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e-Gaui Hurricane 200 & 550 - EP100 > Hurricane 200 What to do with excess servo wiring?

chopperben1
Heliman
Location: Ontario, Canada

Guys,

With such a small heli, what do you do with the excess servo wiring. Is the only silution to just wrap in with ties? Or, does it hurt the electronics to cut out the excess wire and re-splice it so the connections are shorter? If this is ok, can you cut wire out of a 401 gyro as well as servos?

12-16-2007 08:51 PM

chopperben1
Heliman
Location: Ontario, Canada

This is why I am asking...maybe I am just brutal at running the wires, but it would be a lot easier to just cut some out!

12-16-2007 09:01 PM

MMike
Elite Veteran
Location: Holland,Mi-USA

I wouldn't / didn't cut mine.

Just wind and tie wrap.

There's enough real problems without coming up with imaginary ones.

Good luck

12-16-2007 09:03 PM

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chopperben1
Heliman
Location: Ontario, Canada

Thanks,

I figured that there really would be little upside in cuttting the wires. I'll keep wrappin' 'em!

12-16-2007 09:26 PM

MMike
Elite Veteran
Location: Holland,Mi-USA

NP

I'm having a blast with my EP100

If you'd like to see a pic ,I posted "blades snapped", a week ago Friday.

You can kinda see the ugly wires in the photo.

12-16-2007 09:33 PM

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Pinecone
Key Veteran
Location: Maryalnd

YOu can save a significant amount of weight by shortening the wires.

The proper way is to get pins and crimper and shorten from the plug end.

Terry
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12-17-2007 12:34 AM

chopperben1
Heliman
Location: Ontario, Canada

Got it, thanks! Makes sense...

12-17-2007 02:45 AM

papa-alpha
Heliman
Location: Irvine,CA-USA

Chopper,

I cut them down. The servo wires now run over the top servo, behind the receiver and plug in. The receiver is mounted on a piece of G10 that is epoxied to the top aluminum tube cross piece. You can loosen the two side screws and the receiver swings up to access the gyro (at least that was the plan - it turned out you can actually get to the limit screw on the gyro without moving anything).

Cutting them down was a pain in the butt and I'm not sure it was worth it.

If you decide to trim the wires, one source for the crimpers, pins etc. is Hansen Hobbies at www.hansenhobbies.com

phil

12-17-2007 05:55 PM

chopperben1
Heliman
Location: Ontario, Canada

Thanks, I'll look into this a little more, but the excess wires aren't as big issue as I first thought (aside from the fact that I could probably do a better job of securing them!), in fact, if anything, the more weight I get to the front the better to help with the centre of gravity!

12-21-2007 01:05 AM

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