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Old 03-31-2008 | 06:29 AM
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Default A Discussion on Servo Usage

I'm terribly confused, so perhaps you more experienced guys can help me out. I have two classic pattern planes with the standard Futaba S3004 servos. Since the servos back in the day weren't very fancy I figured these would be fine. Recently, I've looked at some recommended setups for slower and slightly smaller aircraft with similar sized control surfaces. Every one of these are recommending servos with a minimum of 72 oz/in of torque. Considering the 3004's only have 44.4 oz/in of torque, are my servos an accident waiting to happen, or is this a marketing ploy? []