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Pylon Racer
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IN TR OD UC TI ON
!Con gra tul ati ons o n the p urchas e of the EP O Pylon Ra cer, the G ee Be e R3. R eplica f rom the m ost popu lar
pyl on ra cer in th e world t hat wil l mak e you out stand a t you r local f lying f iel d. P lea se fo llow th e man ual and
com ple te th e fin al as sem bly, we h ope you ca n enjoy th e flying o f this rac er.
CA UT IO N
Bef ore beg innin g the ass embly r ead the i nstru ction s thoro ughly t o give an u nders tandi ng of the s equen ce
of s teps a nd a ge neral awa renes s of th e reco mmend ed ass embly pro cedur es. By fol lowin g thes e
ins truct ions ca reful ly and r eferr ing to t he co rresp ondin g pict ure s, the as sembl y of you r model wil l be bot h
enj oyabl e and rew ardin g. The re sult wi ll be a wel l built , easy to f ly plan e.
The G ee Bee R3 i s desig ned for i nterm ediat e to adva nce pil ots and i t requi res bas ic flyi ng skil l.
PR E-A SS EM BL EY NO TE S
1.P lease assem ble y our model acco rdi ng to t his i nst ructi on man ual. Do n ot att empt to m odify or ch ang e
you r mode l in any way as d oing s o may ad verse ly cha nge it s fl yin g char act erist ics. D oin g so wi ll b e ou t
of wa rrant y.
2.T he pl ane i s a lmo st as sembl ed, a lot o f ass embly step s a re fi nis hed b y f actor y cra fts man. Onl y a f ew
fin al asse mbly st eps tha t will ne ed user t o do.
3.B efore you beg in ple ase che ck ent ire co nte nts of t his ki t agai nst the exp loded pho tos on t he sid e pane l
of the color box . If you find that any part s are eit her mis sing or d amage d, p lea se c ont act o ur d ealer
imm ediat ely for r eplac ement . Note: You r deale r canno t accep t kit fro m retur n if asse mbly ha s begun .
CO MBO P LU S VE RS IO N CO NTE NT S
Sem i- asse mbled Ai rplan e
Mot or: Out runne r 800KV ( AS927 0SZ)
BLC -30: Sk yzone B LC-30 A ( AS92 71S Z)
Ser vo: 2 Mic ro ( AS923 3SZ), 2 M ini Ser vos( AS9 272SZ )
OT HE R IT EM S RE QUI RE D FO R CO MB O PL US V ER SI ON
Rad io: A 4CH Ra dio c ontr ol sy stem
Bat tery: 3 S1P 11.1 V 2200m Ah Lip o Bat tery
Cha rger : Equ ivale nt 3S Ba lan ce Char ger
US IN G YOU R N EW E SC
Imp rope r polar ity or s hort c irc uit wi ll dam age t he ESC , this b eyo nd our w arran ty.
Al er t Ton es
The S kyzo ne ESC i s equ ippe d with a udi ble al ert ton es to in dica te ab norm al cond itio ns at po wer u p.
1.C onti nuous b eepi ng ton e (** **) In dicat es tha t thro ttl e stic k is not i n the m inim um pos iti on.
2.S ingl e beep ing to ne fol lowe d by a on e se cond p ause ( * * * * ) Indi cate s that t he ba tte ry pac k volt age
exce eds t he a ccep tab le ra nge. ( The E SC aut omat icall y che cks a nd v erif ies the b atter y vol tage o nce
the b atte ry is con nect ed).
BU ILT- IN I NT EL LI GE NT E SC S AF ET Y FU NC TI ON S.
1.O ver- heat pr otec tion: W hen th e temp era ture o f ESC ex cee ds 110℃ un til it b elo w 110℃.
2.T hrot tle Sign al Los t Pr otec tio n: T he ESC will aut omat ica lly cut off the pow er t o t he mot or w hen it
d etec ts a l ost of th rot tle sign al for 2 s econ ds, th en the mo tor will em it con tinuo us beepi ng tone .
PO WE RI NG U P TH E ES C FO R TH E FI R ST T IM E & SE TT IN G TH E AU TO MATI C
TH RO TT LE C AL IB RAT IO N
Fea ture s Aut oma tic Th rot tle Ca libra tion t o atta in th e smoo thest t hrot tle re spo nse an d resol utio n
thr ough out the e ntir e thro ttl e rang e of you r tra nsmi tter. Th is ste p is d one o nce to a llow t he ES C to “le arn
and m emor ize” y our t rans mitte r's th rottl e outp ut sig nal s and on ly repe ated i f you ch ang e your
tra nsmi tter.
1.S witc h your t ran smit ter O N and se t the th rottl e stic k to hig hes t posi tion.
2.C onne ct the b atte ry p ack to t he ESC . Wait f or abo ut 2 sec onds , the mo tor wi ll bee p for t wic e, the n put
t he th rot tle to the lo west p osit ion, t he mot or wil l als o be ep, wh ich in dica tes that y our ES C has g ot the
sig nal r ange o f the th rot tle fr om y our t rans mitte r.
The t hrottl e is now ca lib rated a nd yo ur ES C is re ady for op erati on.
ENT ER IN G THE P RO GR AMM IN G MO DE
1.Sw itch your t rans mitter ON a nd set the thr ottle to it s high est po sition.
2.Co nnect the b atte ry pack to th e ESC.
3.Wai t until you h ear tw o shor t beep s (●● ●● ●● ● ●) , the ESC is no w in prog rammin g mode .
4.Wi th the thro ttle st ick at h ighe st posi tion, t here wil l be ano ther be eps(_●) abo ut 5 se cond s, the
Prog ramming i s read y to sta rt the s eque nce as refe renc e tabl e that y ou can set up th e desi red funct ion.
5.Wh en reachi ng the desi red fu nction by r ecog nizing th e tone s, move thr ottl e stic k to low est po sition.
6.Th e ESC will em it two be eps (_●) an d the fu ncti on is store d.
7.Th e program ming proc edure is st op as it al lows one se ttin g of functi on eac h time .
8.Sw itch off the p ower for fe w seco nds be fore next s etti ng or using .
GEN ERA L SAFE TY PR ECA UTI ONS
1.Do not i nstall the pr opelle r ( fixe d wing ) o r dr ive pi nion (helic opte r) on the mo tor when y ou tes t t he E SC
and mo tor for
the fi rst ti me unt il you make su re the sett ings o n radi o is cor rect .
2.Ne ver use rup ture d or punctu red batte ry cel ls.
3.Ne ver use bat tery p acks that a re kno wn to ov erhe at.
4.Ne ver use sho rt cir cuit batt ery or moto r term inal s.
5.Al ways use pr oper i nsulati on materi al for cabl e insu lation.
6.Al ways use pr oper c able conn ectors.
WRO NG BATT ERY POL ARI TY WI LL DAM AGE T HE ESC AN D VOI D THE WAR RAN TY
1.Us e only batt erie s that are su ppor ted by the ESC a nd ensure t he cor rect p olarity b efor e connect ing.
2.Al ways TX powe r on first an d powe r off las t.
3.En sure the th rott le stick is i n the low est posit ion befor e conn ecting th e batt ery pack.
4.
Only conn ect y our b attery pack just befo re flying and do not l eave your batter y pack conn ected after
flyi ng.
5.Ha ndle your mod el with extre me care once the ba tter y p ack is connec ted and ke ep away fr om the
prop eller at al l
ti mes. N ever stan d in-l ine or dire ctly i n fron t of any ro tating pa rts.
6.Do n ot get wet of yo ur ESC .
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1. Loca te th e ma in wi ng h alve s th en us e th e
enc losed a dhesi ve to gl ue two w ing hal ves tog ether.
Ma ke su re t he wi ng r oot co ntac t eac h ot her
per fectl y. Glue th e wing pr otect or in pla ce as sho wn.
4.S ecure t he moto r in plac e firml y with th e retai ning
scr ew whic h you loo sed.
2.L ocate t he fuse lage th en loos e the ret ainin g screw
fro m the mot or moun t by a Phil lips Sc rew Dri ver.
5.I nsert the ho rizon tal t ail in place with the pl ywood
mou nt faced up t hen secu re the tail i n p lace wit h
M3x 22mm.
3.N ext in sert the spee d con troll er to the batt ery
com partm ent fro m the cow ling.
6.A pply tin y g lue at the bott om hole of the rud der
the n inse rt the torqu e rod o f tail wheel into t he hol e.
Wip e away th e exces s glue.
FI NAL AS SE MB LY
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IN TRO DU CT IO N
Tha nk you for pur chasi ng SKYZO NE Brush less Ele ctron ic Spee d C ontro ller,
Sky zone has no c ontro l ove r th e use , in stall ation , app licat ion, or m ainte nance of thes e pro ducts , th us no lia bilit y
sha ll b e as sumed nor acc epted for any dam ages, los ses of c osts resu lting fro m th e us e of thi s it em. A ny c laims
ari sing from the o perat ing, failu re or malf uncti oning etc. will be d enied . We a ssume no l iabil ity f or pe rsona l inj ury,
pro perty dam age or conse quent ial dama ges resul ting fro m ou r p roduc t or ou r wo rkman ship. As far as is lega lly
per mitte d, the ob ligat ion for c ompen satio n is limi ted to th e invoi ce amou nt of the
Pro duct in q uesti on.
ple ase read th is manua l c arefu lly.
FAC TORY D EFA ULT SE TT IN G
Bra ke： OFF
Bat tery Typ e Detec t： LiP o with Aut omati c Cell
Low Vo ltage C utoff Th resho ld： M edium ( 3.0V/ 60%)
Timi ng Setu p： Autom atic
Sof t Acc elera tion St art Up： Soft Acce lera tion
Gov ernor M ode ： R PM OFF
Fre quenc y ： 8kHz
Low Vo ltage C utoff Typ e： Red uce pow er
SP ECI FI CAT IO N
Out put : Con tinuo us Curr ent 30A ,
Bur st Curr ent 40A fo r 10 seco nds
Bat tery Ce ll :5-1 2NC / 2-4 L ipo
Wei ght:2 8g
BEC O utput :5V/3 A
FE ATUR ES
Ext remel y low int ernal r esist ance
Sup er smoo th and ac curat e throt tle lin earit y
Saf ety the rmal ov er-lo ad prot ectio n
Aut o throt tle shu t down in s ignal l ose sit uatio n
Sup ports h igh RPM m otors
Pow er armi ng prot ectio n (prev ents th e motor f rom
acc ident ally ru nning w hen swi tched O N)
New Ad vance d progr ammin g softw are
QU ICK S TAR T UP
1.S witch y our Tran smitt er ON and s et the th rottl e to its lo west po sitio n.
2.C onnec t the bat tery pa ck to the E SC and th e ESC is po wered o n.
3.I t emits t wo sets o f tones i n succe ssion i ndica ting it s worki ng stat us.
* The f irst se t of tone s denot es the nu mber of B atter y cells . (Two bee ps (**) i ndica tes a 2 cel l LiPo pa ck).
* The s econd s et of ton es deno tes Bra ke stat us (one b eep * sta nds Bra ke is “ON ” and two b eeps ( _ *) s tands B rake
is “O FF”). T he ESC is n ow read y for use .
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No. AS9 263SZ R udder
No Lan ding G ear.AS 9264S Z
No Tail G ear.AS 9265S Z
RE PLA CE ME NT PA RT
No. AS9 260SZ F usela ge No 926 2 Hor izont al Tail.AS SZ
No. 9269 SZ Spri ng Wire S etAS No. 9270 SZ Outr unner (KV 800 )AS
No. AS9 271SZ 3 0A Brush less Co ntrol ler
No Spi nner.AS 9266S Z
No Can opy.AS 9267S Z
No. 926 8SZ Pro pelle rS
No. 9261 SZ Main W ingAS
8.W ell con nect th e servo w ires, c ontro ller wi re and Y
cor d to the re ceive r.
7.S nap o n th e ru dder hinge s an d mak e su re t hat i t
wor ks fre ely. N ext at tach on t he cl evise s to t he
co nt ro l h or ns on th e ru dd er an d el ev at or
res pecti vely when ser vos and contr ol s urfac es a re
in ne utral p ositi on.
9.C onnec t the a ilero n serv os to t he Y co rd the n tria l
fit the m ain wi ng in pl ace. S ecure t he win g with
M4x 55mm wh en sati sfied .
11.I nstal l t he l andin g ge ar in p lace. Us er m ay n ot
nee d to appl y the glue at the c ontac t are a fo r eas y
tra nspor tatio n.
10. Lo cate the la nding gear set a nd sp ring wires as
sho wn. The re are 10 w ires in 5 d iffere nt leng th.
12. At tach on t he spri ng wire s as phot o indic ated.
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It is im porta nt to bala nce t he pl ane t o th e cor rect CG be fore you f ly. T he b alanc e poi nt is abou t
fro m the lea ding ed ge at the w ing roo t.
3- 5/3 2"(8 0mm)
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Gen eral: Check the air plane compl etely. Do the mecha nical t rim of all co ntrol surfa ces to make th e trim neutr al in
pos ition on t ransm itter. Add f uel o r qui ck c harge the batte ry th en do the pre-f light chec ks ag ain ( F-K) if y ou Are
goi ng to fly a gain.
Bat tery: C heck ba ttery i f heavy l andin g or cras hed, pr operl y dispo sal the b atter y if batt ery is pu nched o r damag ed.
Sto rage: Dis charg e th e ba ttery, unp lug the batte ry c onne ctor, clea n th e pl ane wi th r ubbin g al cohol an d pa per
tow el then s tore th e airpl ane ind oors wh ere is dr y and wit hout du st.
PO ST-F LI GH T CH EC K
AC CID EN TS : ON CE YO U RU N IN TO AN Y ACC ID EN TS TH AT AIR PL AN E LO OS E
CO NTR OL I N AIR
P .
Q.
R.
a. Ha ve the au dienc e notic e this si tuati on and tr y to stop e ngine o r motor t o minim ize the d amage .
b. Obse rve t he c rash point , ge t th ere a nd s witch off the batte ry f irst then look int o the air plane and try to find out
rea son. Ge t some pi cture s of the pl ane if po ssibl e.
c. Pi ck up the w recka ge of the p lane an d keep en viron ment pr otect ed.
d. If a ny inju ry occu rs plea se keep c lam and p roces s the cor rect pr ocedu re of “Fi rst Aid” .
Joi n the M odel A ssoci ation (mode ler in US ple ase c ontac t Acade my of M odel Ae ronau tics) for i nsura nce, f lying flied
inf ormat ion and o ther de tails i s stron gly rec ommen ded.
It is impor tant t hat you thoro ughly u nders tand t he abov e caut ions be fore y ou att empt yo ur fir st flig ht.Th e
exp ertis e of
exp erien ced model ers a t fl ying fiel d is alw ays y our good teac hers. J ust ask for help and alway s be
awa re o f the
saf ety cau tions t hat wil l help yo u to enjo y a safe an d happy f light .
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