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Old 03-02-2014 | 04:23 PM
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I got a nice hard whack while racing the other day which put my steering out of whack veering the left of which the trim couldn't correct. I had to disconnect the servo, re-centre, adjust my trim and connect to servo to fix.

However since then it seems any small impact results in this happening again.
Very frustrating since i have to fix mid race meaning I come last.

I'm just a novice so not sure what to look at to fix.
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Old 03-02-2014 | 04:28 PM
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I got a nice hard whack while racing the other day which put my steering out of whack veering the left of which the trim couldn't correct. I had to disconnect the servo, re-centre, adjust my trim and connect to servo to fix.

However since then it seems any small impact results in this happening again.
Very frustrating since i have to fix mid race meaning I come last.

I'm just a novice so not sure what to look at to fix.
There is a motor inside your servo with a pinion pressed on the shaft... I bet that has broke loose and is causing this. Send it in or get a new servo.
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Old 03-02-2014 | 05:48 PM
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Check the servo horn as well, might have messed up teeth.
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Old 03-05-2014 | 04:44 PM
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Thanks for the help. I'll check it out. Are some servos better than others at taking an impact in crashes so to avoid this happening a lot?
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Old 03-05-2014 | 05:50 PM
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You can definitely do better with a digital metal gear servo....I guess that depends on what servo you're running now. A servo saver sounds like something you should run as well, check with the other racers and see what they're running.
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Sounds like the servo arm, even if it feels like it goes on decently it can have the teeth jacked up and slipping, id just try a new one, just make sure its the correct tooth count for your servo.
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Thank you for the help. Much appreciated.
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