RCU Forums - View Single Post - Bobcat elevator servos
View Single Post
Old 08-28-2003 | 04:12 AM
  #123  
Doug Cronkhite
My Feedback: (34)
 
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,821
Likes: 0
Received 11 Likes on 8 Posts
From: San Diego, CA
Default Bobcat elevator servos

OK.. so now tell me what the effective torque applied to the surface is with the pushrod at this distance from center, coupled to a control horn at its distance from the hinge line (it's lever point).

My guess is off the top of my head that you'll find this servo delivering over 120 oz" of effective leverage to the surface. There is a fair amount of mechanical advantage in the Bobcat elevator linkage geometry.

I don't know the exact distance of the control horn off the hingeline, so someone else will have to do the actual math.