Bipe Flyer

I am in the process of hooking up the throttle linkage on a TD .020 with a throttle sleeve. I was going to use a wire with a Z-bend, but I'm a worried about radio interference with the metal to metal contact.

Any suggestions?

scubyfan

Isn't your servo arm made of plastic? I can't see how an interference could result from the control rod touching the engine. Or you could use one of those plastic clevis dealies on the end, instead.

Bipe Flyer

That's the problem, I can't see how a clevis could be connected to the tiny throttle sleeve.

DICKEYBIRD

Andrew, I've been using .025" music wire with a Z-bend to connect to throttle sleeves for 20 yrs. and so far (knock on wood) haven't had any problems. Never really thought about it 'til you mentioned it....can't think of a way to do it differently anyway! Nylon clevises, ball ends, EZ connectors, etc. are too big to work.

Larry Driskill

When I started using a transmitter rather than a control handle to control some of my planes, I was told to not have a metal to metal contact on the throttle.

I was very obedient, . . . until I did not have enough room for smooth operation using the nylon clevis I had on hand.

So I went to the Z-bend and it is working find and interference free with my Futaba 6XA and my HiTec 555s.

matchlessaero

For throttle sleeves on everything from .010's to .049's I use the Dubro fine guage golden cable with the yellow spaghetti sleeve. For the throttle end, I tin the cable with silver solder and z-bend it. I like this stuff because it will go through pretty wild curves with little binding/friction.....