ORIGINAL: gosk8ing
Hey,
Just assembling my first plane with proper flaps and am having a bit of travel. The flaps require two servos, one in each side of the wing, joined together by a y-lead. When i lower the flaps, they go like ailerons, one up, one down. I can't really rotate the servo around 180 because of the design.
What happens if, on one servo, i change the positive and negative wires around on the servo lead? Does is work like a normal brushed motor, ie. it will rotate the opposite way??
Any help will be great!!
No, switching those wires will not work. To rewire the servo you have to open it up and rewire the drive motor. This major surgery and should be avoided unless you're 100% sure of what you are doing. You have a few options here. Can you change the position of the pushrod so that it's on the same side of the servo for each flap? If you can this will fix your problem. Second option is to purchase a reversing Y-harness. This will cause the 2 servos to move opposite of each other. The third option is to mix the two servos together in your radio if it is capable of doing so. Of the three the best bet is going to be changing the pushrod.
Hope this helps
Ken