Apprentice STOL aeleron servo

Crashcup2727

New member
My right side aeleron servo has failed. I purchased the recommended linear servo with no luck. The new servo does not function like the old servo. The old servo is reversed compared to the left side. The New servo operates like the left side...no reversing.


HH only lists 1 servo for the Apprentice, but clearly its not reversed like the original servo.
The new servo comes with a cable that doesnt help anything.
So I cant fix my plane.

Is there a servo reverser for these micro linear servos?
 

Piotrsko

Master member
Back in the day, there was no servo reverse switch, so you had to do it manually typically by flipping over the servo either top to bottom or front to back. Kinda a pain somewhere if the mounts are already installed or the attach arms are odd.
 

Crashcup2727

New member
Back in the day, there was no servo reverse switch, so you had to do it manually typically by flipping over the servo either top to bottom or front to back. Kinda a pain somewhere if the mounts are already installed or the attach arms are odd.
The thing I find odd is I bought the plane new. If I can't purchase a reversed servo, then how did one get in there in the first place, and why does horizon hobby only list one part number for the servo?
 

Piotrsko

Master member
Look. At. The. Servo. Arm. One. Side. turns. one. Way. the. other. side. is. reversed. at. The. Same. Time.
 

Taildragger

Legendary member
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You lost me.
 

Crashcup2727

New member
So tell me why isn't my original servo rotated?
In the Apprentice the servos come from the factory aligned the same way. That is a fix but it requires a little more surgery. How is it that it didn't come from the factory with one servo 180 from the other?
 

Crashcup2727

New member
I did. What a joke. The tech assured me that in his 8 years he has never seen a reversed servo on an apprentice STOL. I suggested he get more training. Totally useless to me with no clue. Anyone care to see the video of the reversed servo?
 

Mr Man

Elite member
I did. What a joke. The tech assured me that in his 8 years he has never seen a reversed servo on an apprentice STOL. I suggested he get more training. Totally useless to me with no clue. Anyone care to see the video of the reversed servo?
Why don’t you just flip it around like other members told you to do?
 

Piotrsko

Master member
i'm sorry, i can't quite figure out what is going on there.
try posting here at rc groups, might be more experience:
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Starting to notice this as a trend amongst the youngest generation, so freaking literal it becomes annoying, then they go all stubborn and actually reject reality unless it's presented on a screen.