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  • Page 1 Micro drone build and set-up instructions...
  • Page 2: What Is In The Kit

    Contents What is in the kit Building the drone Binding the drone to the transmitter Setting up fail safe Setting up the auxiliary switches on the transmitter Betaflight settings VTX frequency table Drone factory settings 1. Frame 6. Spare sticky pad for the receiver SPARE STICKY PAD 2.
  • Page 3 Make sure the camera is the correct way round - Wires pointing down Battery cable and ariel indicates the canopy, until Binding the Drone the back of the board to the Transmitter has been done ( see page 6). Airgineers Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 4 Building the drone Attaching the motors STEP 1 STEP 2 Select the two Clockwise CW motors (Red and Blue wires). Place a motor Select the other two Counter-Clockwise CCW motors (Black and White wires) on top left and bottom right of the frame (as shown). Feed the motor cable and fit the motors in the two spare slots, as described in Step 1.
  • Page 5: Attaching The Propellers

    The curved part of the blades should be facing the direction of rotation the image on the right. (as shown above). Airgineers Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 6 Binding the drone to the transmitt er STEP 1 STEP 2 Battery connectors Reciever button Remove the canopy from the frame TIP: Get someone to help you with this step. The battery needs to be connected at the same time as pressing the by unscrewing the two screws button on the receiver board to bind correctly.
  • Page 7 Exit the transmitter from bind mode, by pressing the back arrow (top left of to indicate that binding is complete. screen). The green LED on the receiver will be now illuminate to indicate that it is working normally. Refit the canopy (see page 3, Step3). Airgineers Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 8 Setting up the failsafe Select FAILSAFE for Ch1, by pressing OFF. STEP 1 STEP 2 Turn on the On the next screen select ON. transmitter, by pressing the two NOTE: Ch1 controls the left/right movement ON/OFF buttons of the right-hand control stick. You can test located either this by moving the control stick left and right, side of the screen.
  • Page 9 Setting up the auxiliary switches on the transmitter Flight Mode ANGLE/HORIZON SwC (Aux 2) DISARM/ARM SwD (Aux 1) Airgineers Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 10 Setting up the auxiliary switches on the transmitter IMPORTANT: The Auxiliary (Aux) Switches need to be Set-up, so that drone will fly correctly using the channels set on the transmitter. STEP 1 STEP 2 Turn on the transmitter Select MODEL, and select and press the spanner/ the Model number that the screwdriver icon, then...
  • Page 11 Press SwA and change then press the no entry SwA to SwC. Channel 6 is symbol and select SWx. now set-up on SwC. Return to the main menu using the back arrow at top left of the screen. Airgineers Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 12 Betafl ight sett ings MODE settings Above are the basic MODE settings for your drone. Airginners Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 13 Betafl ight sett ings Turn OFF AIRMODE IMPORTANT: Make sure that AIRMODE is turned OFF before attempting to fl y the drone. Airgineers Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 14 Betafl ight sett ings Turn ON MOTOR_STOP Make sure you have MOTOR_STOP turned on, as this will stop the motors spinning when armed. NOTE: The advantage of having this turned off is that you know the drone is armed. The disadvantage is that if you fl ip the drone in a crash the motors will keep spinning until you disarm the drone.
  • Page 15 Single click on the FC board button to change the VTX channel when powered on to the frequency you require. BAND 1 BAND 2 5790MHz BAND 3 BAND 4 5740MHz 5760MHz 5780MHz 5820MHz 5860MHz BAND 5 5732MHz 5769MHz 5806MHz 5843MHz Airgineers Manual version 1.0 2022...
  • Page 16 VTX frequencies Channel Button VTX channel button Click this button to change between the VTX channels. NOTE: Press and hold button and power on to put the board into direct firmware update (DFU) mode(STM32 boot mode) if you need RTC8705 to update the board software.