I'm skeptical that the Tower equipment you have is junk, unless you bought it used. If it's a new radio system, you shouldn't be having this kind of trouble.

Make sure you have a good, solid 16 hour charge on both the transmitter and receiver NiCds. Make sure the antannae are fully extended on both the transmitter and the receiver pack while you're testing them.

You need the receiver battery charged and plugged into the receiver to power the servos. Connect it through the power switch, and use the switch to turn the receiver and servos on/off as needed. You need to always, always, always turn your transmitter on first and shut it off last. Your receiver and servos should always be turned on last and turned off first.

If you have eight servos hooked up and you're using a Tower Hobbies transmitter, only four to six of the servos will move by default. Tower only makes a 4-channel and a 6-channel transmitter.

If you've charged up your transmitter and receiver packs fully and none of this is helping, you probably need to check the receiver battery with a voltmeter to make sure it hasn't gone bad. If the battery checks out, I'd remove the receiver crystal and then reinstall it while checking for a good, solid connection.

If none of this helps and you bought the radio system new from Tower, send it back for an exchange. If you bought it used, I'd recommend trying a replacement receiver and crystal as a first place to try isolating the problem.

As always, your fellow R/C pilots are going to be your best source of help and inspiration with your modelling projects. Try contacting the Sun Valley Fliers and I'm certain a club member in your area will be happy to help you figure out what the problem is.

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