REFLECTOR: Pitch servo installation

[Peter Braswell]

John,
Right.  That's with the pitch actuator attached though.  With a servo, when
there's no power to it, it rotates freely.  That's why I'm thinking the
spring is not necessary.  But again, I might be wrong.

-Peter

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On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:10 PM, John Dibble <aminetech at bluefrog.com> wrote:

>  I mentioned this a few weeks ago.  You need the spring so you will be
> able to move the stick and manually control pitch.
>
> John
>
>
> On 11/15/2013 2:56 PM, Peter Braswell wrote:
>
> All,
> I'm getting ready to install my pitch servo and I was wondering if anybody
> on the list has pictures on how they may have gone about this.  I'm going
> to leave off the pitch actuator as I don't need it.  My AP servo does
> double duty and adjusts the trim as well.  I was going to modify the pitch
> actuator install but have been scratching my head.  The pitch actuator
> pivots and is connected to the spring.  I think it pivots because it's a
> linear actuation.  I'm wondering if I can just eliminate the pitch actuator
> and attach my pitch servo directly to the pitch spring?  Obviously it's
> impractical to have the pitch servo pivot.Do I even need the spring at all
> or can there be something rigid instead that comes off the elevator,
> projects up and attaches directly to the servo rod end?
>
>  TIA,
> Peter
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