User Manual
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Reconnect the new water line to the
water pickup tube.
Connect a short tube to the speed
control and to the right side of the
brushless motor.
Connect the new water line to the 40A
brushless speed control.
Feed the other short tube through the
sideofthehullandconnecttothele
side of the brushless motor.
Connectthereceiverplugtothethrolechannelonthereceiverandyouarereadytogo.
Setting Failsafe
The Rivos comes with the receiver failsafe set to NONE. In the event of loss of signal the motor will
stopandtheboatwilldri.Ifthesignalisregainednormalfunconwillreturn.Ifyouwishtoprogram
thefailsafetoacustomsengjustfollowthesesimplesteps:
TheRivosspeedcontrolisequippedwithalowvoltagecuto(LVC)circuit.WhentheNiMhbaery
voltagedropsto5.6Vthespeedcontrolwillshutopowertothemotor.Motorfunconcanbe
restoredbycyclingthethroletriggeroandthenbackonatalowpowerseng.Youmustcease
operangtheboatandrechargethedrivebaery.Repeatedlyaempngtoconnueoperaonmay
dropthebaeryvoltagetodamaginglevels.
• WithboththetransmierandreceiverpoweredON,pressthebindbuononthereceiver
for about 3 seconds.
• ThereceiverwillenterthefailsafesengmenuandthereceiverLEDwillash.
• Youhaveabout3secondstomovethecontrolstotheposionthatyouwishtoprogram
into failsafe.
• Aerthe3secondsthereceiverwillsavethesengsandreturntonormalmode.
• Ifyouwishtoresettoadierentseng,simplyrepeattheabovesteps.
Low Voltage Cuto