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Virtually every young boy in American society has owned an RC toy at one time or another, but few of us understand what makes them work. One of the main components of RC vehicles is the servo. Simply put, RC servos are the control system for the vehicle.

There are servos employed in a variety of different devices, including disk drives. Once you set the servo, it automatically adjusts itself during operation through feedback. The RC servo contains: a DC electric motor, gears, a position-sensing mechanism, and control circuitry.

One of the first rules in Radio Controlled Airplanes is, never use a single solid wire! In all RC applications always use a multi stranded wire, especially in Electric Powered Airplanes. The use of any solid wire will cause it to break very quickly from vibration. The use of finely stranded wire will help eliminate the breakage from vibration.  Finely strands wire also allows for more flexibility and ease of installation. All power leads in any RC Airplane should only be made from a fine stranded copper wire of the appropriate size to carry the electrical load. Even the antenna of the receiver should and are made from stranded wire. Y-harness and servo extension wires are also items that should only be made from finely stranded wire. The servo extensions and y-harnesses available from AirLandSeaHobbies.com have worked well for in all of my electric powered airplanes. Take a look at them and give them a try in your next electric powered RC airplane.