I made a similar tool with a lot less work. I put the tip of a small
phillips screwdriver in a vice and put a 90 degree bend on the shaft.
10 seconds, new tool!
Anker
At 02:29 PM 9/22/2005, Doug Reel wrote:
A few years back I made a tool for adjusting servo arms while they are
still glued into the wings. If a servo arm breaks or in my case, I was
switching to a new radio and the position of the arm needed to be
adjusted for the way I wanted to set up the new radio. Anyway I took a
piece of music wire, about 1/16" but perhaps slightly bigger, and in a
vice I hammered a very tight 90 degree bend in the wire. Then I cut off
one end of the wire just beyond the 90 degree bend and very carefully
using the trusty Dremel I cut a philips head into the end of the music
wire. On the long end of the wire I fashioned a handle out of balsa and
glued the music wire into it. So using the small space in the wing
opening I could insert this tool and 1/4 turn at a time, unscrew the
retaining screw at the servo arm, readjust the arm and and screw the
retaining screw back on. I've since used this many times and it has come
in handy at doing field repairs at races when someone lands with the
flaps down at breaks their horn and it must be replaced or end their day
of racing. I hope this helps.
Doug Reel
Colorado Springs, CO
regis wrote:
Not a good `presumption' Many reasons to remove but not replace.
Control arms break. Gears strip and I have bought planes that had
their arms poorly raked. I wrap my servos in tape before gluing
them in. Wish there was an easy way to remove/adjust servo arms
in a wing where the servo has been glued in. Regis
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