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Old 03-04-2015 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by hsukaria
Agreed. Now if there were some "smarts" that could be added to servos to detect hard-over failures and shut off power to itself, that would really help. Then the servo would be partly or totally re-centered from aerodynamic forces on the control surface, maybe.
Good idea for next generation R/C systems. Either with an additionel sensor built in the servo or external pickups. As soon as there is a difference between commanded and measured position, the servo will go into damping or dead mode.

Regards, Walter