<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Ron, may be as simple as a wire coming loose or broken on the throttle pot<BR>
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Matt<BR>
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Date:5/5/2004 8:02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</A><BR>
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On May 5, 2004, at 4:59 PM, Tony Quist wrote:<BR>
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> Did you try plugging it into an unused channel to see if it worked? Or<BR>
> just plug a servo into channel 3 and make sure the throttle stick <BR>
> works?<BR>
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I haven't tried that. I did look at the servo output and it reflects <BR>
the throttle stick movement. I will plug a servo into channel 3 and <BR>
see if it works and I will try plugging the ESC into the rudder channel <BR>
and carefully move the rudder stick.<BR>
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Ron Van Putte<BR>
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> -----Original Message-----<BR>
> From: discussion-request@nsrca.org <BR>
> [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<BR>
> On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte<BR>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:51 PM<BR>
> To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>
> Subject: Re: Futaba 9ZAP Problem<BR>
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> I have received several suggestions and I appreciate them. However,<BR>
> some of the responses indicated that the writer didn't understand the<BR>
> problem. I had a flying system that was working perfectly. Then one<BR>
> day the throttle didn't work. The first thing I tried was reversing<BR>
> channel 3. I ended up trying a totally untouched model on the 9Z<BR>
> (default model). It didn't improve anything. Then I tried a different<BR>
> transmitter, again with a totally untouched model. It worked<BR>
> perfectly. I'm still stumped.<BR>
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> Ron Van Putte<BR>
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>> -----Original Message-----<BR>
>> From: discussion-request@nsrca.org<BR>
>> [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<BR>
>> On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte<BR>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:16 AM<BR>
>> To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>
>> Subject: Futaba 9ZAP Problem<BR>
>><BR>
>> All - I have tried everything I can think of and still can't solve a<BR>
>> problem. I have a Futaba 9ZAP transmitter and was using it in the PPM<BR>
>> mode to fly a GWS Slow Stick, using a GWS R4P receiver. Everything<BR>
> was<BR>
>> fine until one day I went to fly the Slow Stick. The aileron,<BR>
> elevator<BR>
>> and rudder servos worked fine, but the motor would not work. I tried<BR>
>> everything I could think of, including trying an unused model in the<BR>
>> 9ZAP. Nothing worked. Then I tried a different Futaba 9ZAP<BR>
>> transmitter and everything worked fine. Huhhhhh? Any ideas?<BR>
>><BR>
>> Ron Van Putte</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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