stevengrasley
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A few weeks ago I was tinkering on my RV-7A in the hangar and found my ailerons "stuck". I could not figure it out. Suffice it to say that the roll servo was locked up and the shear pin let go in my process of figuring it out. However, the servo seemed to operate just fine.
Contacted the always great guys at Dynon and got an RMA to ship it back. It has been in service for 2.5 years and about 500 flight hours. (Yup! That's 5 followed by two zeros and no decimal. Not a typo.) Anyway, shipped it back.
A few days ago I get an email that says I better buy a new servo as this one is beyond repair. Well, I bought one about a day after the lock up because I could not imagine the 6 hour cross country I had planned without my trusty autopilot. But I thought I was going to have the repair back for a spare. Not to be.
Here's a couple pics that Dynon sent back to me. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?! This is installed in the standard location in the right wing. Has anyone ever seen or heard of such a thing? Seems to me there had to have been a seal problem or something. The inside of the wing looks like it did 2.5 years ago when I built it. No signs of this kind of crud anywhere. Did a get a bum unit from Spruce when I first bought it? I think it was a fresh box.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Well...sorry about that. I have to learn how to post a pic first. I'll do that in a few minutes. Next post should have the pic.
Contacted the always great guys at Dynon and got an RMA to ship it back. It has been in service for 2.5 years and about 500 flight hours. (Yup! That's 5 followed by two zeros and no decimal. Not a typo.) Anyway, shipped it back.
A few days ago I get an email that says I better buy a new servo as this one is beyond repair. Well, I bought one about a day after the lock up because I could not imagine the 6 hour cross country I had planned without my trusty autopilot. But I thought I was going to have the repair back for a spare. Not to be.
Here's a couple pics that Dynon sent back to me. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?! This is installed in the standard location in the right wing. Has anyone ever seen or heard of such a thing? Seems to me there had to have been a seal problem or something. The inside of the wing looks like it did 2.5 years ago when I built it. No signs of this kind of crud anywhere. Did a get a bum unit from Spruce when I first bought it? I think it was a fresh box.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Well...sorry about that. I have to learn how to post a pic first. I'll do that in a few minutes. Next post should have the pic.