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Old 03-03-2003, 06:20 PM
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Default Fail Safes

A fail safe will NOT work on a dead servo. A return spring will pull it back to neutral. I think an O-ring is way stiffer than needed. Just change the rubberband every month or so, as part of your pre-race inspection and set-up.

simonfdr;

If your having problems with batteries poping OUT, your not securing them properly.
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Obviously you can NEVER be 100% safe.

An Experiment:

Try removing the Receiver Xtal at full throttle (engine off) and see if the FailSafe pulls the throttle servo back. I'm curious to see what happens.

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