Optech
Key Veteran
Location: Vista/Oceanside, CA.
| One thing you'll find on the Century ships is some bad engineering. The elevator set-up is an absolute travesty. Before you blame the servo, make sure you are not getting any binding in the ball link at the servo end through out the range of travel. I had to grind some of the case off one of my servos to keep the link from binding against the servo when you pull back elevator. Also, if the heli is new check that your ball links are not tight on the balls. You should be able to twist the link easily between your thumb and forefinger. Better yet, dis-connect one end. Hold it up and let it go. It should fall pretty easily. If not, gently sqeeze the link while it is attached to the ball with a pair of pliers and try again. If its still tight, sqeeze it again. You may need to add a little more pressure. GO CAREFULLY. Ten small sqeezes is better that one bad one that will ruin the link. You may want to go through the ship and do all the links this way. Generally new ships have the links too tight which causes binding and stiff movement.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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