ORIGINAL: MBUTLER1967
I dont like the sound of " Gear teeth stripping ". Well this is what I did as soon as my servos came in the mail I installed them on my plane. I screwed the servos in put the servo arms,horns etc on. Turned on my radio and reciever and there you have it. This centering stuff well I can honestly say that never happened. Oh Lord . . . maybe I should just stick to long distance running !!
Yeah you missed a step.
Prior to installing the control horns you should connect the receiver to servos, then turn on the transmitter, center it's controls and connect the reciever to the battery.
This will turn the servos to their center postion.
Then install the control horns and adjust w/o moving the servos if possible.
If you quickly turned off the plane after you first turned it on, your servos MAY be OK.
Do the above, then once you've hooked up the control linkages, move the sticks.
Make sure that the control surfaces move SMOOTHLY.
Next put a bit of resistance to the movement on each of the control surfaces as you move the sticks.
Do you feel the surface move without a sort of "hiccup" as it hits certain point.
If so the servos should be fine.
If however the control surface seems to "stick" at certain points when you put a bit of resistance on it, then you've more than likely stripped a tooth in the servo, and it needs to be replaced or repaired ( usually the more expensive ones can be repaired by installing replacement gears).