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Old 01-04-2007 | 11:16 AM
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Default Would you use wire keeper clips?

While building an Ultra Stick .60 if you install the servo's according to the book, you get wire keeper clips to attach the pushrods to the sorvo's with. I had never used them before and they seemed a little scary to use but I gave them a chance because the hobby store was closed and I wanted to fly. Since then I've noticed on one occasion that one unsnapped easily and fell off just transporting the aircraft to the field and on another occasion I noticed my aircraft would try to roll if I put the flaps down. You guessed it, I had one pushrod dangling from a flap where the clevis had fallen off in flight. I'll never use them again and personally I think they're dangerous and should never be used. Do they have a place or should they never ever be used?