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Old 11-07-2006, 09:03 AM
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Default RE: Servo twitching

Servos will buzz, humm, and twitch for a variety of reasons. The primary cause is binding linkages. Be sure to always check your linkages and adjust them accodingly such that the linkages operate smoothly. Whenever you wreck, always check the linkages to make sure they are not bent out of proper shape.

Another cause for servo twitching and buzzing is wiring. Make sure the wires are not frayed. Also, always make sure the wires are all plugged in snuggly and properly.

Interferance is a major cause of your electronics acting up. If you are ezperincing ezcessive interferance, make sure your electronics are not operating on the same channel that somone else is on. Also, make sure you are on a legal bandwidth for the country you are in.

Yet another cause of interferance is electrical induction from carbon fiber parts. This might sound silly, but carbon fiber has millions of carbon nano tubes and Buckminsterflourene spheres ("Bucky balls") in them. No, the RC industry has not mastered nanotechnology, the nanotubes and Bucky balls occur naturally. Anyways, the nonotubes will begin to flow electricy as servo and batt wires in their prozimity are flowing electricity. The flow of electricity through the nanotubes (assuming their are enough of them aligned in a given direction) will in turn emit an EM field also, that could interfere with proper radio operation. These usually take the form of servo twitching and humming.