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TurtleRC Turtle Brain Model B
Instruction Manual
V2.0
WARNINGS
Keep your hands off the control sticks when powering on the Brain or Transmitter.
Always use a functioning killswitch if someone will be riding on your prop.
PRACTICE driving your prop in a safe area away from people until you understand how it
moves and reacts.
CHANGELOG FOR MODEL B
Model B does away with the fuse and power switch present on Model A, and instead employs a 50A
thermal circuit breaker. This provides the same protection as Model A but does not require a supply of
50A fuses. If a stall or other fault occurs once and the breaker trips, simply reset the breaker to activate
power. If the breaker keeps tripping, something is causing an over current issue that needs to be
corrected.

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  • Page 1 CHANGELOG FOR MODEL B Model B does away with the fuse and power switch present on Model A, and instead employs a 50A thermal circuit breaker. This provides the same protection as Model A but does not require a supply of 50A fuses.
  • Page 2 Turtle Brain Kit Contents ITEM DESCRIPTION QUANTITY The Turtle Brain is the star of the show. Your battery, motors and kill switch will use the wires and accessories that come with this kit to connect to the Brain. Turtle Brain The Motor Pigtails feature 45A Powerwerx connectors on each end.

  • Page 3: Kill Switch

    We provide an ATV style killswitch for use when someone will be riding on the prop. Securely install the base to the prop, and connect the wires to the KILL port on the Turtle Brain. Test that the switch is in good working order periodically and before shows.

  • Page 4: How To Use This Guide

    1. Motors and Wheels Acknowledging that our Turtle Brain is just that, a 'brain', we need to have something to control. In this case, the 'brain' is controlling 1 or 2 brushed DC motors. Most configurations will have 2 motors in a 'differential drive' format –...
  • Page 5 3. Something to Move Of course you didn't just buy a Turtle Brain to admire it (although we wouldn't blame you). You need to combine the Turtle with some kind of cool stage prop or item you want mobilized and remote controlled.
  • Page 6 Once you have your motors connected to the Pigtails, plug one of them into M1 and the other into M2. If you later determine that the Turtle isn't responding how you would expect (left and right or forward and back reversed) check the Troubleshooting section for how to correct the motor connections.
  • Page 7 Illustration 3: Powerwerx Connectors (Red and Black) are standard on some motors Illustration 4: Motor inputs labeled M1 and M2...
  • Page 8 BLACK Powerwerx connector. The Battery Pigtail we ship with the Turtle Brain has Powerwerx connectors on one end and ring terminals on the other. These ring terminals will fit most marine deep-cycle or powered wheelchair batteries.

  • Page 9: Basic Usage

    Basic Usage Getting the Turtle up and running once it's set up the first time is straightforward. Step 1: Turn on the Transmitter after installing batteries (included) WARNING: DO NOT TOUCH THE CONTROL STICKS WHILE POWERING ON THE BRAIN OR THE TRANSMITTER. DOING SO MAY CAUSE SUDDEN UNCONTROLLED MOTION OF THE PROP.
  • Page 10 BE SURE TO PRACTICE DRIVING YOUR PROP! This step is very important. While we've made every attempt available to us to make the Turtle a safe product, the responsibility for USING it safely rests in your hands.

  • Page 11: Troubleshooting

    TRANSMITTER The Transmitter isn't making the motors move, even though the Red LED is on. In rare cases you may need to re-bind your Turtle Brain to it's transmitter. To do so, do the following: 1) Turn off everything. 2) Plug only the battery and killswitch into the Turtle Brain (LEAVE THE MOTORS UNPLUGGED).
  • Page 12 MOVEMENT Because there are so many ways to mount the motors to your props, you may end up having mismatched control of your prop at first. If your Prop doesn't react appropriately to the stick movements, follow the diagrams below to determine what you need to do to correct the situation. NOTE: Sometimes it may require more than one tweak to get your system working.
  • Page 13 Movement Issue #2– Inverted Left/Right Motion PUSHING THE STICK ____..CAUSES THE PROP TO GO Forward Down Backward Left Right Right Left Solution: Turn on SERVO REVERSING on the aileron (AIL) channel. Movement Issue #3– Forward Goes Left PUSHING THE STICK ____..CAUSES THE PROP TO GO Left Down...
  • Page 14 ...CAUSES THE PROP TO GO Backward Down Forward Left Right Right Left Solution: This occurs when both motors are in the opposite polarity that the Turtle Brain expects. Simply enable SERVO REVERSING on both the elevator (ELE) and aileron (AIL) channels (see Illustration 8).