Apr12018

Review: Babyhawk-R Mini FPV Racer

Item: Review: Babyhawk-R Mini FPV Racer
Rating: 5
Author: Mike-vom-Mars

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EMAX BABYHAWK-R

Inhalt:
Page 1: Review
Page 2: Betaflight Setup
Page 3: Adding LED Strip

Adding a LED strip to the Babyhawk-R

The Babyhawk-R comes without LED strip. But it’s not that hard to add one. Ideally the Aurora 90 LED Strip with four programmable RGB LEDs.

As usual there are three pins (5V, GND and signal) for mounting LEDs on the flight controller board of the Babyhawk. To get to these pins, we first take off the video transmitter that is plugged onto the flight controller. Right next to the yellow cable we see the three LED pins:

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However, the plastic connector into which the video transmitter is plugged gets in our way when we are soldering:

So we also take off the flight controller board to get to its underside – where the LED pins are easier to reach. There we attach three cables (GND, 5V and signal):

Now we can put the flight controller and the video transmitter back on. The LED cables, which we attached, can be put between flight controller and ESC board, right to the back of the quad. So everything is neatly stowed away and the cables are safe there:

Now we only need to solder the three cables of the LED Strip to our three laid cables and are almost done:

Now we have to attach the LED Strip somehow to the two rear arms. I designed a LED holder for the Babyhawk-R, which you can print with the 3D printer. You can download it for free here on Thingiverse. The LED holder is simply attached to the two rear screws that also secure the Babyhawk-R cover. We glue the LED Strip itself to the LED holder with two blobs of hot glue, that’s it:

Babyhawk Spare Parts:
Babyhawk-R 2 Inch Version
Babyhawk-R 3 Inch Version
Foxeer Arrow Micro FPV Cam
EMAX RS1106 Motor
Babyhawk-R Spare 25mw/200mW VTX
Emax AVAN Mini 3 Inch Props
FrSky XM+ 16CH Receiver
Realacc Stubby Mini FPV Antenna
SQ12 Mini 1080p Cam
XF Power 3S 850mAh Lipo
XF Power 4S 550mAh Lipo
Babyhawk-R Hood, different colors

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