ORIGINAL: hooker53
..............I was amazed at how little the jets servo's are abused as compaied to the big 3D machines. Most of our jet surfaces or sealed and I think that puts longed life into the servo.
the lack of vibration is what gives turbine powered jets longer servo life, pretty much the only abuse they see is from taxing and landings. a gassers vibrations on large surfaces constantly work a servo just like a gyro. the only motors I've ever burnt out were on high revving glow engines where the vibration resonance of the pushrod would burn out the pot and/or motor to the throttle servo.