[NSRCA-discussion] Servo question
chris moon
cjm767driver at hotmail.com
Sat Jul 5 09:48:01 AKDT 2008
Ok, here is a brain teaser for you experts.
On Sunday 2 weeks ago I went out flying maybe 4-5 flights. All was
fine. When I got to the flying site on Friday for the Lake City
contest, I made a practice flight and the plane was climbing like mad.
I got it down and found that 1 of the elevator halves was about 3/8" up
from the other. Before the flight, I checked the operation of the
elevators and they were moving correctly but I don't remember
specifically if I paid any attention to if they were centered
perfectly. Now, nothing was changed between the the last time I flew
and this flight. The transmitter was on the right model. The linkage
had not slipped, nor had the control horn bent. The control surface
showed no sign of trauma from a severe bump possibly causing a stripped
gear. The servo (JR 3421sa) was functioning 100% normally it was just
the center had changed on it's own. I removed the servo arm (alum - not
stripped either) and moved it one spline and adjusted the sub trim
slightly and flew a few test flights and the contest with no problems.
Now at home, I removed the servo to send it back and inspected it and
found nothing abnormal. The gears all look fine. Here is what I have
eliminated:
servo arm - not stripped
servo gears - not stripped
pushrod and linkage - no play and not slipped on the clevis threads
transmitter - correct model selected and could not be elevator pot in
transmitter since it did not affect the other elevator servo's centering
I am sending it back for a check up but just was wondering if anyone has
had any similar experience ever or if they have any possible causes.
Thanks
Chris
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