RoHS

Warranty and ServiceWe guarantee this product to be free of manufacturing and assembly defects for a period of one

year from the time of purchase. The warranty only applies to material or operational defects,

which are present at the time of purchase. During that period, we will repair or replace free of

service charge for products deemed defective due to those causes.

This warranty is not valid for any damage or subsequent damage arising as a result of misuse,

modification or as a result of failure to observe the procedures outlined in this manual.

The warranty service is valid in China only.

If you need warranty service overseas, please contact your dealer in the first instance, who is

responsible for processing guarantee claims overseas. Due to high shipping cost, complicated

custom clearance procedures to send back to China. Please understand SKYRC can't provide

warranty service to overseas end user directly.

If you have any questions which are not mentioned in the manual, please feel free to send email

to info@skyrc.cn

Safety Precautions and Liability Exclusion

Sphinx FPV Racer is NOT a toy. It is not suitable for using by any children under 14

years of age. It is a race quad and not come with GPS hold, and it does require a fair

amount of skill to pilot it.

A warning that batteries (battery pack or batteries installed) shall not be exposed to

excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like.

The propeller can do some serious injury to human body. So when you setting up the

racer, it is highly recommended to REMOVE ALL PROPELLERS.

Keep in mind that there is always a chance that propellers spin up unexpectedly.

SkyRC accepts no responsibility or liability for any injury or damage to a person or

property caused by the use of Sphinx FPV Racer.

FPV RACERSPHINX

Printed in China 2016.11All specifications and figures are subject to change without notice.

7504-0845-01

Instruction Manual[Version 1.0]

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS & WARRANTY AND SERVICE

Manufactured�bySKYRC�TECHNOLOGY�CO.,�LTD.www.skyrc.com

PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT

THINGS YOU’LL NEED

PWM Receiver

or

S-BUS Receiver

Remote Control 3S LiPo Battery LiPo Battery Charger

FPV Monitor HD FPV Goggle

or

IN THE PACKAGE

L Wrench6040 Propeller x 8Main Body

Socket Screw x 4

Antenna

SPHINX FPV RACERSPHINX FPV RACER

Canopy

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your choice of the SkyRC Sphinx FPV Racer. This is a high

performance quadcopter with FPV Camera, ESC, Motor and Video Transmitter.

Let’s meet your Sphinx FPV Racer now.

Please review the illustrations below for a full list of your Sphinx FPV Racer parts.

FPV Quadcopter

5” Propeller

Brushless Motor

FPV Camera Len

Antenna

02 ·· 01

Camera Holder

ATTACHING ANTENNA & BATTERY

SPHINX FPV RACERSPHINX FPV RACER

Installing Battery

Attaching Cloverleaf Antenna

Adjust Motors Angle

Unique Method to Adjust Rotor Angle (0°, 5°, 10°)

CD

Silver Nut

To attach the propellers correctly, you need match the spin direction on the propellers with the marking on each arms.

Hold the motor in place with one hand, then using L-Wrench and turn in opposite direction to secure the propeller.

L-Wrench

A B

Black Nut Silver Nut

Black Nut

Attaching Propellers

ATTACHING PROPELLERS

04 ·· 03

The channel frequencies on the transmitter must be equal to the monitor.The frequency of the channel in the 5.8GHz video transmitter and FPV monitor are set by a total of five (5) dipswitches. Please refer to the below pictures for the channel frequencies and corresponding dipswitch settings:

Setting Channel Frequencies

It is highly recommended to understand the rules and regulations in your country before using

Sphinx FPV Racer. Transmitting outside a legal band is something prohibited by authorities and

may result in a fine or confiscation of equipment.

5.740GHz 5.760GHz 5.780GHz 5.800GHz

BAND A

Dipswitch on the transmitter

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

5.820GHz 5.840GHz 5.860GHz 5.860GHz

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

5.865GHz 5.845GHz 5.825GHz 5.805GHz

BAND BON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

5.785GHz 5.765GHz 5.745GHz 5.725GHz

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

5.733GHz 5.752GHz 5.771GHz 5.790GHz

BAND CON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

5.809GHz 5.828GHz 5.847GHz 5.866GHz

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

5.705GHz 5.685GHz 5.665GHz 5.645GHz

BAND DON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

5.885GHz 5.905GHz 5.925GHz 5.945GHz

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

Attach Your Canopy

Adjust Camera Angle

FPV Camera Angle Adjustable with Vibration Damper (from 0° To 20°)

Attach GoPro Camera

Vibration-Free Camera mount for GoPro

ATTACHING CANOPY & ADJUST CAMERA SETTING CHANNEL FREQUENCIES

06 ·· 05 SPHINX FPV RACERSPHINX FPV RACER

ON SAB

1 2 3 4 5

11-20°=Perfect 2nd stage FPV experience0-10°= flat vision, ideal to start and learn

08 ·· 07

Starting the MotorsA combination stick control is used to start the motors. Push both sticks to the bottom inner corners to start the motors.

Stopping the MotorsWhen the racer has landed, hold the throttle down. The motors will stop after ten seconds.

ALL DONE READY TO FLY

The Sphinx FVP Racer is not a toy. It is not suitable for using by any children under 14

years of age. During the flying, the propellers of Sphinx FVP Racer could cause injury

to people, animals and property. Do not touch Sphinx FVP Racer when propellers are

spinning and wait until the propellers have completely stopped before handing it.

Do not fly your FVP Racer over any public area, such as beaches, stadiums,

populated parks, or other people’s backyards and private areas. Do not fly near airport.

In some country, you need get appropriate authorisation from local government before

your flying.

Safety Precautions

READY TO FLY

SPHINX FPV RACERSPHINX FPV RACER

USB Port

The open source flight controller firmware that we chose to power the SPHINX is Baseflight, mainly

due to the code is stable, mature and proven to work.

Because Baseflight is constantly evolving, you will get the most updated setup instructions from their

website.

Hardware is shipped with the most current firmware at the time of assembly. It is recommended to

upgrade to latest stable or development firmware for new features.

Latest baseflight firmware (development)

https://github.com/multiwii/baseflight

To hook up the Baseflight configurator, hook up a personal computer via a standard micro-USB

cable, to the connector on the right side of the SPHINX FPV Racer.

SETUP SPHINX

ATTACHING RECEIVER & SETUP SPHINX

VCC

GND

RC-CH1

RC-CH2

RC-CH3

RC-CH4

RC-CH5

RC-CH6

RC-CH7

RC-CH8

Receiver

Connect Your Receiver

Naza 32 Rev 6

NOTE: This hardware is provided as-is and end-user is expected to have reasonable technical

knowledge to complete set-up and reasonable R/C experience to operate multi-rotor aircraft.

10 ·· 09

SPECIFICATIONS

Size 222 mm

173 mm 123 mm99 mm

SPHINX FPV RACERSPHINX FPV RACER

This section explains how to control the orientation of the Racer through the remote controller. The remote control is Mode 2.

Controlling Racer Movement

CONTROLLING RACER MOVEMENT

Flying upwards or downwards

Yawing(rotating towards left or right)

Pitching(moving onwards or backwards)

Rolling(turning towards left or right)

up

down

Flight Controller

Speed Controller

Brushless Motor

Camera

5.8GHz Video Transmitter

Propeller

RGB LED Board

Motor Tilt Angle

Camera Tilt Angle

GoPro Mount

Weight(FPV Racer)

Naze32 Acro Rev6

20A BLHeli ESC

2204 2300KV

CMOS 800TVL

32Channels, 25mW/200mW Selectable

6040

5V, 7 Colour

0°/5°/10°

0°-20°

Tilt Angle 20°

428g(without battery)