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Old 01-23-2004 | 05:33 PM
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Default Hitec HS945MG servo failed

I used this servo on the throttle/brake end on an 1/8 buggy. The servo failed to return to the neutral position and instead fully opened the caruburetor. It ran into the boards pretty hard and broke both front control arms and bent the chassis and front shaft...so you can imagine how upset I was. I took the servo out of the wreck and noticed that when I turned on the RX the servo motor would run continuously with out any movement from the the servo arm. Initially I thought that the gears set was stripped, but I could'nt find one stripped gear when I opened it. What on earth happened to this thing? I wouldnt expect a high-dollar servo to fail this miserably...perhaps I did somthing wrong. Please help.

edit.. I thought it would also be important to add that I was useing a Venom failsafe at the time, would it be possible for the equipment not to be compatible?

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