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Post by berserker on May 25, 2007 5:33:21 GMT 1
When I broke the throttle on my TX, I chalked it up to my inexperienced thumbs.  I bought a replacement from the hobby shop and went on with my life. A few weeks later a friend brought his brand new cub out for his first flight and SNAP...  There went his throttle as well. Unfortunately, the LHS did not have a replacement for his freq. He had to wait for two weeks to get a new TX from horizon for his second flight.  (to HH's credit, they did replace it for free) So I can honestly say that everyone I know who owns a cub has snapped their throttle.  I know from reading other posts that there are more broken throttles out there, but I assume there are a bunch out there who have had no problems at all. So... which side do you fall on? If you did break your throttle, what did you do? fix it? replace it with another stock TX? replace it with a better radio? scrap the entire thing and take up needlepoint? turn to a life of crime? Just curious, Berserker out |
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Post by gnascher on May 25, 2007 5:42:14 GMT 1
Broke mine on my first flight. I got in trouble on landing approach, and went to quickly chop the throttle. It popped right off.
I managed to inelegantly land the plane. I had assumed that the "button" had simply popped off the stick ... I was very surprised to find that the stick had broken off right at the base.
I replaced the stock electonics with Spektrum stuff.
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Post by cubcrazy on Sept 28, 2007 6:27:29 GMT 1
I personnally havent broken a throttle slider on any of the transmitter gear from Parkzone/hobbyzone. Now my determined 3 year old grinding on it...thats another story. Good thing it was from my deceased PZ Decathlon and he was just using it for pretend. He didnt break it off but it felt like it was internally not connected.
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Post by davemac2 on Sept 28, 2007 18:36:18 GMT 1
I broke mine after about 3 weeks. It broke when I tried to chop the throttle quickly in a bad situation. I think this is how most of them get broken because in these situations, you are so tense as a beginner that you apply excessive force to the slider which breaks it. They should have used a slider with a metal arm rather than the plastic. I'm sure HZ never ran into this with their testing because they were likely using experienced people who would not tense up!  Those particular sliders as a single part are very hard to find too. What I have done to fix mine is to buy a HZ transmitter off Ebay and pull the slider out of it if the TX freq. is different. dave mc |
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joeflyer
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Post by joeflyer on Oct 24, 2007 2:48:27 GMT 1
I voted that mine hasn't broke...but, I have the slider version of the tx. From what I've read, I probably would've busted mine ;D if I had the stick version.
I broke a throttle stick on another plane the other day after a nervous maneuver...which I've had plenty of with my SC.
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Post by flydiver on Oct 24, 2007 4:10:27 GMT 1
No, I've got 3 PZ/HZ TX's and all have intact sliders. OTOH see my rant about their lousy chargers.
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Post by thfireman on Jan 6, 2008 5:46:55 GMT 1
Broke mine today as I throttled back to glide, no stress no tense up, just broke as throttling down. This is the second flight. I had to wait for the battery to die so I could land. Took it back to hobby store and he ordered me a new TX. Should be in in a week or so. What a pain, and a bad design. It is just a small plastic stick that is obviously weak. I hope HZ realizes this quirk and recalls or upgrades units in the future.
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Post by theriaa on Jan 6, 2008 6:45:28 GMT 1
"I had to wait for the battery to die so I could land." nice
is this thing un-fixable or something?! iv'e never heard a case of someone fixing the slider at home, im going to open the tx and see how hard it is.
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Post by theriaa on Jan 6, 2008 6:59:25 GMT 1
..wow, how do you get the board out? is it that nut?
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Post by davemac2 on Jan 6, 2008 20:51:43 GMT 1
..wow, how do you get the board out? is it that nut? There are 2 or 3 screws that hold the board in. You also need to remove the screw at the base bracket for the antenna. dave mc |
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Post by theriaa on Jan 6, 2008 22:06:48 GMT 1
..wow, how do you get the board out? is it that nut? There are 2 or 3 screws that hold the board in. You also need to remove the screw at the base bracket for the antenna. dave mc i did, there was still something grabbing it |
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Post by mizzarty on Jan 13, 2008 20:43:16 GMT 1
I had it happen to my spitfire tx, I was testing the throttle in the workshop, and it snapped, i hadn't even flown it, and i had to wait for horizon to send me a new one under warranty, because the local hobby shop refused to warranty it. I was choked to say the least. The biggest problem for me is that I don't have any other hobby shops in town, so i'm kinda stuck using them, unless i pay more to order stuff online.
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Post by cincylunken on Feb 17, 2008 5:29:38 GMT 1
I wasn't able to attempt flying until today, It was an uneventful flight until I attempted to increase throttle to adjust for wind in my landing approach. I did so, and then throttled back to about 50%. It was then that the plastic slide knob for the throttle broke away from the transmitter/controller.
I able to land the Super Cub by turning off the controller. The landing was a 'nose-dive from about 3 feet and it broke the propeller.
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Post by dondi on Feb 20, 2008 5:19:51 GMT 1
Hello,
Mine broke on the second day of flying (actually of "attempted flying").
I'm a newby and I was in the middle of crashing so I slammed the slider to the rear and of course it broke.
I dissassembled the transmitter and attempted to glue it back together but there isn't much there to work with and it didn't work.
I called HobbyZone and they replaced it no questions asked.
The slot in the case for the slider is a little longer than it needs to be to allow for full travel of the slider. Therefore when you reach the end of the travel and it stops you may still be putting lateral pressure on the post.
I've taped up the slot so that the tape stops the slider at the same point that the travel of the slider is stopped by the slider assembly. Hopefully this will support the slider the next time I slam it up against the stops. Hopefully I've learned my lesson.
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Post by l8again on Feb 20, 2008 16:48:57 GMT 1
Hey dondi! Thanks for the great idea!! Started looking around for something similar to what you had done, and WAS thinking of building the slot up with epoxy. Then I spied them! A small package, with four rubber feet I believe, for a D-Link router. The part that was supposed to go into the router to hold them in place, fits very nicely into the throttle slot. Cut what I thought was the right length..about 1/4 inch from the end of the foot. Positioned and checked to be sure throttle would shut off, then glued into place with ca. Gives a nice rubber cushion, yet I'm pretty sure the rubber won't compress enough to break the shaft no matter how hard I pull it down. Will post a pic in the day or so.
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I bought a replacement from the hobby shop and went on with my life. 
There went his throttle as well. Unfortunately, the LHS did not have a replacement for his freq. He had to wait for two weeks to get a new TX from horizon for his second flight. 
(to HH's credit, they did replace it for free)
Those particular sliders as a single part are very hard to find too. What I have done to fix mine is to buy a HZ transmitter off Ebay and pull the slider out of it if the TX freq. is different.
