bigbreeze

In the manual it says s3151 servos are for use with 4.8V only, but anyone use them at 6.0Volts with any problems?

I did a trial run for several minutes on a 50cc gas throttle, and no noises, heating up, or problems noticed. How would it last on a season of flying?

Thanks for the help.

BB

dirtybird

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I don't think you will have any trouble on throttle. A servo only uses the power it needs and it doesn't need much for the throttle.

Campgems

The S3151 is rated at 6V. Check the Futaba site. It is faster and more powerfull on 6V, but the battery life is shorter. I have one plane with 6 S3151 on 6V and it works well.

Don

dirtybird

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On my site, www.servotestsite.com you will find current plots for the Hitec servo 5955. Note for the same torque (50 oz-in) the servo actually uses less current on 6V than it uses on 4.8V. When you think about it the torque required is the same, and since the torque produced is proportional to the VxI, The batteries should last longer when you use 6V. This will not be true if you use maximum torque from the servo. But in most cases you never use the maximum torque the servo can generate.

Campgems

Good point. I was just quoting Futaba's site, not remembering that engineer types want to give worst case so people can't complain when it's better than advertised.

Don

dirtybird

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In all the servos I tested I never found one that was better than advertised

bigbreeze

Thaks everyone. I read somewhere that it was only good to 4.8 Volts, but you are all in fact correct. Futaba site lists thrm as 6.0 Volt capable!!