servo lead clips
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servo lead clips
I have seen several fasteners to keeps servos from pulling apart. The 'black boxes' with a snap lid are prone to opening, especially with a vibrating gas engine. I did see some other kinds (simple in design, green in color) and can not find any luck by googling a description. Any leads out there?
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RE: servo lead clips
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDT86
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXE971
Both of these work well. One twisted wire, the other flat wire.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXE971
Both of these work well. One twisted wire, the other flat wire.
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RE: servo lead clips
I use and like the yellow clips FLPilot mentioned, but only on the ailerons on a plane with a wing that must be removed for transport. On all of my other servos I use dental floss to tie the servo plugs and sockets together. Works for me.
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Terry, Do you have any issues with the connectors being sticky when unwrapped? I did that for awhile but it left the connectors sticky. The shrink wrap works good but is a little costly. I only went to string because I was out of shrink wrap, it worked ok so I stuck with it.
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RE: servo lead clips
I use whatever I have laying around....have used dental floss, masking tape, Blenderm, electrical tape, spider wire monofilament, etc. Poke around a bit and you'll probably come up with lots of possibilities.
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ORIGINAL: OldScaleGuy
Dental floss for me too. Use it for its main intent as well.
Dental floss for me too. Use it for its main intent as well.
Like one poster said above, I use whatever is lying around including zip ties, lacing cord, dental floss, adhesive tape of various types, the little black boxes, the little yellow servo lead clips, and yes the black electrical tape makes them sticky but it isn't hard to clean off.
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ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
I don't use anything and I've never had a servo come unplugged
I don't use anything and I've never had a servo come unplugged
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i've had a throttle servo come unplugged (loosened rather) from the receiver, didn't know what had happened. finally figured it out and used a rubber band around the entire receiver and plugs. seems to work fine. similar to other ideas here, dental floss, etc. it doesn't take much.
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