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Conference vmszoo::rc

Title:Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS
Created:Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1706
Total number of notes:27193

1453.0. "Airtronics rcv+Futaba Servo's??" by RANGER::PITONIAK () Wed Sep 09 1992 10:04

    Hi,
    
     This is really an extension of the last question but i'll enter
    it under a different topic:
    
     Has anyone used futaba servos (s-133) with airtronic receivers?
    I believe the posotive, and negative wires are reversed, and the
    signal is the same. I was wondering if anyone has swapped the
    pins in a futaba connector; as it appears that they can be removed by
    lifting the small plastic tabs on the connector.
    This would be ideal rather than creating an adapter cable. 
    
     Finally, does anyone know of any converter cables for this, or is
    it necessary to make them yourself.
    
thanks,
    
    mike
    
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1453.1give this guy a push!KAY::FISHERThe higher, the fewerWed Sep 09 1992 12:1821
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>                                                -< Airtronics rcv+Futaba Servo's?? >-
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>     Has anyone used futaba servos (s-133) with airtronic receivers?

Yes.

>     Finally, does anyone know of any converter cables for this, or is
>    it necessary to make them yourself.

No, Yes.

Stop whining and get out the multimeter and soldering iron :-)

Bye          --+--
Kay R. Fisher  |
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1453.2Careful with those pins !BAHTAT::EATON_NNigel EatonMon Sep 14 1992 11:1317
Mike,

We use a similar type of connector to hook machines together here. I've 
"re-jigged" some connectors in the past by lifting the plastic tab, and 
re-inserting the connector in a different slot. Be warned! it don't always work! 

Quite frequently the little tab gets stretched by the lifting process, and 
personally I wouldn't trust them again in a "safety critical" environment (150 
metres, 80mph, heavy model = safety critical!)

Sorry this was a bit late, and I hope you didn't find this out the hard way!


Cheers

Nigel