Forwarded with permission, as Arend is not on the list. Another copy will show up in a week or so, when our moderator returns from the US NATS. Jon Stone ----- Original Message ----- From: Arend Borst To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: [FAIsoaring] Volz temp drift history TEMPERATURE DRIFT IS HISTORY. Well, I guess it is time for my ten cents worth. I am Arend Borst, and with two third placings in the last two World Camps, I can safely say to be consistent. Volz servo's have been the only servo's in my F3J planes for the last three years, and the occurring temperature drift has not kept me from being competitive. MV found the culprit to this problem, and I received the components that supposedly would solve this drift, shortly before the World Champs in Greece. I had my components shipped to Canada within two days , installed them myself, emptied two transmitter packs during the following Saturday while putting these new components to the test. Furthermore I very closely observed the neutral positions of all surfaces during the 120 degree HEAT test on Corfu. Visually I can no longer detect this temperature drifting, and for me that means that the problem is solved. MV told me that from now on every servo leaving his plant has this new component installed. I have seen more innovations and improvements in these servo's over the last three years than I could ever expect, and that means that they probably continue to get even better than they already are. You might think I am getting paid to say this, na na, I just thought that some credit to MV is appropriate. After reading some of the discussions on the exchange, I would like to share one of my principals that I believe could help a lot of you stay out of technical trouble more than you did before. I always use components that are qualified or even over qualified for doing their job. That is why I will never use plastic gears in an F3J / F3B model, not even for a V-tail. That is why I prefer a five cell ni-cad battery pack. That is why I will never use any unproven epoxy, or 5 minute epoxy. That is why The Stratos is the plane I use since the spar has never been broken on a two man tow, by anybody. For example ( In the US it was D.Perkins, and in Canada G.Clarck who both missed a spot on their national team, because of wing spar failures during the flyoffs.) Maybe I go overboard on some of my criteria, but in the long run I believe it pay's of if you arefully examine your planes possible weaknesses, and eliminate them without compromise. There is at least one thing where I could not seem to get a handle on in Corfu, and that is preventing line breaks. And I know there are a few others trying to figure out why they had this problem as well. So we continue Arend Borst. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
