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c) Driving the Vehicle
• Improper operation may cause serious injury and property damage! Only drive with the model directly in view. This
is why you shouldn’t drive at night.
• Only drive when your ability to react is unrestricted. Exhaustion or the influence of alcohol or medication can cause
incorrect responses, just as with real vehicles.
• Please note that this model vehicle must not be driven on public roads, places or streets. Also do not operate it on
private grounds without the owner’s permission.
• Never drive towards animals or people!
• Do not drive in rain, through wet grass, water, mud or snow. The vehicle is not waterproof or watertight.
Moisture not only causes corrosion but also damages the electronics. In a LiPo battery, entering moisture
may set the battery on fire or even cause an explosion!
Therefore, it is not very helpful to use a water-tight speed controller and water-tight servo, because the
motor or drive battery must not get wet either!
• Avoid driving at very low outdoor temperatures. Cold may cause the vehicle plastic to loose elasticity; then even
minor accidents will cause damage to the model.
• Do not drive in the case of a thunderstorm, under high-voltage power lines or in the proximity of radio masts.
• Leave the transmitter on while the vehicle is in operation. When parking the vehicle, always switch off the vehicle’s
speed controller first and disconnect the drive battery from the speed controller completely then.
Now you may turn off the transmitter.
• The range of the transmitter decreases when the batteries (or rechargeable batteries) are weak. Exchange the
batteries or rechargeable batteries for new ones. When the car’s drive battery is weak, the car gets slower and/or no
longer responds correctly to the transmitter.
Usually, the vehicle’s drive battery not only supplies the motor though the speed controller. The speed
controller also generates the voltage/current required for operating the receiver and the steering servo.
Most speed controllers for electric vehicles have a BEC (Battery Eliminator Circuit; an electronic circuit for
direct voltage supply to the receiver without an additional receiver battery) installed in the speed controller.
If the voltage in the drive battery is too low, the voltage at the receiver may also drop, causing the vehicle
to no longer respond to the control commands at the transmitter.
In this case, stop driving at once (switch off speed controller, disconnect drive battery from vehicle, switch off transmitter).
Then replace the vehicle drive battery or recharge the drive battery.
• The motor, speed controller and drive battery of the vehicle get hot during operation. Wait at least 5 to 10 minutes
before exchanging the rechargeable battery. Let the drive battery cool down completely before charging it.
Do not touch the motor, the speed controller or the rechargeable battery until they have cooled down.
Danger of burns!
