HPI Racing VENTURE User manual

Instruction Manual

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Thank you
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Thank you for selecting this HPI RACING product! This kit is designed to be fun to drive and uses top quality parts for durability and perfor-
mance. The instruction manual you are reading was designed to be easy to follow yet thorough in its explanations. HPI Racing wants you to
enjoy driving your new R/C kit. If you come across any problems or need some help getting through a step, give us a call and we will do our very
best to help you.
This is a high performance R/C kit, and it requires regular maintenance for best performance. If you don’t do regular maintenance the perfor-
mance will suffer. HPI has all the necessary parts and accessories available to keep your car performing at its best.
The caution or attention symbols will warn you about steps that can be very dangerous.
Please read and understand the instructions carefully before proceeding.
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Attention Failure to follow these instructions can
cause injury to yourself or others.
You might also cause property damage
or damage your kit.
Cautions Failure to follow these instructions
can damage your kit, and cause
serious bodily injury or death.
Cautions
Before Running
While Operating
Before Operating
After Running
Battery safety
●Please read manual (with parent, guardian or a responsible adult if necessary).
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Please do not run on a public street, this could cause serious accidents, personal injuries and/or property damage.
●Please do not run near pedestrians or small children.
●Please do not run in small or conned areas.
●Make sure that all screws and nuts are properly tightened.
●Always use fresh batteries for your transmitter and receiver to avoid losing control of the model.
●Please conrm the neutral throttle trigger position.
●Turn OFF receiver rst, then turn OFF transmitter. This will prevent the car from losing control.
●After running a HPI RACING product, it is necessary to perform routine maintenance.
Failure to do this can result in increased wear and damage to the engine and chassis.
● Please be careful when handling the battery. It will be hot after running. If the wire is frayed, a short circuit can cause a re.

111833
AC MULTIPLUG CHARGER
2
mm
Z904
2.0mm
1. 5
mm
Z901
1.5mm
Allen Wrench
101939 (US/EU)
AA Alkaline Batteries (4pcs.)
101929
PLAZMA 7.2V 2000mAh NI-MH BATTERY PACK
7
mm
1
Components
Radio Control Car
Transmitter
Parts Bag
Included Items
Z950
Cross Wrench

101929
PLAZMA 7.2V 2000mAh NI-MH BATTERY PACK
2-1Charging Batterys
2Start Up Guide
Cautions
Charge time 6 hours. Overcharging can
cause damage or explosion.。
1
Cautions Do not use Nickel Cadmium battery charger for Nickel Metal Hydride batteries. If you do not use the special
charger for Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, the batteries will be damaged.
2
Choose the correct plug for your adapter.
1
Remove
2
Plug into a wall outlet
US/JP EU UK AU

2 Transmitter Preparation
Setup Before Starting
2-2
1
Transmitter Battery Installation
Battery Cover
Adjustment tool
Note Direction.
Open battery cover at the bottom of transmitter. Install batteries. Follow the direction of batteries
designated in the inside of the battery box.
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HPI TF-40 2.4GHz TRANSMITTER (2ch)
101939 (US/EU)
AA Alkaline Batteries
Mode Switch
P.3 5
Reverse Switch
Switch factory setting.
Switch factory setting.
1
2
Attention
Switch factory setting.
Adjustment tool
When in France, switch France mode
Switching modes clears binding and fail safe.。

3 Preparing The Chassis
4 Battery Installation
Removing the Body 75106
Body Clip (6mm/black)
75106
Body Clip (6mm/black)
OFF

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5 ESC Setup
NiMH
NiMH
LiPo
LiPo
There are two battery modes to choose from (NiMH or LiPo). Factory setting is set to NiMH mode.
Lipo Battery Mode LiPo Akku Modus Mode batterie LiPo LiPoバッテリー設定
Drag Brake Function
If the power is cutting off and on (pulsing) while driving, the LiPo battery cutoff has been activated in the speed control. Stop driving the car im-
mediately and recharge or replace the battery.
2S LiPo Output reduces to 50% at 6.5V. ESC cuts off at 6.0V when battery cannot supply enough voltage.
Output reduces to 50% at 9.75V. ESC cuts off at 9.0V when battery cannot supply enough voltage.
3S LiPo
Output reduces to 50% at 4.5V. ESC cuts off at 4.0V when battery cannot supply enough voltage.
5-9 cells
NiMH
Low voltage cut-off protection
If the voltage of the battery pack is lower than the threshold for 2 seconds, the ESC will enter the protection mode.
When the car stops, the red LED blanks on the ESC to indicate that the low voltage cut-off protection has been activated.
Drag Brake
Battery type
LiPo NiMH
80% Drag Brake 100% Drag Brake Drag Brake Off
Drag Brake
Drag Brems
Frein de traînée
ドラッグブレーキ
Battery type
Akkutyp
Type de batterie
バッテリータイプ LiPo NiMH
80% Drag Brake 100% Drag Brake Drag Brake Off
Drag Brake
Drag Brems
Frein de traînée
ドラッグブレーキ
Battery type
Akkutyp
Type de batterie
バッテリータイプ LiPo NiMH
80% Drag Brake 100% Drag Brake Drag Brake Off
Drag Brake
Drag Brems
Frein de traînée
ドラッグブレーキ
Battery type
Akkutyp
Type de batterie
バッテリータイプ LiPo NiMH
80% Drag Brake 100% Drag Brake Drag Brake Off
80%DB100%DB
DB OFF
This function will maintain a smooth controlled speed while descending. When the throttle position is at neutral, brakes will be applied automatically. Additional
braking can be applied manually as needed for extreme descents. Once throttle position is returned to neutral, HDC will continue to function.
Recommended Settings
The ESC is programmed with the use of jumpers to select setting.
(Tweezers are recommended to plug in the jumpers)
Jumper
100%
Steep and rough
terrain.
80%
Moderately steep terrain
OFF
Higher speeds. Open trail driving

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This car has a built-in fail safe system. If the radio glitches, because of interference or the car goes out of range, it will go into neutral to protect your car.
The fail safe system has been setup at the factory, but you should become familiar with the function of the fail safe and check the operation before running.
Situation when the fail safe will operate.
When transmitter radio signal is cut off.
The fail safe can not completely protect your car.
Attention
When fail safe is operating, LED light will turn off.
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HPI RF-40WP
Receiver (2.4GHz)
OPEN
OFF
2
6
Checking Fail Safe Operation
1
Put the car on a stand.
Allen Wrench
2
mm
Z904
2.0mm
2
mm

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If the red LED is ashing, the car should be in neutral. The ESC should not be applying
throttle, brake or reverse. If car is not in neutral, please perform the fail-safe setup procedure.
Cautions
LED light will flash and vehicle will not move.This means that the fail safe is working properly.
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Reference Section
Abschnitt
4
2
OFFON ON
When fail safe is operating, the red LED will continuously flash.
OFF

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4
5
Allen Wrench
2
mm
Z904
2.0mm
2
mm