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Old 10-12-2014 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by captinjohn
Question, would the throttle return spring being hooked up in place help to minimize wear by keeping any slop in the throttle linkage to a minimum? Like a constant pull to keep vibration out of linkage. Just a idea........... Capt,n
no but a few big name TOC pilots used to keep the spring hooked up and ran a cable instead of a push rod. They had it set up so the servo pulled to open the throttle, when the servo relaxed the cable the spring closed the throttle.