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Old 05-02-2010 | 06:37 AM
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HarryC
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Default RE: Flight control article workshop


ORIGINAL: olnico
One remark here: this kind of setup tends to amplify the influence of the servo slop compared to the control travel.
Are you sure? Any slop in the servo gears produces the same angle of rotation of the servo arm regardless of the linkage, so a control rod attached at a small radius will have a small linear movement compared to one attached at a large radius. Then at the control surface, the small movement of the pushrod attached at a large radius will have make small angular changes in the control surface. Surely a linkage that is attached at a large radius on the servo and a small radius on the control surface, such as for 3D travels, amplifies servo slop?
Harry