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Old 10-08-2003 | 12:10 PM
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Default RE: Can I get away with this?

Sure, as long as the conductor isn't damaged, you'll be fine.

However, if there is hidden damage the conductor, it will cause a higher than normal resistance, which will show up as your battery getting drained faster than it should, and the servo seeing lower voltage than it should, making it turn slower and produce less torque than it should. For "standard" servos in a sport plane, neither of these would likely be noticeable, and honestly, I've done exactly what you're talking about more than once myself. If you were using high torque servos in a high load envrionment, that would be different.