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motor. For your convenience, the throttle control remains at the position you leave it. To
steer your robotic vessel, move the stick in the horizontal direction to the left or right.
This motion causes the appropriate motor to rotate, (right for clockwise, left for counter
clockwise), until the stick is released.
CAUTION
Kill Switch
The motors will not return to the neutral position
automatically. With the controller you must reposition the
motors to follow a straight path.
Stern Motor
Directional
Control
Bow Motor
Directional
Control
Stern
Motor
Thrust
Bow Motor
Thrust
Control
Controller
ON/OFF
Switch
Figure 4: Remote Controller
Your robotic vessel has superb maneuverability and with various propulsion motor
orientations you can move in any direction on the water surface with not much more than
its own footprint required for turning.
Note that the remote control is equipped with a kill switch. Do not hesitate to use this
switch as it was designed with safety considerations in mind. If the automatic kill switch
is used it can simply be turned back on by flicking the switch back to its original position,
when it is safe to do so.
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