can the cold affect a servo?
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can the cold affect a servo?
lately the coldest that it has been here is like 14 degrees at night. Well during the day the high might be 30-40 if we're lucky, my shed usually stays around 27. When i turn on my radio(jr computer radio) it takes a few seconds for the lcd screen to show up, and when i move the aileron stick "slowly" the right servo moves but it's real jerky, now when i move them fast the move smothly, none of the other servo's do this, anybody know whats going on?
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RE: can the cold affect a servo?
Racer, I can understand "slowly" for a servo. Most servos have some grease on the gears and elsewhere that thickens with cold.. Plus the motor and battery may need to warm up. BUT..."jerky" causes some concern. I'd replace that servo and check it for a lost gear tooth or some other obvious defect. Send it in for a check-up or chuck it, but don't use it. []
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RE: can the cold affect a servo?
I would be careful of thermal cycling your electronics in a potentially wet or humid environment. This can cause condensation to appear on electronic components. We all know what water does to electronics.
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RE: can the cold affect a servo?
Geist has a good point I never thought of.
As far as the servo goes, I tend to change the cheap ones out every so often anyways. I had a bunch that were about $15 years old that work fine, but I just didn't trust any more because of age so I replaced them all. Wouldn't mind using them in slower planes, but most of mine are faster.
As far as the servo goes, I tend to change the cheap ones out every so often anyways. I had a bunch that were about $15 years old that work fine, but I just didn't trust any more because of age so I replaced them all. Wouldn't mind using them in slower planes, but most of mine are faster.
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RE: can the cold affect a servo?
If I was in a 27* shed trying to move the stick slowly, the servo would have a major case of the heebie-jeebies......
We in the desert think 50* is close to unflyable weather!
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RE: can the cold affect a servo?
well i went out there today, was warmer today and there were no problems with the servo, i guess it was the cold cause all worked excellent, but it was wierd it was just that one servo, but like i said it works fine now, i'll still probably keep an eye on it, thanks for all yalls help