ORIGINAL: domanonamous
Is it possible that 4 AA batteries fried all my electronics? The switch got bumped "on" in transit and not found until the next day. New batteries installed and now 2 servos barely respond (analog), my 333oz digital is out and a 645mg is out completely as well. Swapped rx's and same response. I think my gyro and receiver are good but nothing else. This is going to be an expensive lesson learned. To me it seems unlikely that all 4 servos fried from the power of 4 AA. Murphy's law says it probably did. ANY input to this is appreciated. BTW no more switches, I'm pulling the batteries from now on.
I have seen servos hammer back & forth lock to lock, when the transmitter is shut off. It is possible, in your absence, the receiver found a hint of a signal and responded to it by jittering the servos. Under those conditions, I could understand if some gears lost teeth, or servomotors were held at full deflection against the stops until they overheated.
Bummer.
Dave Olson