Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
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.
This is how PE Reivers used to do it, and he was a real expert. I'll probably start doing any new installs myself this way. I think among other advantages, it would provide a perfectly accurate return to the same idle setting each time. (Virtually no slop in the linkage.)
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