FREE RC HOBBY F8E-BX User Manual

1:8 Scale 4WD Electric Belt Driving

Buggy Manual

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Contents

Preface……………………………………………………….....3

Safety Guidelines……………………………………………...3

Li-Po Battery Charging………………………………………..4

Operation Steps………………………………………………..5

Recommended Maintenance Tools……………………….....7

F8E-BX Exploded View…………………………………….....31

Spare Parts List……………………………………………......32

F8E-BX Installing view……………………………………….7-30

Receiver Connection……………………………………….....4

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Attention：

● Please read CD before operating to avoid any injuries for person or

property.

Preface

● Please pay more attention to the warnings and cautions in the manual.

Improper operation may cause personal and /or property damage. FRC hobby has no control over damage resulting from shipping, improper construction or improper usage.

● To prevent any serious injury and / or damage to property, please be

responsible when operating all remote controlled models.

Safety Guidelines

● This product is not suitable for children under 14 years of age

without the direct supervision of a responsible and knowledgeable

adult。

● Carefully read all of the warnings and cautions for any parts

used in the construction and use of your model.

● Keep small parts out of reach of small children. Children must

not be allowed to put any parts in their mouth.

● After using your model, please do NOT touch the equipment on

the model such as motor and ESC, because they generate high temperatures. You may seriously burn yourself.

● This model car is not intended for use on public places and can

conflict with or disrupt pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

Re-Linking the Transmitter and Receiver

Power Input

Channel 3

ESC Steering Servo

Signal Wire

Power +

Power -

Li-Po Battery Charging

Charging Procedure

● Connecting the power supply, the light of the charger will indicate

red and green alternately.

● Connecting battery and charger,the light of the charger will indicate red.

● When the three lights indicate green,charging finished.

● Take off all of the connector.

Caution

● Please take out the battery from the car and take off the T-plugs before

charging.

● Please put the battery and charger at cooling place and far away from

the heat source and tinder when charging.

● Please use balance charger for charging.

● Please take care and not take the charger and battery out of your reach ,

please take off the power and move to the safe place if you find something anomalous when they are charging.

Driving Procedure

I、Driving Procedure

1. Open the cover of transmitter.

2. Insert the battery (pay attention to negative and positive).

3. Close the cover of transmitter.

Attention: It is suggested to use AA1.5V Alkaline battery in order

to achieve a better performance for transmitter. Please don’t mix the new and old battery. Please take off the battery from the transmitter if not to use.

4. Install antenna tube correctly.

5. Put the battery into the slot.

6. Close the battery tray.

7. Turn the throttle button and steering trim button to the middle position, and then

±120°.

8. Please turn on the transmitter first and then turn on switch of ESC. After connecting, there is sound from motor, it means motor is standby.

II、Finishing Driving

1. Turn off the ESC switch, and then disconnect the power.

2. Turn off the transmitter.

3. Take off the battery.

Driving Procedure

III、Transmitter adjustment

Turn on the transmitter first, connect the output plug of battery and input plug of ESC, then turn on the ESC switch (please pay more attention to positive and negative). You will hear tone or the light will flash.

IV、Steering Control Method

V、Throttle Control Method

1. Rotate the steering wheel to the left and right, the vehicle will also have the corresponding steering. The direction for the steering wheel and car is the same.

2. Please adjust the neutral button when the vehicle is not driven straightly.

1. Push down the throttle, the vehicle will move forward.

2. When push up the throttle, the vehicle will brake. The vehicle will move backward when doing action of brake-neutral-brake.

3. When pushing the throttle, the vehicle has no action (with Di-Di-Di sound), but the steering function is normal, you should

adjust the throttle neutral button.

Brake Backward

Forward

Recommended Maintenance Tools

Differential Build X 2

M3 X 16 Countersunk Phillips

Self-tapping Screws

Add grease

1.5mm Hex Screwdriver 2.0mm Hex Screwdriver 2.5mm Hex Screwdriver

Diagonal Cutting Plier Needle-nose Plier Reamer

Bend Scissors Knife

Front Gear Box Build

Front Gear Box Assembly

M3 X 16 Countersunk Phillips Self-tapping Screws

M3 X 28 Countersunk Phillips Self-tapping Screws

Front Shaft

Set Screw Should be tighten on the flat place

Add thread lock

15T Belt gear installing

M4 X 14 Countersunk Phillips Self-tapping Screws

M4 X 4 Set Screw

Front Shock Tower Assembly

Front lower Arm/Front Sway Bar Assembly

M3 X 8 Countersunk Phillips Self-tapping Screws

M3 X 12 Button Phillips Selftapping Screws

M3 X 20 Button Phillips Selftapping Screws

Set screw and Sway-bar installing

The set screw is only used for sway-bar adjustment, not againest to sway-bar movement.

Fronr lower arm plate

Arm pin bushing

M3 X 8 Countersunk Phillips Self-tapping Screws

M3 X 20 Button Phillips Self-tapping Screws

Lower Arm Pin A

M4 X 20 Countersunk Phillips Self-tapping Screws

M3 X 3 Set screw

M4 X 10 Set screw

Steering Knuckle Assembly

Front Upper Link Assembly

Front lower arm bushing

C-Mounting Bushing

M4 X 18 Button Phillips Machine Screws

CVD Drive shaft

Out Drive

M3 X 16 Button Phillips Machine Screws

Servo Assembly

Steering Set Assembly

M3 X 10 Button Phillips Machine Screws

M3 X 3 Set Screws

M3 X 12 Button Phillips Machine Screws

M3 X 16 Button Phillips Machine Screws

M4 X 10 Countersunk Phillips Machine Screws

Add grease

The Servo Installing:

1.linking the servo and tansmi tter,find the neutral.

2.put the servo arm into the servo gear,the servo arm should be vertical to the ser vo.

3.tighten the screws

M3 X 6 Button Phillips Machine Screws

Add grease

Add thread lock

Add grease

Front Upper Plate Assembly

Front Belt Gear Assembly

M3 X 28 Button Phillips Machine Screws

M4 X 10 Button Phillips Machine Screws

Servo Wires

Add thread lock

M4 X 4 Set Screw

M3 X 20 Button Phillips Self-tapping Screw

Servo Wires

Set screw should be tighten on the flat place.

Add grease

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