[NSRCA-discussion] securing servo wires

[Lance Van Nostrand]

Thanks Larry.  I'll try it.
--Lance
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L Caldwell" <larryc4 at cebridge.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] securing servo wires


> 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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