Servo selector guides?

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Tim Wescott - 04 Mar 2009 01:10 GMT

This is related to my last post, in the second-worst possible way.

The servo I just finished building is fine, but the _old_ one died on the
operating table, of old age (the pot was worn, dirty, and corroded - you
can't get much worse than that).

So I went looking on the web, but all I can find are floods of individual
catalog pages on servos and servo-related parts.

What I _want_ is a nice chart with measurements, weights, torques, etc.
The wing already has Ace Bantam-shaped holes in it, so I'd like to be
able to find a reasonable fit.

Any suggestions? I mean to buy them at the LHS no matter what, but I'd
like to go in forearmed with information.

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Ed Cregger - 04 Mar 2009 11:52 GMT

Who would go to the trouble of compiling such a list? Certainly not the
manufacturers, whose best interests are served by consumer ignorance. Ditto
the hobbyshop owners.

I agree that such a reference would be invaluable to we modelers.

Ed Cregger

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> This is related to my last post, in the second-worst possible way.
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> Any suggestions? I mean to buy them at the LHS no matter what, but I'd
> like to go in forearmed with information.

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rszanti - 04 Mar 2009 13:49 GMT

I don't mean to be discouraging (but probably am) - I've tried to find
the same info for simillar reasons. Not only is such a list hard to
find (I've never found one in many googled attempts) but the mounting
dimensions are almost non-existant. Overall dimensions I can find at
some manufacturers sites but not the ones a modeler would need. There
are some that list torques and electrical characteristics - here's a
link to the best I've found - http://www.fatlion.com/sailplanes/servochart.html

Lots of Luck
Richard

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Ken Cashion - 05 Mar 2009 13:38 GMT

>This is related to my last post, in the second-worst possible way.
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>Any suggestions? I mean to buy them at the LHS no matter what, but I'd
>like to go in forearmed with information.

Yes. I may have the part you need.

E-mail me.

Ken

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Servo selector guides?