Futaba 9ZAP Problem

[Ron Van Putte]

On May 5, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:

> Ron, may be as simple as a wire coming loose or broken on the throttle 
> pot

No, otherwise the throttle wouldn't work on all the other models in the 
transmitter.

Ron

> Subj:Re: Futaba 9ZAP Problem
>  Date:5/5/2004 8:02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>  From:vanputte at cox.net
>  Reply-to:discussion at nsrca.org
>  To:discussion at nsrca.org
> Sent from the Internet
>
>  On May 5, 2004, at 4:59 PM, Tony Quist wrote:
>
>  > Did you try plugging it into an unused channel to see if it 
> worked?  Or
>  > just plug a servo into channel 3 and make sure the throttle stick
>  > works?
>
>  I haven't tried that.  I did look at the servo output and it reflects
>  the throttle stick movement.  I will plug a servo into channel 3 and
>  see if it works and I will try plugging the ESC into the rudder 
> channel
>  and carefully move the rudder stick.
>
>  Ron Van Putte
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>  > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
>  > On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte
>  > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:51 PM
>  > To: discussion at nsrca.org
>  > Subject: Re: Futaba 9ZAP Problem
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I have received several suggestions and I appreciate them.  However,
>  > some of the responses indicated that the writer didn't understand 
> the
>  > problem.  I had a flying system that was working perfectly.  Then 
> one
>  > day the throttle didn't work.  The first thing I tried was reversing
>  > channel 3.   I ended up trying a totally untouched model on the 9Z
>  > (default model).  It didn't improve anything.  Then I tried a 
> different
>  > transmitter, again with a totally untouched model.  It worked
>  > perfectly.  I'm still stumped.
>  >
>  > Ron Van Putte
>  >
>  >> -----Original Message-----
>  >> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>  >> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
>  >> On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte
>  >> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:16 AM
>  >> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>  >> Subject: Futaba 9ZAP Problem
>  >>
>  >> All - I have tried everything I can think of and still can't solve 
> a
>  >> problem.  I have a Futaba 9ZAP transmitter and was using it in the 
> PPM
>  >> mode to fly a GWS Slow Stick, using a GWS R4P receiver.  Everything
>  > was
>  >> fine until one day I went to fly the Slow Stick.  The aileron,
>  > elevator
>  >> and rudder servos worked fine, but the motor would not work.  I 
> tried
>  >> everything I could think of, including trying an unused model in 
> the
>  >> 9ZAP.  Nothing worked.  Then I tried a different Futaba 9ZAP
>  >> transmitter and everything worked fine.  Huhhhhh?  Any ideas?
>  >>
>  >> Ron Van Putte
>
>
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