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Damien (not Damian)



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Servo help

Whenever I move the right servo, the left servo starts going crazy and moving all over the place. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
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Post Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:40 pm 
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kkeerroo
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More details on how the servos are connected would help (eg are you using a mixer?).
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Post Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:42 pm 
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Philip
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Have you checked your receiver battery voltage? You could try swapping servos if you have spare to see if the fault moves.
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Post Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:14 pm 
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Damien (not Damian)



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@Phillip: I tried swapping out the two alk. batteries for ni-cads, the left servo stopped going psycho, thanks!
@kkeerroo: No, I'm not using a mixer. I'm using them for microswitch controllers.
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Post Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:42 am 
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i think they where from angus if that makes it easyer for anyone to work out which type they are.
Is the right wheel pushing on the left servo? similar to what hapend at the event where one was pushing on its own servo creating a loop.

Post Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:53 am 
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Damien (not Damian)



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No, it's not touching. The reciever battery was the problem, I needed to replace it with fresh batteries. I fixed the servo problem I had after Robowars at a relative's house. One of the microswitches were drooping, so I glued it back in place and recharged the battery.
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