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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.
• Don’t drive towards animals or people!
• Do not drive in rain, through wet grass, water, mud or snow. The model is not waterproof or watertight.
• Avoid driving at very low outdoor temperatures. In the cold, the plastic of the car body and the chassis parts can
loose its elasticity; in this case, small accidents can already lead to 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 (switch position “OFF”) and disconnect the drive battery from the speed controller completely
then. Then switch off the receiver power supply.
Now you may turn off the transmitter.
• The range of the transmitter decreases when the batteries (or rechargeable batteries) are weak. When the battery in
the vehicle grows weak, the vehicle will slow down; stop driving (switch off the speed controller, disconnect the drive
batteries from the vehicle, switch off receiver power supply, switch off transmitter).
Due to its size, the vehicle is equipped with two steering servos. They have an increased power demand.
Therefore, the servos and the receiver are not supplied by the drive battery but (like in combustion engine
model vehicles) a separate receiver power supply is required (e.g. 5-cell hump battery pack).
Therefore, check the receiver power supply before and after each drive. If the voltage is too low, the servos
will only show weak reactions, so that the vehicle will no longer react to the control commands from the
transmitter. The speed controller may also show unpredictable responses.
Stop driving at once (switch off speed controller, disconnect drive battery from vehicle, switch off receiver
power supply, switch off transmitter). Then replace the receiver power supply or recharge it.
• The motor and drive, as well as the speed controller, the drive battery of the vehicle and the receiver power supply
grow hot during operation. Wait at least 5 to 10 minutes before exchanging the rechargeable battery. Let the drive
battery (and the hump battery pack used for the receiver power supply) cool down completely before and after
charging.
Do not touch the motor, the speed controller or the rechargeable batteries until they have cooled down.
Danger of burns!
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