03-25-2010, 10:19 AM | #1 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sumter
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Chime in if you have cooked a dig servo. just cooked one last night trying to get it adjusted correctly. wasnt paying enough attention to the dig shaft binding and kept adjusting for travel...damn i feel stupid. oh well there goes another 30 bucks.
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03-25-2010, 10:40 AM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Stink Grove
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dont feel bad i smoked two till i got it right |
03-25-2010, 11:08 AM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: My Old Kentucky Home....
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I made the mistake of assembling everything and THEN trying to set EPAs. Fried the first Hitec 225 real quick.
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03-25-2010, 11:34 AM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: With the ATL Crawlers
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Yep it happens. I smoked my 255mg setting the epa's. I learned quickly to set the epa's around 15-20 and start from there. On my setup I think I'm 20 one way and the other about 32ish. I run a home made servo mount like the rcbros, that's the reason for the epa #'s
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03-25-2010, 12:29 PM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rocklin
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I set mine by having it not move and then upping the values till it was right. I am pretty sure that can be done on any remote but maybe not. At any rate you shouldn't fry any servos this way.
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03-25-2010, 01:20 PM | #6 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sumter
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Yep figured that out a little late...i tore the servo apart and cleared up the solder that melted and it works in one direction now but with very little power. i figured i might as well try since i already got another on the way.
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03-25-2010, 04:00 PM | #7 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: in a state of labyrinth
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I got luckey only stripped the gears. When I powered up with endpoints not set so I think I was luckey a 10dollar fix for new plastic gears. So hope everyone else doesn't have it so bad.
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03-25-2010, 04:41 PM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Madrid, IA
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ya i fried my 225mg when settin epas so what i did was unsolder the servos board and found an old digital servos board and wired it up and now its digital with no fears of it goin up in smoke
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03-25-2010, 07:30 PM | #9 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dearborn Hts
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I haven't cooked one yet but the epa adjustment is so touchy I was wondering if this wouldn't be an ideal place to use a servo saver?
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03-26-2010, 04:52 PM | #10 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Danbury
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So I got my truck up and running tonight! I have an msx12, and I think that I burnt mine out. It still works but for some reason I can only handle two active possitions even when in 3 way mode on my dx3e. One possition is fully expossing the shaft of the gear. second position pushes that shaft all the way in.... SEriously... then the next possition makes a sound but does not move the shaft any further because it cant move. But its yet to burn out. Any help from anyone? Then nice thing is I can still dig, just front dig. (front wheels move rear do not) Well thanks for the help, Ryan |
03-28-2010, 10:17 AM | #11 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: In West Monroe,LA...yes,where Duck Dynasty is filmed
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Ive burnt 4 hitec 225.Each time i think i have epa set right i burn another one,but hitec keeps sending a replacement(yaaaay Hitec)I finally did the battery tray trick and so far i havent had any problems
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03-28-2010, 01:16 PM | #12 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: My Old Kentucky Home....
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Just toasted another one this morning. Damn. These things are touchy on EPAs. Was just trying to set them as far out as possible and.....Toast.
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