Greetings all,

I have never used a digital servo before. Is it simple as plug it into your receiver and go? Or are there special interfaces required to use digital servos?

Kaos1

plug it in and GO.


Larry

Hitec digitals you can plug it in and go or use there programmer to tweak them out. Also can match them with out a match box with there programmer.

Dave

I'm sure I read somewhere that you need to uprate your batteries as the current drawn is much higher with digitals.

Stuart

use a 6.0 volt battery , and then plug in your servos and go fly

you can still use your 4.8 battery, but the 6.0 will last longer and perform better


mark

As always, the people on RCU are the best! Thanks for all the advice. I will be getting my first digital servo (Hitec) and running it with a set of non-digitals. I don't think that there is a problem with mixing them.

6.0 volts sounds like a good idea since the other servos will have more torque and speed also. Maybe go to 1500-2000mA also. Can you use the standard charger for the 6.0 volt batteries or should you get another?

Thanks again,

This has been discussed before, the 6 volt battery will not last longer, it will discharge faster.
If you want it to last longer, use a battery with more MAH's.

Yes, that is what I remembered. When you increase the voltage drain, the mA drain also increases. So 1100 mah is not always equivalent when talking about 4.8 vs 6.0 volts. I agree on this and will go with higher mah's.

So, can the 6.0v batteries be effectively charged using the standard chargers? I seem to remember that this could be done but it just takes a longer time.

Define a standard charger? If you are talking Graupner, or Schultze yes if you are talking wall wart that came with your radio...no.

Plug and go but uprate to 6volts with a voltage stabiliser

you DO NOT have to run 6V with digital servos. You DO need to increase the MAH capacity of your battery because the digitals will draw more current. As a matter of fact, some digital servos with long leads don't like 6V and will jitter terribly. Don't answer questions if you don't really have the true answer. [:@]

I use Futaba digitals in my F15 on long leads
with two 6volt packs thro stabilisers and have been for nearly twelve months
so i think i know what im doing
Also used them on large scale aerobatic planes before that with long leads

NEVER HAD A PROBLEM and dont say im just lucky

jetsetter Quote "As a matter of fact, some digital servo's with long leads don't like 6v and will jitter terribly. Don't answer question if you don't really have the true answer"

Well I DO know what I am talking about and I also run several digital servo's mixed with standard servo's on 6v. with NO troubles. These are also being run in race planes with high demands on the whole system. I run 1400 and 1500 mah batteries with great results. Sounds like the jitters are something that only you are having troubles with. Maybe you should be careful who you insult!!![>:]

Kaos1- It is a good idea to up the mah rating of your batteries along with the qty of digitals you run. No you don't have to run 6v but it does increase the torque of the servo.

Thanks for the claification on the subject. Since the servos that I'm using and the digital that I am buying are rated at 4.8v and the torque and speed is ok for the applications. I think that I will go ahead and stay at 4.8v.

Thanks again!