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You may have success hacking your old lever onto your new servo, or you could also buy a new lever (control arm??) for your new servo. There are special versions for steering servos, I have heard them called 'servo savers' because they have a little spring in them so that if your front wheels hit a bump, you will not strip the gears of your servo. They should have them at whatever hobby store you bought your servo at. I have bought them at udisco on Decarie Blvd.
-Matt
From: robomontreal@yahoogroups.com [mailto:robomontreal@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Chatterton
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 12:55 PM
To: robomontreal@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [robomontreal] 6 wire servo?
Thanks Matt, that's just what I'm doing.
The new servo is almost exactly the same size as the 6 wire on, but
the output shaft is square! But it's just a matter of connecting the two
wires that go to the wheels to some cam, wheel, or whatever,
attached to the servo.
Plan B is to transplant the old output servo shaft, plus fittings, to the new servo.
Peter
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From: Matt FriesenSent: Monday, February 09, 2009 11:39 AMSubject: RE: [robomontreal] 6 wire servo?
In all of the cheap (ie Radio Shack) RC cars I have seen, the electronics for the steering servo are integrated on the same PCB as the radio. Unless you are interested in messing around with the main PCB, you may be better off picking up a standard RC servo and fitting that. I have had good success with this in past. If you do not have space for a standard servo you can get a mini or micro size servo.Good luck,-Matt
From: robomontreal@yahoogroups. com [mailto:robomontrea l@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Peter Chatterton
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:09 PM
To: robomontreal@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [robomontreal] 6 wire servo?
I'm hacking a Radio Shack RC car for I'm hacking a Radio Shack RC car and can't figure out the servo. It has six wires going to the steering box: brown, red, orange, yellow, green and blue. Maybe these don't all go to the servo but I'm reluctant to take it apart to see as it's part of the suspension assembly and might not go back together again.The car is a Sector 7, model no. 6018610, made in China.
None of the six wires go the external lamps.
I've been told that it does have proportional control.If you have ANY ideas on servos with more than three inputs please respond as I'm clueless.Thanks,
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