ORIGINAL: Baroncowboy
Hello everyone,
This is pretty random,but I was wondering what you guys feel is servo pecking order?...
For example,say I need (4) servos for a standard "all around" plane,as in one for aileron,elevator,rudder,and throttle....
Now say none of the (4) servos are equall in torque,only equall in speed...servo#1 being the strongest,and servo#4 being the weakest...
How would you guys prioritise which servo drives what???
Im figureing throttle will get the lowest torque setup,so thats already answered,but how about the other three...
After you have an opinion about that question,this time figure in that the aileron channel can have two seperate servos,one each driving its own aileron... How would you order the power priority with this set-up... What Im getting at,is I have this problem with a plane Im putting together...
Each of my servos,meet the minumum torque requirements,but each has different torque rating,and I have to buy a servo to match one of the 4 I have now,since the plane requires two aileron servos... Now,which should I match and buy to make the aileron pair... Should I buy another one of the weaker ones I already have since there will be two,or do you guys recomend matching a stronger servo on the Ailerons... Any help would be much appreciated.... Josh L.
The most powerful servo should go on the rudder as this is usually the biggest control surface and it's always by far, the most powerful control surface,
Next would be the elevators, then the ailerons but that's hard because both are pretty equal. Now the key is if you have a seperate servo for each elevator it is important that they are equal in speed and torque. Same goes for the ailerons. If you are running two servos, one each for the ailerons they must also match.
Otherwise in relation to the elevators you will have one moving faster then the other and the plane will snap/roll to the side with the faster one. In the case of the ailerons, if one isde is faster/stronger the plane will roll faster to that side plus your rolls will not be axial and will look more like a barrel roll