BrianArtea

Hi,

Can you ruin a servo by moving it without the batteries or transmitter on? I'm a newbie and I wasn't sure which topic this post should be in so I took a gamble.

Thank you in advance!!!!

pimmnz

No, not unless you are very viscious and try to turn the arm through a couple of revolutions...
Evan, WB #12.

BarracudaHockey

My Feedback: (11)

Here or Radios.

no matter, the answer is, if you're not bottoming it out or forcing it which can damage the gears, you're fine

BrianArtea

I was just moving the servo back as far as it would go and forward as far as it would go without trying to push it past it's boundaries of breaking it so I could see how far and how much room I had for my rudder and elevator.

I take it that does not mess up seros?

markhamregular

Just curious. Why were you doing this?

BrianArtea

I'm new at this and wanted to know.

jaka

Hi!
The only thing you can brake is the gears if they are of nylon (which is common on most servos)

MinnFlyer

My Feedback: (4)

It won't hurt them, but it's also not something you want to make a habit of doing.

Lnewqban

Brian,

No damage if you grab the arm of the servo.

If you try doing it by grabbing the control surface that the servo serves, you can bend the connecting rods, loosen anchoring screws of the horns or servo, damage the hinges or break nylon clevises.

That is one of the reasons why full scale airplanes have the control surfaces locked, so they cannot play with the wind and damage the control mechanisms (no servos there, though).