Upgrading Tinyhawk II Receiver

[@vopter8712]

I was able to get my tinyhawk II going again with this procedure. It had been reporting low RSSI and refusing to arm. Thanks man.

[@TRONCATFPV]

Awesome! Glad the video helped 🙌🙌

[@lucassaab6597]

thanks for making this video and including the bh help config.

[@TRONCATFPV]

glad it helped!

[@jaysee6320]

Thanks so much for this video! They make it really hard to access the board! Good to see how you went about doing it!

[@TRONCATFPV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AndyTheXTech]

Thanks for the plug! 😉

[@nebulousJames12345]

With the new emax tinyhawk 2 micro's, you don't need to unsolder the motors, there are connectors. I did it twice, one time I slide the led's out, then back in. But the second time was much easier by just unsoldering the leds, then soldering them back.

[@TRONCATFPV]

yes on the new tinyhawk 2's they are utilizing the plug. makes it so much easier to work on lol. thanks for watching!

[@oleg146]

these connectors is the reason why people keeps spamming reddit with questions like "one of my tinyhawk motors not spinning" so fck this convenience

[@onemanmob6756]

Very good, detailed and informative tutorial! If you ever do a similar mod in thr future - can you pls. use Tinysleds sled, where you install both rx and vtx (e.g. TBS Unify Nano)? I'm particularly interested in how to configure that set up in BF...

[@TRONCATFPV]

this is actually a video i've been meaning to make! I've been wanting to upgrade my tinyhawk freestyle, be sure to subscribe i'll try and post this soon!

[@Hijo-del-Chico]

Tanks so much.. I have the same problem.. And I have a old XM+. Is possibly work with the XM+.. the connections is igual or change any instructions? Tanks again..

[@HaveFaithInGod]

Great tutorial for me! One problem. When you turned on each motor one at a time to check spin direction, I couldn't see how you did that in BF because you didn't have the BF screen on camera only the quad. I haven't looked at the screen in BF since seeing this so maybe I can figure it out myself. But yeah, good information for me. I'm a perpetual newbie, Lol so I have to see step by step and you did a great job of that except for what I mentioned.

[@TRONCATFPV]

Normally I do a screen record and put them side by side but for some reason I didnt for this one, my bad! When in betaflight go to the motors tab. Once youre in there you can spin each motor using the sliders. Hope this helps!

[@HaveFaithInGod]

@@TRONCATFPV thanks. Easy enuf I see now.

[@scrapguys3759]

Great video!!! Just gettin into the hobby ! Thanks a lot!! Great information and presentation 💪🏼

[@jimbubbatube]

Great video! Was it completely necessary to de-solder the LED strips to reach the receiver pads, or was that more for filming purposes, to completely separate the board?

[@TRONCATFPV]

I'm pretty sure you'd be able to slide them out without desoldering them. The only reason I took em off was because it made it so much easier haha

[@dmcm1890]

Dude this is exactly what I've been looking for for 2 weeks now! My RX died and I have a spare +xm. I saw some other people flashing the frsky with their controller.....do you not need to do that? Thanks a lot!

[@igorlamperti8987]

Fantastic! I have 2 Tinyhawk II that no longer connect to the radio. With this change I save them. I try! Thank you!!!

[@TRONCATFPV]

I'm glad the video helped!

[@efazbhuiyn9879]

Hi! Can you do a receiver upgrade for tiny hawk 3?

[@cedricvillani8502]

There’s a mockingbird v3 settings still work?

[@HaveFaithInGod]

Can a ELRS rx be put into this Tiny Hawk? ELRS uses the Crossfire pads on FC boards.

[@TRONCATFPV]

I can't remember if the tinyhawk FC had a spare UART available. If it has a spare UART you can hook the receiver up to those rx/tx pads and use an ELRS receiver. It will definitely fit size-wise.

[@scottmcbride2237]

Will.this work.with the turnigy evolution

[@Michael_D_show]

Thank you for this video. I am planning on adding ELRS to my TH2.

[@HaveFaithInGod]

Can ELRS be added to the TH2? Those receivers have 4 wires and require an extra UART on the board. Does the TH2 have one to connect to? I'd like to do that too.

[@Michael_D_show]

@@HaveFaithInGod Yes. You would solder to the tx1 & rx1 pads. There is 5v next to RX1 then just run the ground from the receiver to the ground on the battery pad. 😉

[@HaveFaithInGod]

@@Michael_D_show What uart will this become in Betaflight? Also, will CRSF (Crossfire) need to selected as the protocol in Betaflight? Thanks. I often get low rssi warning flying this less than 40 yards. I centered the frequency too but little change. ELRS should fix it.

[@Michael_D_show]

@@HaveFaithInGod This will be on UART1. Just activate serial rx for UART1 in the ports tab of Betaflight.

[@Michael_D_show]

@@HaveFaithInGod Also forgot to mention. I would assume you did the research and figured it out but when you wire up the ELRS receiver to your TinyHawk. TX from the receiver connects to RX1 on the TinyHawk and RX from the receiver connects to TX1 on the TinyHawk.

[@rmac3833]

Damn goood video!!! Appreciate the walk thru on this upgrade. I’m looking to do the same not because my original TH2 receiver is dead but because i want to increase it’s range. I’m losing telemetry couple hundred feet away and I’m using a Jumper t18. Seems like i should be getting better range so I’m going to do this mod. And I’m also adding a AXii micro VTX to boost the vid range as well. Doing that next week will see how it goes.

[@TRONCATFPV]

this upgrade definitely helps with range, good luck on the upgrade!

[@AndyTheXTech]

Dude! Your a ROCKSTAR! 🤘

[@manski209]

Great walk through. I have two spare rxsr receivers and a tinyhawk s also. Will this upgrade work with the Taranis X9 Lite also?

[@TRONCATFPV]

yes this should work for the X9 Lite as well 👍 Thanks for watching!

[@manski209]

@@TRONCATFPV If the receiver in the tinyhawk still works, can i still install the rxsr as long as i put sbus in betaflight?

[@TRONCATFPV]

Yup! once you change it to sbus in betaflight it will receive signal from the sbus pad instead of the built in receiver.

[@manski209]

@@TRONCATFPV 👍 Thank you so much.

[@manski209]

@@TRONCATFPV Got everything programmed in betaflight including aux switches, but, when im off the pc and get ready to fly, the quad is not arming. Don't know why.

[@voipguru77]

Good work and thank you very much for sharing!

[@TRONCATFPV]

thanks hope it helped!

[@MAJMonkey]

I know this video is by no means new, but is there a reason you took the pins off the rxsr rather than using the connector? I'm guessing due to bulk?

[@TRONCATFPV]

Yup! mainly just to cut down on size since the drone is so tight, not having the pins makes it slightly more slim. Thanks for watching!

[@Revelation1177]

Can someone help me out I got an xm plus hooked up to my tinyhawk 2 freestyle along with the betafpv controller everything binds up but I keep getting failsafe like 10 fit away I'm new I'm just trying to figure wat could be the cause

[@karlc9773]

Great video is it the same for an xm+ going into a tinyhawk freesryle 2?

[@TRONCATFPV]

yup! its the same board

[@ivan_chornyi]

Thanks for the video, I purchased r-xsr and bind it with my radiomaster tx12 but somewhy sticks are working well but no reaction on switches, do you have any idea what might be wrong?

[@TRONCATFPV]

Very interesting, im not too familiar with the radiomaster TX12 but i would make sure that you have the switches mapped properly. Do you have the controller bound with any drones that have the switches working?

[@ivan_chornyi]

@@TRONCATFPV I’m still waiting for my Nazgul, Tinyhawk is my noob starter-pack drone 🙃 but I can confirm that on radiomaster I can see positions of any switch(it’s asking me to disarm some switches on startup) and I have latest firmware

[@ivan_chornyi]

After 3 hours I found info about mixers and inputs in OpenTx, since my radio is new and I’m a noob there was only sticks lol

[@TRONCATFPV]

ah yes! mixers and inputs make all the difference. Glad you got it figured out!

[@syntrexfpv1347]

clean install

[@TRONCATFPV]

thanks for watching!

[@darwinmounsey376]

I have one but honest question, what's the point if the vtx can't hang?

[@TRONCATFPV]

The VTX doesn't hang from the drone, its secured using 4 very small pins. these pins also supply power, ground, smartaudio and video signal! thanks for watching!

[@brucie_b_fpvalvarado5453]

Bro dope video Just did my upgrade to the tinyhawk 2 aswell . One issue low Rssi . Did U get same issues ??

[@TRONCATFPV]

yup! I had the "low rssi" alert and wouldnt connect to the controller

[@brucie_b_fpvalvarado5453]

@@TRONCATFPV did u get it fixed . I got it . I did the joshua bardwell video on “RSSi on OSD” now tinyhawks is good to go . 🤟🤟

[@donaldharrisonii6568]

Does this increase the range in the viewing headset as well?

[@TRONCATFPV]

This will only increase range with the Transmitter link. Since the video feed is a different signal, you would need to upgrade the video transmitter (VTX) on the tinyhawk to improve video signal range. You can increase the range on the stock VTX to 200mw which will give you a bit of a boost. The drone comes with 25mw out of the box. hope this helps!

[@clenchedfury6019]

Thanks for the vid, it helped clear up alot for me

[@scottmcbride2237]

Will this reciever work on the taranis 9D light tranmitter

[@TRONCATFPV]

Yes it should!

[@lucbisschops]

Nice, 1 question, mine doe not beep at all, it is all stock aux 3 is beeper in mode tab, what do i do wrong

[@TRONCATFPV]

when you plug your quad in, on betaflight go to the configuration tab. scroll down to "DShot Beacon Configuration". make sure the "Beeps when aux channel is set for beep" slider is turned on. Hope this helps ya!

[@michaelwblade]

I bound my tiny hawk 2 with my jumper t18

[@TRONCATFPV]

right on! hope the video helped!

[@cjsummer4403]

Nice vid. Definitely helped.

[@TRONCATFPV]

Glad it helped!

[@KassieCBR600RR]

My xm+ keeps flashing green ? Why ? Help

[@TRONCATFPV]

did you flash the XM+ with the right firmware? is it flashing after binding with the controller?

[@andreaskyriakou7565]

Very helpful video! Thank you!

[@TRONCATFPV]

Glad it helped! 🙌

[@olivierfichant6560]

And all this would take 1 minute to do to a total non geek if only the board had plugs for the receiver and the motors.

[@TRONCATFPV]

Yes, plug and play boards are always so much easier! Newer tinyhawk II models actually do have motors that plug in. Receiver will still have to be soldered though

[@stevefoster258]

Why, oh why do people put these stupid looping audio cwap in their videos. So disturbing...................

[@TRONCATFPV]

Thats called background music. Majority of videos on youtube have it lol. Hope the video was able to help!