Originally Posted by walter3rd

if i cant find anything do i need to replace the aileron servo? where can i source these little guys? i guess i can cut her open again to investigate more as i do not trust her now. she glitched on me today again and crashed into tall grass. no damage but i am tired of the waiting game for drama. the plane is brand new and i cant stand the thought of losing her in a tall tree or what not. on the bench it works so well and no sign of any obstruction. guess ill break out the magnifying glass and give her a good investigation. wish i was better at knowing what to look for as i am unfamiliar with the workings of these little components. ill try my best. it seems to me to be intermitant electrical issues as opposed to obstruction. i could be wrong.

That happened o mine once back in the beginning/. If i remember right a simple re-binding was the answer.

Marc

Originally Posted by walter3rd

if i cant find anything do i need to replace the aileron servo? where can i source these little guys? i guess i can cut her open again to investigate more as i do not trust her now. she glitched on me today again and crashed into tall grass. no damage but i am tired of the waiting game for drama. the plane is brand new and i cant stand the thought of losing her in a tall tree or what not. on the bench it works so well and no sign of any obstruction. guess ill break out the magnifying glass and give her a good investigation. wish i was better at knowing what to look for as i am unfamiliar with the workings of these little components. ill try my best. it seems to me to be intermitant electrical issues as opposed to obstruction. i could be wrong.

That happened o mine once back in the beginning/. If i remember right a simple re-binding was the answer. found this too


Marc

You should have one in your old T-28.

like a IDIOT i trashed the old plane!!!!! yes lesson learned. after i threw it away i later realized that was a mistake. it ws in a dumpster and i was too late. i could kick myself now! ill try the suggestion above as well. thanks everyone for the help. i really want to get this thing back in the air. walt.

Walter,
I had an elevator servo quit intermitantly (sp) and I cut the travel down to 98 % and that stopped it. I have not actually flown the brick but have bench tested it several times since it happened. I have an extra brick that HH sent me. I figured this out when people kept saying not to go over 100% servo travel.

Larry

should i just go into the aileron throws in my dx6i and dial back the aileron?

That's what I did with my DX7.

Walter,
In my case I had a new UM T-28 with about 5 good flights on it. The next flight the elevator froze up and I crashed. I got to the plane and every thing worked fine. Repete several times. Horizon replaced plane. Got checking it and found that if I cut the travel down everything worked as it should. rebuilt plane as backup have not flown but works on the bench.

Larry

thanks. i cut the travel back to 95% just to play it safe and will test it out again over high fluffy grass today. thanks!

Originally Posted by Travler

Walter,
In my case I had a new UM T-28 with about 5 good flights on it. The next flight the elevator froze up and I crashed. I got to the plane and every thing worked fine. Repete several times. Horizon replaced plane. Got checking it and found that if I cut the travel down everything worked as it should. rebuilt plane as backup have not flown but works on the bench.

Larry

I guess I've been lucky. I easily a few dozen flights and no problems at all. Even before my first flight the first thing I did though was cut the travel down to 90% on everything. Maybe this saved me? (My reason for the cutback was because I'm a bit of a beginner, not because I was worried about any servo failure, but it looks like my slight newbiness may have saved my plane

cut it back to 95% and only flew it once today but all was well. time will tell. i may cut it to 90% justto play it even safer. i also re-bound her so i tried that trick too. ill be holding my breath for every new flight on this girl for a while. kicking myself for ditching my old airframe!!!!!!!!!!!! IDIOT!!!!!!!!:censor ed:

I probably got a good used one around here, if you need it.

If you cut the total control down too much you will have to go inside and move the control rod in on the bellcrank. I did that one and it was too much for me so I drilled a new hole halfway.

Larry

i could not tell any difference at 95% today over the 100% it had so i think 90% should fly just fine. ill p.m. you matt if you are willing to sell me yours if needed. thanks for the offer. very nice of you. walt.

Originally Posted by walter3rd

i could not tell any difference at 95% today over the 100% it had so i think 90% should fly just fine. ill p.m. you matt if you are willing to sell me yours if needed. thanks for the offer. very nice of you. walt.

Wow guys. I missed a lot.
Yes these little servos some times need limits.
The 4-site was famous for this.
good idea drilling a middle hole to get rates you like.
These little worm drive servos are quite robust, considering the size.
Driving them to the ends is tough on them.
keeping a mSr going made me try things.
The little rubber keepers can work their way lose and cause slop or worse.
The mSr actually comes with extras. Helies are hell on servos!
Dirt in any were in the servo is bad. Cat hair or dust, stuff that almost can not be seen can cause behaviors you will blame on your flying skill.

The mechanical end is one thing.
Inside is another.
The foil strip must be clean and free from , what I belive to be,
arking damage.
If the servo binds up but keeps trying to move it apoears to damage or dirty the contact areas there. I have cleaned them with pencil erasers and lubed them
with Caig pro gold with success.
It is not an easy job and much is put at risk. The first go was a last ditch effort!
Good idea to set limits. BUT!
By all means move those control rods for more throw!!!
Set up dual rates or tripple rates if you have them.
Little T-28 is very surprising! Chris