Firelands X BOLT 250 User manual

Assembly Manual
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MADE IN CHINA
This product contains chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm.
Electronics
Carbon Fiber Manufactured
and Machined in USA
X Bolt FPV Racer Kit AZSZ2903
Packaged and Assembled
in USA

1 x X Bolt Frame (9 pieces)
1 x Flight Controller
1 x Power Distribution
1 x FPV Video Camera
1 x FPV Video Transmitter
4 x 18A Spreed Controls
4 x 2206 2250Kv Brushless Motors
1 x Battery Strap
2 x CW Prop
2 x CCW Prop
6 x 10mm Nylon Stando󰀨s (F/F)
4 x 12mm Nylon Stando󰀨s (M/F)
2 x 15mm Nylon Stando󰀨s (M/F)
4 x Plastic M3 Hex Nuts
8 x 20mm M3 Screws
25 x 6mm M3 Screws
2 x 6mm M3 Grub Screw
4 x M3 Aluminum Thumb Nut
8 x M3 Aluminum 10mm Stando󰀨s
2 x M3 Aluminum 23mm Stando󰀨s
2 x M3 Aluminum 35mm Stando󰀨s
1 x Plastic FPV Camera Mount
1 x Plastic HCT Mount
2.5mm Hex Wrench
3.0mm Hex Wrench
Soldering Iron
Solder
Needle Nose Pliers
Wire Cutters/Strippers
Blue Thread Locker
Sandpaper or Needle File
2.4GHz Transmitter
2.4GHz Satellite or Standard Receiver
5.8GHz Receiver Monitor or Goggles
1300-2200mAh 3-4 Cell Lipo Battery
LiPo Balance Charger
Contents List Tools Needed
Equipment
Kit Contents
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Advisory
Please wipe o󰀨 all carbon parts prior to
installation.
If you nd a machined hole that is too
tight, enlarge it slightly using a needle
le or correct size drill bit.

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1. Camera Plate
2. Battery Plate
3. Top Plate
4. Bottom Plate
5. Camera Mount
6. Motor Arms
Carbon Parts
Washers
On the bottom frame insert four
M3 6mm screws. Use four
washers to keep the PDB (Power
Distribution Board) from touching
the carbon frame.
Place the PDB. Orient the PDB so
that the solder pads for the ESC’s
face the front and rear of the quad.
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Option 1 - No LED Bar
Install the two M3 35mm alumi-
num stando󰀨s. Install two M3
10mm nylon stando󰀨s at center of
frame. Install four M3 10mm alu-
minum stando󰀨s. All stando󰀨s are
mounted using M3 6mm screws
from bottom side of frame
Option 2 - LED Bar Install
Replace the two nylon 10mm
strando󰀨s with the 10mm alumi-
num stando󰀨s from the rear of the
frame.
Install the LED bar at the rear of
the frame.
Screw the two M3 6mm grub
screw (threaded rod) into the
10mm aluminum stando󰀨s at front
of frame. The grub screws should
only be seated a maximum of
3mm into the stando󰀨.
Use a drop of blue thread lock on
the grub screw.
Locate the plastic camera mount
and position it on the frame with
the two M3 holes facing forward.
Place a washer on each M3 screw
prior to screwing the camera
mount in place from the bottom of
the frame.
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Locate the carbon ber camera
mount plate and FPV camera.
Unscrew the lens from the camera
and insert through the hole on the
camera mount, rescrewing the
lens back onto the camera base.
Focusing the camera will be per-
formed after the X Bolt is assem-
bled. Focus is accomplished by
screwing the lens in/out. The lock
ring will x the position of the cam-
era to the camera mount.
Mount the camera plate to the
plastic camera mount using two
M3 6mm screws.
Note that the camera power
connection is located nearest the
frame. (See Photo)
HCT mount option
Locate the carbon ber top plate.
Install three M3 10mm stando󰀨s
as shown in photo to right. Locate
the two HCT plastic mount halves.
Install bottom half to the frame
using M3 6mm screw as shown in
photo at right.
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No HCT mount option
Locate the carbon ber top plate.
Install four M3 10mm stando󰀨s as
shown in photo to left. Install the
stando󰀨s with M3 6mm screws
from the bottom side of frame.
Locate the 90 degree header pins.
Solder in place to channels 1-4 on
the ight controller. These are the
4 speed control connections.
NOTE: Double check polarity
marked on the ight controller for
your ESC’s
Satellite Receiver Option
Leave yourself 3” of wire to the
satellite receiver. Solder the three
leads to the ight controller.
External Receiver Option
Locate the wire loom and header
pins as shown in photo to right.
Solder header pins to ight con-
troller
6

Discard JST Plug
Cut 2-1/2” Long
Retain for
later step
Locate the VTX power wire with
the JST plug installed. This wire
will need to be modied for two
applications in the following steps.
Cut the JST plug o󰀨 close to the
connector. Discard the plut. From
the remaining wire, cut a section
of wire 2-1/2” long. You will use
this wire to power the ight con-
troller from the PDB later in the
manual.
The remaining wire with the white
plug attached will power the VTX
and camera simultaneously.
Solder the VTX power leads to the
ground and 12V tabs on the PDB
as shown in photo to left.
Locate the 4” piece of 16 AWG
wire and cut in half. Solder one
end of each with to the PDB.
Leave the other end of the wires
unattached. These will be soldered
to the HCT plug after the wires are
fed through the frame.
NOTE: Maintain proper polarity.
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Locate the four 18A brushless
ESC’s.
Solder the ESC power leads to the
PDB as shown in the photo to the
right.
NOTE: Maintain the correct polari-
ty as marked on the PDB.
Locate four 2206 Brushless mo-
tors and hardware.
Locate the carbon ber arms and
match the holes on the motors to
the holes on the arms. If they do
not match, ip the arm over.
8

Using a needle le or sandpaper
ease the edges of the hole in the
arms to avoid chang the motor
wires.
Feed the wires through the hole
and mount the motor to the arm,
using the screws provided with the
motors.
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Option 1 Expert
Solder directly to the ESC. Make 2
slits on the sides of the ESC and
fold back the heat shrink to ex-
pose the 3 solder pads.
NOTE: Use caution when solder-
ing next to FETS.
Option 2 Intermediate
Splice ESC and motor wires
together as shown in the photo.
Only cut the wires from the ESC,
do not cut the motor wires. Cover
exposed solder joints with heat
shrink (not included).
Add top plate and feed the VTX
cable through the frame.
If you choose to add the optional
buzzer it should be installed at this
point.
In this step we will use the 2-1/2”
wires that you cut from the VTX
power cable earlier.
Solder these wires from the 5V on
the PDB to the ight controller.
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Washers
Washers
Spacers
Thumbscrew
Standoff
Before you install the top plate you will need to install the motor arms. To
complete this step you will need.
8 M3 20mm screws
8 M3 aluminum spacers
24 Nylon washers
4 M3 Thumb screws
4 10mm Nylon stando󰀨s F/F
Arm Assembly Sequence
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Install the two M3 23mm stando󰀨s.
These will thread onto the grub
screws that you installed earlier.
Wrap the VTX with the provided
piece of heatshrink. This will pro-
vide protection for your VTX.
12

Plug in all your components. The
camera, VTX, satellite receiver
and ESC’s.
Double check ESC polarity.
Diagram shows channel selection
for your ESC’s and motor rotation
direction.
Refer to the diagram to the right.
At this point you should have the
top and bottom plates assembled.
Install M3 nylon hex nuts to secure
the ight controller.
Fit battery tray over 23mm stand-
o󰀨s. Secure with ve M3 6mm
screws.
13

The HCT plug adapter helps clean
up wiring and holds the battery
leads in place.
Locate two 15mm nylon stando󰀨s
M/F. These are installed on the
battery tray as shown in photo to
right.
These are to protect the battery in
the event of a crash.
Locate the camera plate and install using four M3 6mm screws.
At this point you are ready to set up in Cleanight.
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