aerobird

Are you getting a grinding sound when the servos move? If yes, the servo gears stripped, if not it's possible that in the crash the servo gears popped. This is when then the gears slip without breaking any teeth, but causes the center point of the servo arm to change. I haven't seen the servos in an aerobird, but assuming they are standard micros, you can unscrew the servo arm and recenter it.

Another place to search for info is on rcgroups.com and rcuniverse.com

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While that may be inconvenient, that's what the charter says.

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Cheers, Fred McClellan the dash plumber at mindspring dot com

Before the newsgroup wouldn't allow a person to attach a file, but for some reason that has changed.

No they sound just like when they were when I got it. When I move the control stick back, like to pitch the plane up, they both move in the proper direction.....same with all the other stick control movements. Again one is 90 degrees out of alignment forward......the other is 90 degrees out of alignment backwards.

Both servos are inside the main body of this bird.....on a printed circuit board. To get to them I would have to cut the main fuselage in half.....which is made of plastic.......it holds the motor, the circuit board, the boom to the back wing. I am pretty good with my hands with stuff, but I doubt I could do this and get everytning put back together and all ligned up. Still the servo question? Can they be realigned? I got a phone # to the place where they make these things and am going to call them to see if they can help. I did try going to rcgroups.com and they had alot of info there. Thanks for the info. Dan.

Mason121,

Nope, you can slide it out the canopy opening. I just did one exactly that way a week ago, it does come out without any cutting! You need to pull the motor as well, and be CERTAIN to NOT pull out too far......you don't want to have to fish the antenna wire back into the tail boom.

On my second Aerobird I did the tie-strap/motor fix BEFORE first flight, and after several 'yard-darts' at near full throttle, NO damage to engine mounting or position! I also put a tie-strap in the indentation of the body for the tail boom. --

Jim Lilly - Team Z

Using - Virtual Access(OLR), ZAP 4.0, & WinXP Pro w/SP1

Yes you are right.....I was looking at it this morning. After pulling out the piece of foam that sits behind the batt. and then the four hold down screws the circuit board slides forward just enough to get to the servos. I was able to realign the servos. Then I put the tail boom in......put a tie strap around it and then used epoxy to glue it in place. For extra support for the boom I put 2 .....#4 sheet metal screws into it. I also did the tie-strap/motor fix. Then I re-wired it with new fishing line. I haven`t had a chance to fly it yet after being fixed but it seems to work mechanically just like when it came out of the box. I won`t know if I got everything aligned till I fly it again.

This aerobird should have came with a "fix it manual" or at least a "things to do before flying it manual". Glad there is the internet. Get any info you need about everything there is. Dan.

Mason121,

You might want to re-think that idea. The back & forth motion of the two control lines over those screws could get them cut/frayed by rubbing to a point of breaking the control lines & loosing your Aerobird.

The new epoxy & tie strap on the boom, are plenty to keep it in place, screws are NOT needed. --

Jim Lilly - Team Z

Using - Virtual Access(OLR), ZAP 4.0, & WinXP Pro w/SP1

Maybe on your news servers, but in general, no binaries is an "honor" thing.

My news server does not carry any of the binaries. It really bugs me because I sure would like to show off the Mr. Mulligan I just finished...

My news server carries them but only for a few days. If you don't open the message containing a binary after about 2 days it get's removed from the server.

I thought about that before I put the screws in. But all of the original glue that was on the boom is now gone. I think the epoxy and tie strap will keep it in place but am not confident that those two things will keep the tail assembly and boom from twisting in another crash. Also I was thinking that the lines going by the screws are just that.....going BY the screws, meaning not much pressure from the screws to the lines. I could be wrong and will find out in the long run. Looking inside the thing it seems like there would be more cut/fray where the lines go from their servos and into the boom......there is an angle there. The boom is pointing straight back and the servos are up at an angle of maybe 30 degrees. I don`t know......am still very new at this. Have only had the bird in the air two times. Thanks for the info though.

30 minutes of air time on two battery packs isn't that bad with NiMH batteries. In a lot of the early electrics, you were lucky to get 5 minutes of run time.

-- Morris Lee snipped-for-privacy@verizon.net