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[Celwin]

Perhaps my last Dave-damaged model wasn't actually Dave's fault.... It was a power loss... Yes; that's what I'm going to tell people from now on. Certainly not pilot error, as I have Gold Wings!

Thanks for the info Dave. People often rely on the power of their servos and limit the control travel of the servo to tame down a wild beast (control surface movement). This is always asking for trouble, maybe not for ages, but trouble.
I always try to use the outermost holes on my servo arm, but I also use the outermost holes on the horns as well. This way, if there's any slop in the holes or servo gears, it won't affect the control surface much. Use the innermost holes on everything and you may experience flutter because of slop.

It's all about leverage, kind of like a see-saw. Two equal weight people on the outer edges balance. They still balance when they each come in 2 metres.

What Dave say's is right when mini servos are used to save weight and move large control surfaces on fast models. Digital servos draw quite a few amp, all the time. ESC's may only be rated to 3 amps. Do the math...

Or... FLY A MODEL WITH A REAL ENGINE AND NEVER HAVE THAT PROBLEM!!! except for my green stick. It definitely suffered a brown-out which caused the ground to jump up and smite it.