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- Subject: Re: Coreless Servos on Y harness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.081151.2579@inland.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 08:11:51 CST
- References: <16B4D7795.D2KAK@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
- Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN
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- In article <16B4D7795.D2KAK@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>, D2KAK@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU writes:
- > In one of my planes it is necessary to use two Futaba coreless servos
- > on a "Y" harness. The problem is that when the servos are connected
- > and the radio turned on, the servos chatter like they're trying to
- > find center all the time. I have tried caps across the power leads,
- > a stutter stoper (2 parts of a hex inverter on the signal line),
- > and a seperate battery pack for the servos. NO LUCK. I called those
- > wonderful folks at Futaba and after being on hold for about 45 minutes
- > they said that if the servos chatter on a Y harness don't use the servos
- > on a Y harness. And they pay those guys for this stuff! I have also
- > experienced the same problem on two different receivers, so the receiver
- > isn't the problem. The radios are 7UAP 1024 PCMs. ANY ADVISE, COMMENTS,
- > SOLUTIONS? I am considering buying a JR 10 Channel PCM. Do they have the
- > same problem? THANKS GROUP!!!!!
- >
-
- I'm no electronic whizbang, but could it be that the voltage to the
- servos is too low? Maybe you could use a 5 cell pack. Can you
- avoid the Y-harness by using the electronic mixing capabilities of
- the 7UAP? Can you use a different brand of servos on your Y-harness?
-