Sam Girardi is certainly right about what he is saying. However, I have found (see, message 103906 ) that the new Volzes are sufficiently strong to survive the occasional flap-down landing without servo protectors. Steve Henke (message 103928) found something very similar.
--- Rense Lange --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Art Mcnamee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Sam Girardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 12/5/2002 5:59:52 PM > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Hitec HS-5125MG Servos > > Hi Sam, > The servos may not be the problem. If these were stripped on landing with flaps down > then learn to take the flaps off a second before you touch down. If there is grass on > the field and the flaps drag across that it's a real load on the gears. > One way to help on that is to buy servo arms from elect. car hobby shops. These servo > arms are spring loaded and really take an impact. I have never broken a servo gear > using these arms. > Thermals, Art > Sam Girardi wrote: > > > How are these servos working out for you guys? My > > buddy had them in a plane at Visalia and he managed to > > strip two of them on landing (seperate incidences). > > > > How do they compair to the other thin wing servos? > > (voltz and multiplex) > > > > thanks! any feedback is appreciated > > Sam Girardi > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
