imaudi5000
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Long story short, always do a radio check before heading out.
The other day I was getting ready for a drive. I turned on my tx and rx. Did my little radio check thing, and the throttle servo jerked "forward", got stuck, and started to glow red hot from the inside. I thought 'hm never noticed that light before, what is that?' Then I realized it was the servo shorting out. So I yanked the battery plug out to cut the power. Luckily it didn't continue to burn but it was fiddlesticking roasted. So now's the time to replace/upgrade the throttle servo! It was the stock hexfly servo and about 2.5 years old, but less than 3 gallons of gas through the car (I don't get to drive a lot lol)
Here are some pics for shits and giggles.
Also, if anyone wants to recommend a decent throttle servo that doesn't break that bank, I'll be shopping around anyway
The other day I was getting ready for a drive. I turned on my tx and rx. Did my little radio check thing, and the throttle servo jerked "forward", got stuck, and started to glow red hot from the inside. I thought 'hm never noticed that light before, what is that?' Then I realized it was the servo shorting out. So I yanked the battery plug out to cut the power. Luckily it didn't continue to burn but it was fiddlesticking roasted. So now's the time to replace/upgrade the throttle servo! It was the stock hexfly servo and about 2.5 years old, but less than 3 gallons of gas through the car (I don't get to drive a lot lol)
Here are some pics for shits and giggles.
Also, if anyone wants to recommend a decent throttle servo that doesn't break that bank, I'll be shopping around anyway