These are all good questions. I will try to answer them in one statement. All servo installations should be run in especially digitals, unless you have a way of checking and adjusting the servos for binding. Then run in may not be needed. Digitals have a much narrower dead band than analogs and come up to full power sooner. A binding analog will still leave you with plenty of power to fly many flights. A binding digital will run your battery pack down quickly. My first plane with digitals I had 6 of them installed. I could connect a digital amp meter to the pack and see that as the controls moved, the current was all over the place. I used my 9C in cycle mode. After some adjustments, I went from 1.6 amps to 0.8 amps as the average draw.
ORIGINAL: DTB
Hi everyone, I have been flying for a while and only used analog servos. I recently purchased my first digital servos (HS-5645MG). I have a few question to those that can help.
1). What is "Servo Run In (Burn In)?
NEVER HEARD OF THIS
2). Why should it be done?
3). How is the "Run In" or "Burn In" accomplished?
4). Can I use my Futana 9C servo cycler mode to do the "Run In"?
5). How long to cycle them?
6). Should I do this on a regular basis?
Thanks for any advice...
DTB