Fail safe ??????
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Yea, its under the airfilter, it's just a normal o ring. You can use rubber band, but the tend to go bad from time to time.
Here is a old picture of my car with a TRS, it wasn't as good as the O ring...
Here is a old picture of my car with a TRS, it wasn't as good as the O ring...
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There's no such thing as overkill when it comes to stopping runaways. In certain situations even the spring and a fail safe won't help. If your Rx battery pack flies out of the vehicle while it's at full throttle, you're outa luck. In this case, the fail safe can't close the throttle without battery power, and the spring can't override the servo.
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Grampi, if you lose batteries to your receiver the trs will override the servo. If that aint the case then how come you can move the servo with the push of a finger when the power is off? The servo does not lock up in any position if you lose power at the receiver.
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For the zillionth time in this forum, the spring will not override the servo. The spring's ONLY fuction, and I mean ONLY, is to return the throttle back to idle in the event there is mechanical disconnect between the servo and the carbs throttle arm. When the servo looses it's signal, it doesn't just go limp. I stays in the position it was in when it lost its signal, and it takes just as much force to move it in this state as it does when it's receiving a signal. If your spring is strong enough to override the servo, it's too strong and is going to wear out your servo prematurely.
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well, if you read the posts, we are talking about loss of power, NOT signal. there is a difference between the two. loss of signal will still provide constant holding power to the servo. loss of power means there is no power to hold the servo and the spring will work. It works in mine and all the other cars i've seen. And like i posted before, if it is on the linkage, then the servo still has to pull on it all the time.
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Even if your spring is overriding the servo when no power is applied, it's too strong. The only thing that's supposed to override the servo is the fail safe. If the spring is connected to your servo arm, it's connected to the wrong spot. It should be connected to the arm on your carb.
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Ya i agree If your spring is strong enough to pull the servo back then wouldnt your battery drain faster if its having to pull the spring to open the throttle? would also think that the stress put on the servo would wear it out faster.
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well, for one thing, not everyone uses a slide carb on their engines. Also, why would losi design their's to go on the servo horn. Plus, if you are using a servo that can't handle the power of that little spring, you have other problems to worry about (like brakes). I use a digital steering servo and a regular throttle servo and I can race for over 4-5 straight hours on one battery pack.
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Originally posted by nitroman88
Ya i agree If your spring is strong enough to pull the servo back then wouldnt your battery drain faster if its having to pull the spring to open the throttle? would also think that the stress put on the servo would wear it out faster.
Ya i agree If your spring is strong enough to pull the servo back then wouldnt your battery drain faster if its having to pull the spring to open the throttle? would also think that the stress put on the servo would wear it out faster.
grampi: Did you even bother to think and read about what was posted? Have you even try? If you did and the spring isn't pulling the arm back to normal position when no power is added, then your spring is too WEAK. Why have a spring on there if it's not able to pull the servo when no power is apply? During sign lost, your fail safe is there for that reason, for power lose, your trs is there for that reason.
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As I have said a million times before, the purpose of the spring is not to pull the servo back to idle. Let me ask you this. If your throttle lingage becomes disconnected from you carb arm, what good is the spring going to do if it's attached to the servo arm? It isn't going to do a thing. Now if it's attached to the carb arm and the servo arm comes off, breaks, or any other part of the throttle linkage becomes disconnected, the spring will do its job by pulling the throttle back to idle. The only proper way to move the servo to the idle position is with the use of a fail safe. Yes, the servo is always going to have to overcome the spring, but the spring should never be strong enough to override the servo.
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well, my whole carb would have to explode for the linkage to come apart from the servo. I haven't stripped a servo or lost battery power due to excessive drainage. I have had my servo lose power (connection broke free) and my car went to idle (not brakes) and saved me from alot of money.
I've seen a couple of 1/8 buggies with a failsafe and a weak trs and they spent weeks waiting for parts after an incident.
I've seen a couple of 1/8 buggies with a failsafe and a weak trs and they spent weeks waiting for parts after an incident.
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I know that others have already mentioned this but TRS should override the servo in the event of a power loss. If it is not doing this, then the spring is too weak.
According to others, for rotary carb, attach the trs to the carb linkage; slide - attach it to the servo arms.
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According to others, for rotary carb, attach the trs to the carb linkage; slide - attach it to the servo arms.
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Did you even read my post? If the spring is connected to the servo arm, it isn't going to do a damn thing if your throttle likage becomes disconnected, which can definitely happen.
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Originally posted by dg2b
According to others, for rotary carb, attach the trs to the carb linkage; slide - attach it to the servo arms.
According to others, for rotary carb, attach the trs to the carb linkage; slide - attach it to the servo arms.
From what I read (thus according to others), see quoted text above.
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Originally posted by grampi
As I have said a million times before, the purpose of the spring is not to pull the servo back to idle. Let me ask you this. If your throttle lingage becomes disconnected from you carb arm, what good is the spring going to do if it's attached to the servo arm? It isn't going to do a thing. Now if it's attached to the carb arm and the servo arm comes off, breaks, or any other part of the throttle linkage becomes disconnected, the spring will do its job by pulling the throttle back to idle. The only proper way to move the servo to the idle position is with the use of a fail safe. Yes, the servo is always going to have to overcome the spring, but the spring should never be strong enough to override the servo.
As I have said a million times before, the purpose of the spring is not to pull the servo back to idle. Let me ask you this. If your throttle lingage becomes disconnected from you carb arm, what good is the spring going to do if it's attached to the servo arm? It isn't going to do a thing. Now if it's attached to the carb arm and the servo arm comes off, breaks, or any other part of the throttle linkage becomes disconnected, the spring will do its job by pulling the throttle back to idle. The only proper way to move the servo to the idle position is with the use of a fail safe. Yes, the servo is always going to have to overcome the spring, but the spring should never be strong enough to override the servo.
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http://ofna.com/ultLXpro.html
check this out. where would you hook a TRS up to on something like this??
check this out. where would you hook a TRS up to on something like this??