Airgineers Micro Drone User manual

Micro drone build and
set-up instructions

Contents What is in the kit
Building the drone 3
Binding the drone to the
transmitter 6
Setting up fail safe 8
Setting up the auxiliary
switches on the transmitter 9
Betaight settings 12
VTX frequency table 14
Drone factory settings 16
1. Frame
2. 4x Propellers
3. Flight controller with nano
camera and receiver
4. Canopy with camera clip
5. Elastic bands
6. Spare sticky pad for the receiver
7. 4x Screws
8. 4x Rubber frame mounts
9. Counter-Clockwise CCW motors
10. Clockwise CW motors
1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
5
A spare sticky pad has been
provided that can be cut to
size for mounting the receiver
SPARE STICKY PAD
Tools required: Small tip crosshead screwdriver.

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STEP 1 STEP 1
STEP 3
STEP 2
STEP 2
If not already done,
connect the camera and
the board connectors
together.
Insert the camera into
the hole provided in the
canopy. The camera is
secured in position by
tting the camera clip.
Push t the rubber frame mounts
onto the four corners of the ight
controller.
Insert the two screws to hold camera in place with the camera clip.
Secure the clip to the inside top of the canopy using one of the screws,
then secure the clip to the rear of the canopy below the camera using
the other screw.
Gently push the board onto the
frame aligning the pegs on the frame
with the rubber frame mounts. Make
sure the frame and the board are
facing the right direction (see below).
Building the drone
Connecting the camera to the canopy Connecting the Board to the frame
1 2
Make sure the camera is the correct way round - Wires pointing down
Notch in frame indicates front
Battery cable and ariel indicates
the back of the board
Screw
Screw
Camera
Insert the two screws through the
canopy into the frame, to secure
the canopy in position.
You might want to leave tting of
the canopy, until Binding the Drone
to the Transmitter has been done
( see page 6).

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Building the drone
STEP 1
STEP 3 STEP 4
STEP 2
Select the two Clockwise CW motors (Red and Blue wires). Place a motor
on top left and bottom right of the frame (as shown). Feed the motor cable
through the hole and out of theside, then slowly push the motor through the
hole as far as it will go. Repeat for the second motor.
Select the other two Counter-Clockwise CCW motors (Black and White wires)
and t the motors in the two spare slots, as described in Step 1.
Turn the drone upside
down and plug the
motors into the
board. Take care to
connect each motor
to the connector
closest to that motor
(as shown).
Place an elastic band
around each of the
frame motor holders
and the cable to keep
the cable held tight
to the frame.
Attaching the motors
3

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Building the drone
STEP 1
Attaching the propellers
4
M4 (CW)
Red and
Blue wire
M3 (CCW)
Black and
White wire
M2 (CCW)
Black and
White wire
M1 (CW)
Red and
Blue wire
Add the propellers by gently pushing them down onto the motor spindles.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that orientation of the propellers on the motors
is correct as shown in the image above. When tted, the curved part of
the blade faces in the direction of rotation for each motor, as shown in
the image on the right.
Double check that the propeller blades are correctly attached.
The curved part of the blades should be facing the direction of rotation
(as shown above).

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Binding the drone to the transmi er
STEP 1 STEP 2
STEP 4
STEP 3
Remove the canopy from the frame
by unscrewing the two screws
TIP: Get someone to help you with this step. The battery needs to be connected at the same time as pressing the
button on the receiver board to bind correctly. While pressing down on the button on the receiver connect the
battery, as shown. Hold down the button on the receiver until the green LED (fast blink) comes ON (see Step3).
Turn on the transmitter by
pressing the two ON/OFF
buttons located either side
of the screen. Make sure
that all switches are in the
up position and the left-
hand control stick is down.
A green LED (fast blink) means the receiver is in
the bind mode, you can now release the button.
Reciever buttonBattery connectors
PRESS
STICK
DOWN
ALL
SWITCHES
UP
PRESS

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Binding the drone to the transmier
STEP 6 STEP 7
STEP 8 STEP 9
Select MODEL (if this is the only model you are
using on this transmitter select MODEL 1). Then
press the back arrow (top left of screen).
The green LED on the receiver will turn o and the red LED will illuminate
to indicate that binding is complete.
Select model RX BIND, this puts the transmitter
into bind mode.
Exit the transmitter from bind mode, by pressing the back arrow (top left of
screen). The green LED on the receiver will be now illuminate to indicate that
it is working normally. Ret the canopy (see page 3, Step3).
STEP 5
On the Transmitter touch screen, Press the
spanner/screwdriver icon and select SYSTEM.

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Seing up the failsafe
STEP 1 STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
Turn on the
transmitter, by
pressing the two
ON/OFF buttons
located either
side of the screen.
Press the spanner/
screwdriver icon
on the screen, then
select FUNCTION.
Scroll down to the
bottom and select
Failsafe.
Select FAILSAFE for Ch1, by pressing OFF.
On the next screen select ON.
NOTE: Ch1 controls the left/right movement
of the right-hand control stick. You can test
this by moving the control stick left and right,
the movement should be indicated in the bar
across the bottom of the screen as the
stick moves.
Make sure that the stick is in the neutral (centre)
position and press SETUP. Then use the back
arrow to go back to the Failsafe -channel select
menu. You should now see that Ch1 is set to 0%.
Repeat the setup procedure for Ch2 and Ch4.
NOTE: Ch2 controls the forward/backward
movement on the right-hand control stick. Ch4
controls the left/right movement of the left-
hand control stick.
Select FAILSAFE for Ch3, select ON.
NOTE: Ch3 controls the up/down (throttle) movement
of the left-hand control stick.
Make sure the left-hand control stick is all the way down.
Press SETUP (-100% shows on screen).
Use the back arrow to go back to the Failsafe channel select menu. You
should now see that Ch3 is set to -100% and Ch1, 2 and 4 are set to 0%.
Failsafe is now set up. Use the back arrow to return to the main menu.
IMPORTANT: Setting the Failsafe mode allows the drone to stop
ying and drop to the ground in the event of loss of transmission.

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Seing up the auxiliary switches
on the transmier
DISARM/ARM
SwD (Aux 1)
Flight Mode
ANGLE/HORIZON
SwC (Aux 2)

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Seing up the auxiliary switches
on the transmier
STEP 1 STEP 2
STEP 3 STEP 4
Turn on the transmitter
and press the spanner/
screwdriver icon, then
select SYSTEM.
IMPORTANT: The Auxiliary (Aux) Switches need to be Set-up, so that drone will y correctly using the channels set on the transmitter.
Select MODEL, and select
the Model number that the
drone has been binded to.
Then return to the SYSTEM
menu, using the back arrow
at top left of the screen.
Select the FUNCTION menu.
Scroll down the menu to
select Aux. channels.
NOTE: You need to set up
two Switches, one for
Channel 5 and one for
Channel 6. This is done in
the following Steps.
Select CHANNEL 5 and
press the no entry icon to
access the Settings.

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Seing up the auxiliary switches
on the transmier
STEP 5 STEP 6
STEP 7 STEP 8
Select SWx. Press SwA and change
SwA to SwD. Channel 5 is
now set-up on SwD.
Now select CHANNEL 6,
then press the no entry
symbol and select SWx.
Press SwA and change
SwA to SwC. Channel 6 is
now set-up on SwC.
Return to the main menu
using the back arrow at top
left of the screen.
IMPORTANT: The Auxiliary (Aux) Switches need to be Set-up, so that drone will y correctly using the channels set on the transmitter.

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Betafl ight se ings
Above are the basic MODE settings for your drone.
MODE settings
1

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Betafl ight se ings
IMPORTANT: Make sure that AIRMODE is turned OFF before attempting to  y the drone.
Turn OFF AIRMODE
2

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Betafl ight se ings
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. This feature is important to have switched off for larger drones but is not necessary on these micro-drones.
Turn ON MOTOR_STOP
3

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VTX frequencies
Single click on the FC board button to change the VTX channel when powered on to the frequency you require.
CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8
BAND 1
BAND 2 5790MHz
BAND 3
BAND 4 5740MHz 5760MHz 5780MHz 5820MHz 5860MHz
BAND 5 5732MHz 5769MHz 5806MHz 5843MHz

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VTX frequencies
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 rmware update
(DFU) mode(STM32 boot mode) if you need
to update the board software.
VTX channel LED
This LED indicates the VTX frquency you
have selected, see chart below.
M2
M1
M4
M3
USB
RTC8705
VTX
Channel
LED
VTX
Channel
Button
Bottom of ight controller board
5769MHZ 5843MHZ
5806MHZ
5760MHZ 5860MHZ
5740MHZ
5780MHZ 5790MHZ
5820MHZ
5732MHZ
Channel