This is a known problem on the Artemis and like aircraft; Hard landings where the tail strikes the ground repeatedly bends the pushrod down where the link is soldered. The cure is a piece of hard foam or balsa "under" (but not touching) the pushrod to support it during hard landings...
Quoting Gary Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hey Tim, > > Remember my first few months with my Artemus? > > Landed more than once inverted because of NO UP ELEVATOR! > > I kept bending the elevator pushrod at the bell crank in the tail on > hard launches. In order to do that, the forces on the elevator servo > must be extreme. I never lost the electrical connection, but it seems > it could have been possible to fuse it somewhere, especially in the > receiver where the printed runs can be thin. > > BTW, I did it again last weekend at the contest. I had full up trim by > the end of the day - checked it at home - bent again. > > Gary Warner > -- > > > -- > Gary Warner > > If it's broke and plugs into the wall, I fix it! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Warner's Profile: > http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=138 > View this thread: > http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=371752 > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME > turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are > generally NOT in text format > Simon Van Leeuwen PnP Systems - The E-Harness of Choice Radius Systems Cogito Ergo Zoom RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
