[NSRCA-discussion] securing servo wires

[L Caldwell]

Lance,

I've had good luck with the unwaxed dental floss.  To tie it without a 
third hand, I've used a variation of a plain old square knot.  When you 
make the first crossing of the floss, do two loops in the same 
direction, pull tight, and then move the string ends around so that they 
are nearly at nearly a right angle to the to the part you are tying, 
while holding a little tension.  Then make the second half of the knot. 
  They seem to stay tight that way.  I started doing them that way after 
accidently gluing an extension to a servo.

Larry Caldwell

Lance Van Nostrand wrote:

> I had this problem on one plane.  A simple fix is to thread one wrap of 
> unwaxed dental floss through all the servo connectors and wrap and tie 
> it around the receiver.  the unwaxed is so you can pull the knot tight 
> and put a drop of CA on it to hold.  I'm not much of a knot tie-er so 
> this works easily.  if you are a good boy scout and can tell me how to 
> tie a knot tight that can be tied without a 3rd hand, let me know.
> --Lance
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Flynt" <dflynt at verizon.net>
> To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 9:51 PM
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] securing servo wires
> 
> 
>> Can anybody suggest a good way to help prevent servo wires from 
>> pulling out
>> of a receiver?  I have never paid attention to this, and never really 
>> had a
>> problem except one time one of my elevator servo wires pulled loose.  
>> I was
>> fortunate to have half an elevator remaining and enough control to land.
>> But now I only use a single elevator servo.
>>
>> I typically use either JR r770 or r649 receivers.
>>
>> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David Flynt
>>
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