Quick Start Guide International edition Rev 1.0 - Oct 2017 Every Vortex 230 Mojo is flight tested before leaving the factory.
WARNING Congratulations on your purchase of one of the world’s finest ARF pure-bred freestyle/racing mini-quads. A product designed by FPV pilots, for FPV pilots. Do not expect it to fly like a DJI Phantom™ . It does not have a return-to-home feature, no GPS, and it does not have stabilization features that will allow your little brother to fly it.
4 Steps: Unboxing to Racing To get your ARF Vortex ready to race, follow the simple 4-step process below.
1) Install Compatible R/C Receiver The Vortex 230 Mojo is shipped with three receiver interface cables, supporting 4 commonly used interfaces. a) 3-Pin 0.1” Servo Cable, for S-Bus, and CPPM (5V) b) 5-pin P icoblade for FrSky XSR receivers (5V) c) 3-pin J ST-ZH for Spektrum DSMX receivers (3V) Receivers may be mounted externally on the tail-end of the quad, or internally.
Finally, the receiver antennas may be routed through the two notches in the bottom of the LED diffuser, or through the two notches in front of the two rear arms, which is the preferred solution. Make sure you apply some extra shrinkwrap to the fragile antenna wires to make sure they put up with some abuse from rough landings and crashes as well as handling the mini-quad.
Receiver Auto-Detection A unique feature of the Vortex family of quadcopters is that the receiver type is auto-detected by the OSD when running the Tx Wizard. There’s no need to set things up prior to hooking up the receiver, provided it outputs a summed RC signal such as S-bus, PPM sum etc.
NOTE: Ensure that the battery is securely mounted on the anti-slip pad. The battery should not be able to move around in flight. Also make sure the plastic liner on the anti-slip pad is removed! ANOTHER NOTE: Ensure that your main battery cables, and also the balance leads are secured in the straps, and cannot, under any circumstance, touch the props.
3) Setup the Video Link To avoid the traditional fiddling with DIP switches to set up your video transmitter, the Vortex does not use a DIP switch to set up Vtx channels or bands. Instead, the OSD is responsible for setting the channel, and band, or alternatively our NFC Wand or NFC app for Android can be used to accomplish the same thing.
4) Run the Tx Wizard In the world of R/C, there is little standardization between equipment manufacturers as far as control stick to channel mapping. There is also little agreement between users as to which of the 4 control modes should be used.
Mode 1 Controls Mode 1 is common in Europe. A Mode 1 transmitter is easily identified with the un-sprung (i.e. doesn’t return to center) throttle control on the right stick. For this mode, the multi-rotor controls are typically as follows: Pitch Throttle Yaw Roll Note: Modes 3 and 4 are intentionally left out of this abbreviated Getting Started guide.
Following the Wizard The wizard is used primarily to let the Vortex learn the flight channel order, and R/C Tx mode (1, 2, 3, 4). ‘Left’ refers to moving the stick left, and ‘Back’ refers to moving the stick back towards you. Follow the prompts, ensuring that the correct stick is moved each time. As each control is recognized, it’s name will appear to the left of the servo bar.
NOTE: To restart the wizard at anytime, power up the quad, press and hold the button on the led board until Vortex beeps 2 times (first beep after ~3 seconds, second beep after ~5 seconds). Alternatively you can also reset the Tx Wizard via OSD menu Once the wizard is finished, various Betaflight settings will be configured, including enabling oneshot125, motor_stop, and failsafe.
All Done, Time To Fly At this point in the Getting Started manual, the Vortex should be ready for its maiden flight. The Wizard has setup the flight controller with our default Pro-Tune, generated by one of our expert team pilots. PIDs and gains are unlikely to require major changes to achieve precise flight.
Specifications Flight Controller IMU Invensense MPU6000, 3 axis Gyro, 3 axis Accelerometer (SPI) Altimeter N/A CPU STM32F303 32-bit ARM processor Firmware Betaflight compatible ( with API version matching that of the OSD) OSD CPU STM32F373 32-bit ARM processor Resolution 440H x 280V Style White, with black surround around all pixels Output Programmable Black/White levels Video Tx Features Transmitter Module Custom T
R/C Receiver Channels Required Absolute minimum four. Five recommended to support mode switch. Interfaces 3.3v-5v PPM Sum, SBUS, Spektrum, XBus, SumD, SumH Receiver Power +5V or +3.3V @ 200mA max.
Support First line of support is handled by the reseller. If you encounter any problems with your ImmersionRC product please contact them first. For Warranty, and non-Warranty repairs, email repairs@immersionrc.com . We have repair centers in the UK, US, and Australia. Peer support is available in several places: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ImmersionrcVortex/ http://fpvlab.com/forums/forumdisplay.
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