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

[Jay Marshall]

Check those servos carefully! I had one that moved fine until you moved
it very slowly. At some point something shorted and shorted the battery
out, and all other equipment along with it. Was lucky to get the plane
back!
 
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ed Alt
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:38 PM
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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 <mailto:paul.horan at sbcglobal.net>  
To: NSRCA Mailing List <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>  
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 <mailto:ed_alt at hotmail.com>  
To: NSRCA Mailing List <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>  
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 <mailto:paul.horan at sbcglobal.net>  
To: NSRCA Mailing List <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>  
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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