[NSRCA-discussion] Help: Servo pins pulled out of connector body

[paul]

Ed,
    I have not pulled the servos apart to check the gears.  The reason I think they are ok is that when the plane went in the engine was dead, the speed was fairly low, the the smaller branches of the tree further reduced the speed and finally the plane hit a fork that cleanly stripped the wings away.  The servos, ailerons, linkage all looked good.  
Thanks,
Paul
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ed Alt 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 9:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Help: Servo pins pulled out of connector body


  Paul:
  The soldering trick works fine, as long as you don't get a cold joint.  I try to avoid it only because the area near where the solder stops wicking into the wire tends to be a point of stress concentration for the wire strands, but as long as you extend the heat shrink about 1/4" past the point where the wire gets 'bendy' again, it supports it and prevents the work hardening of the wire from becoming a problem.  I might be a bit nervous about those servos though - how do the gears look?  I've had incidents where just a tiny sliver of a gear tooth was chipped away and lead to further problems.

  Ed
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: paul 
    To: NSRCA Mailing List 
    Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:29 PM
    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Help: Servo pins pulled out of connector body


    Ed,
        Sounds like I can either get the kit and crimper from Maxx or cut the connector ends off defunct servos / extentions and solder them to the existing servo wires - using heat shrink to keep any flexing away from the solder joints.  Any preference ?
    Thanks,
    Paul
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Ed Alt 
      To: NSRCA Mailing List 
      Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24 PM
      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Help: Servo pins pulled out of connector body


      Paul:
      Better off to replace the entire connector and pins.  Most likely the plastic housing was damaged from the pin pulling out.  Also, the wire had to get strained where it is clasped by the crimp pins.  Maxx Products sells connector kits, but you need a crimper tool.  

      Ed

      ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: paul 
        To: NSRCA Mailing List 
        Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:13 PM
        Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Help: Servo pins pulled out of connector body


            I strained my Meridian through a tree, wrecked the plane but the equipment appears OK with the exception of both aileron servos.  When the wings came off the servo connector body stayed in the fuse and the servos wires and pins went with the wings.  
            My question is : can I simply re-insert the servo pins in another connector body (taken from defuct servos or extentions) ?
        Thanks,
        Paul


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