<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">The same is true with Hitec digital servos. If you're bright, use Locktite. If not, weep where we can't hear you.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ron Van Putte</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 28, 2007, at 6:25 PM, <<A href="mailto:jivey61@bellsouth.net">jivey61@bellsouth.net</A>> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Matt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"> .You didn't say what kind of servos.If you are using JR digital servos with the metric screws holding the servo arm on,you need to use locktight (blue) on the screw and tighten it good.I had one come off the aileron and it cost me a plane.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Jim Ivey</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="RLIPRIE@centurytel.net" href="mailto:RLIPRIE@centurytel.net">R. LIPRIE</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">MATTS NSRCA</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Nice flying day.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Hello all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Finally had some good weather to go flying, today.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Blue Skies, wind calm.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Had a malfunction that almost costed me my $3000 dollar plane. Okay I was in the middle of the Intermediate pattern. And suddenly I noticed that it was rolling extremely slower than it was when I started the pattern.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">So I told Uncle Mike,that I was gonna go ahead and bring it on in. So turned around came in for a approach and got a little slow and the that one aileron really wasn't working well going that slow. So I chopped the throttle and set her down in the grass. And so the mud caught it and made the nose dig into the mud. (Globs of it were on the plane).. RAN there to see what the problem was. To find that my screw came off of the left control rod on the left aileron and absolutely detached the rod from the servo leaving the aileron just dangling in the wind.... Brought it in cleaned it up got a new screw and tightened it as tight as I could get it. And went ahead and flew one more time. No problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Like I said it was better to get mud all over the airplane than to have it in pieces. So I saved the day. Very happy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">/</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">If anyone has any thoughts about controlling the vibrations on the rod please tell me your secrets. thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Matthew Liprie</FONT></DIV><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><HR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A><BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">NSRCA-discussion mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>