Hacking a servo
Hi Rob,
Fancy meeting you here. I think in our other board we discussed hacking a Hitec 715 arm servo from 80 to 160 degrees with adding resistors. I added 2.2k 1/4 watt on either side of the pot on my 715 to get that 160 degree rotation. Should be about the same on the 725-doubling the travel (of which I'll have to try). As there aren't any mechanical limits, should be pretty straight forward. Get back to me on our sailing site and let me know. I will pull apart the 725 just to confirm the mechanical side not having a limit. As to servo city's idea. The gearbox setup they have now doesn't appear to be able to fit this size servo, and if they have one now that will fit, it still does give you great power, but looks to me like it will slow the winch down by a factor of four. Not desirable in sailing!!!
Chris
E12-1582