I have played around with ferrite beads on long servo leads for years and
they have NEVER sovled servo chatter problems ! The only thing that will ,
is to twist the servo wire .
Regards John Copeland
www.compositescalemodels.com.au
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Klissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jones, Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 'Scott Hewett' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; RCSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Ferrite Beads
> "Jones, Philip" wrote:
>
> > 1) b - close to the Rx is best
> > 2) one per servo lead
> > 3) one turn through the bead is required...this may mean some soldering
as
> > the connectors usually will not fit through.
> >
> > I have these on my Hera and have no glitching problems (no wire twist,
just
> > the beads).
>
> Wow... sounds a little simplistic to say "no glitching" problems,
> as a result of adding ferrite beads. There are so many factors
involved.
> Most people are probably unaware of how much glitching really
> does happen, and wouldn't know without putting a glitch-counter
> in the plane.
>
> A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
>
> Its amazing to me how many people Dick around with this R/C stuff
> while barely having a clue what their really working with, and
> how it all comes together.
>
> That's why I was so impressed with and so vociferous about the value
> George Steiner's book on R/C, which explains it all so well, and
brings
> us up to a proper reasonably respectible working knowledge of the
sport,
> and R/C issues, mechanics and solutions.
>
> Its valuable even if they only manage to assimilate parts of the first
couple
> of chapters. Or, we can just get a few voodoo beads and say a few
> prayers and say 'I got hit' when the plane falls out of the sky, even
though
> many many times that is NOT what happened.
>
> -p
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Hewett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 12:40 PM
> > To: RCSE
> > Subject: [RCSE] Ferrite Beads
> >
> > RCSE Friends-
> > I'm getting chatter from an aileron servo and have heard through RCSE
> > that Ferrite Beads may solve the problem. I have a few questions that
> > some of you electronic gurus may be able to help me with:
> > 1. where is the best location to install the ferrite bead?
> > a. close to the servo
> > b. close to receiver
> > c. doesn't matter
> > 2. If I decide to use ferrite beads, do I need a separate bead for
> > each servo I'm trying to shield?
> > 3. Do I simply run the wire through the bead, or should I wrap in
> > around the bead and if so, how many times.
> > If you don't mind, please respond "on line", as I know of a few more
> > people who'd like to hear the answers.
> > Thanks.
> > Scott Hewett
> >
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