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[Celwin]

I found the problem with my throttle being stuck wide open on my Wot 4 yesterday evening. The throttle servo had failed. Not jammed or stripped, just stopped moving. I've had this happen on various models now with several brands of servo. This servo was a PowerHD mini which I purchased for my scratch build glider (but never finished). The other servo was a Tower Pro digital on my 30cc model, which I bought off Mick. Both servos came from Wolf Models and both were on the throttle. I can't remember the other time or what it was on, but they just stop working. No hits or anything, just stop for some reason.
I don't know what I'm going to put in my Scanner now, as I'm scared to put something cheap in for fear of losing it from a failure. I've had Coronas in my stick which did a heap of hours, but the cases broke when I accidentally fitted the grommets in the wrong way around when I was assembling it (first time I'd used servos that weren't Hitec), as I'd never come across this so didn't look as I installed them. They worked for many years with only 2 and 3 screws holding them in however.

I was quite surprised at how long a tank of fuel lasted for at full throttle. My biggest concern was running out of fuel at full throttle. The Saito 82 has a hardened aluminium cylinder instead of a separate brass liner, so I was hoping that a lean run on the last of the tank at full noise may damage it. It still had heaps of compression once it got down, so it might be ok. It did make a bit of a racket as it stopped though...