Tinyhawk Race 3-in Conversion

By BaTTaN on Nov 16, 2020

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Here is a Tinyhawk 3 inch I built using Quad 66 Skyryder 120 frame that he redesigned for me as a hot swap for the Tinyhawk 2 Race BNF. Its is a complete swap all you need to do is change out the motors from the Emax 3 hole mounted motors to any 4 hole mounted motors. I did add larger M2 jelly between frame and FC. However all that is really needed to make a TH2 Race into a 3 inch ripper is a motor swap the Quad 66 Frame and of course 3 inch props. Everything else below I added were extra upgades that were done after the quad was in the air with suprising performace increase.

I used a tinyled's tinyhawk sled that allowed me to swap out the built in Emax VTX and SPI RX with a TBS Pro32Nano VTX and Crossfire Nano RX with Mini Immortal T antenna giving it much more range and penetration with 500mw output and Crossfire. I also updated the camera to a Runcam Nano 4 and an XT30 power connector.

All in all this is a wonderful 3inch which fits between a Babytooth and a TP3 yet is an easy build as it is almost a complete swap for the Tinyhawk 2 Race and lets pilots upgrade as they go from the 2" Race all the way to 3" Full TBS build while being flyable between the upgrades!

I mainly run this on bi-blades not tri-blades

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Part List

Frame

SkyRyder 120 v3
Armattanproductions.com
$14.90

Flight Controller

Tinyhawk II Race BNF
Emax-usa.com
$114.99

Motors

4 x RCINPOWER GTS V2 1202.5 Motor (600KV, 11500KV) (2 builds)
Unmannedtechshop.co.uk
See Site

Propellers

Gemfan Hurricane 3016 Durable Tri-Blade 3" Prop 4 Pack (1.5mm) - Choose Your Color (20 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$2.59

Misc Supplies

EMAX TinyHawk & TinyHawk II FreeStyle VTX/RX Sled (2 builds)
Tinysleds.com
$3.99

Misc Supplies

FpvCycle Minimortal T Antenna (16 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$3.99

Misc Supplies

TBS Unify Pro32 Nano 5G8 V1.1 (39 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$29.95

Misc Supplies

TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (1484 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$24.95
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