ORIGINAL: T_om
ORIGINAL: Warbird Man
Is there a good waterproof way of setting up the stearing and retractable water rudder servos !QUOT!in the floats!QUOT!?
I'm trying to avoid the pulley / rigging setup (if possible). I'm new to the seaplane thing so I don't know what's the right or best way to do it.
Any help is much appreciated.
Easy to do. When you install the servo, use a large balloon trimmed to encase the servo. Cut an additional small slit for the servo wires to exit and use the original hole for the pushrod to exit. After putting the wires and pushrod through their respective holes, use dental floss to tie the balloon material down snug to the wire leads and the pushrod respectively. On the pushrod exit, leave enough slack balloon material to allow free movement, like a bellows assembly. You end up with a servo in a balloon "bag" with two things exiting the bag... the servo wires and the pushrod. This seals the whole shooting match well enough to work even in salt water. It will not survive a prolonged submersion, but then neither will most anything in a model aircraft. It will be totally spray-proof.
Tom
How do you securely mount a fully balloon-covered servo?