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Old 02-16-2009 | 03:12 PM
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a little physics here....torque=force x lever arm...so most of us will use a 220 oz torque servo and the thing only moves a few degrees in either direction....suggestion: use a smaller arm on say 110 oz digital servo (and maybe a longer control arm) you can calculate your actual power using the formula......and before anyone loses there minds about the safety issue..remember the weakest link...if your servo for instance put out 50 pounds of torque but your hinges will break out of thier BALSA blocks at only 20 pounds???..using this you could save hundreds in servo money [8D]
Great idea...I found this program to help [link=http://members.cox.net/evdesign/pages/linkage_design.html]servo requirement calc[/link]