk II Freestyle Flight Controller is MatekF411RX DISCLAIMER We do not suggest changing any PID settings on Tinyhawk II Freestyle or upgrading the firmware to new versions Tinyhawk II Freestyle comes stock with an optimal tune for superior flight performance Changing this can affect flight time overall speed control of the aircraft and excessive heat ...

Page 19: ...e from https emax usa com service 2 Connect Tinyhawk II Freestyle to Betaflight configurator and select the CLI tab 3 Open the CLI Dump File in a text editor and copy all the text 4 Paste the settings into the command bar and press enter 5 Tinyhawk II Freestyle will reconnect to Betaflight when completed ...

Page 20: ... Diagram Right Stick Diagram Fly Tinyhawk II Freestyle Start by powering on your Radio and Goggles Tinyhawk II Freestyle comes already bound to your radio and on the right video channel matched with your goggles Power on Tinyhawk II Freestyle by sliding the battery into the battery tray and plugging it in Once the battery is plugged in set Tinyhawk II Freestyle on a stable surface so it can calibr...

Page 21: ...m Tinyhawk II Freestyle before handling it Flying Modes Tinyhawk II Freestyle comes stock set in rate mode This is an advance mode where control sets the angular rate of the aircraft The AUX 2 switch is set to change this mode on a 3 stage switch When AUX 2 is in a high state Tinyhawk II Freestyle will be in easy mode where control sets the attitude of the aircraft When the switch is in the middle...

Page 22: ...hawk II Freestyle line of sight except now work on flying in a forward direction while maintaining a controlled constant altitude It is easier to learn flying FPV by always moving in a forward direction so always apply a slight amount of pitch using your right thumb stick You can steer Tinyhawk II Freestyle like a car using yaw on the left thumb stick There is an on screen display OSD overlaying t...