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Old 06-10-2005 | 07:57 AM
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Default RE: Digital Servos on KingCat flaps?

A regular control surface does not have a stop near the normal operating range. A flap has a stop right at the end of the up range. If you have a very small setup error, the digital servo may try to drive the flap against the stop at full power, which would burn up the servo and possibly drain your battery. I have seen this once with standard servos on a flap that where way out of rigging. One servo had melted it self down and was locked, the other was in-operable. had it been a small error there would not have been a problem, digitals would have just made it worst. Better to stay with the recomended servos, they work great on my KC.

Steven

ORIGINAL: FLYBOY2000

HI guys,

I'm trying to figure out why BVM did not recommend digital servos on the flaps for the Kingcat. BVM recommends JR 2721 non digital servos instead of JR 8611a, I was thinking it was because of air load/battery drain issues. Any thoughts?

Thanks.