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Old 04-26-2009 | 10:03 PM
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Default RE: Servo reversing

Hard to tell what's going on without looking at the set-up, but it sounds like the guys are correct about switching directions at the transmitter or turning the servo arms around.. Computer radio will do it for each model. Old radio will have to be done manually everytime you switch planes, which could lead to disaster if you forget.

I have encountered a couple of situations where I absolutely had to have a reverse servo for scale looks or convenience or a fit to a particular model and it can be done several ways:

1) get a reverse-wired servo from the manufacturer...they're even listed as stocked on Horizon Hobby for some JR servos
2) get a reverser wire harness... I never trusted that option, although I have no practical experience with failure since I never used one
3) Hitec's digital servos can be swung 180 degrees on their cute little "servo-adjuster" machine, which is about $180, or available for use at some well-stocked hobby stores
4) JR Matchbox. I think Futaba makes a similar device.

Good Luck! This is one of the little logic/geometry problems that makes novice modelers feel smart when they figure it out (or old modelers feel dumb when they realize they set the servo bay up backwards!)

Not that I ever did anything like that. People talk and you hear stories about other guys getting it wrong


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