I think I got off by a power of ten so things are not as bad as my numbers make it but the idea of checking to see what is really needed so I can use enough wire without just throwing more wire at it is sound.
Anybody know the full stall current draw of the popular servos? michael On 2/17/06, Michael Neverdosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My table lists 20ga wire as having a resistance of 10.128 ohms per > 1000 feet so that is 0.1 ohm for 10 feet. > Ten feet of wire is a servo that is 5 feet (length of the wire) from > the battery. > Ten amps would make a voltage drop of 1 volt and that would be the max > I would want to see even using a 6 volt battery. > > If we go to 24ga wire (very common in RC) we have a resistance of > 25.67 ohms per 1000 feet or 0.25 ohms for 10 feet. This means that > only 4 amps will cost us 1 volt. > > If I were getting fancy, I would use the combined wire and use a > bigger wire from the center to the flap servo and a smaller wire to > the aileron servo. > Using combined wire does have the advantage of only having one layer > of insulation so you do reduce the total weight even with the same > amount of copper. > > I wire my own battery pack so can put the wire I want on them. > > If I spend the money on a top plane and digital servos I certainly > will put in wire big enough (but not bigger) to keep them working > under the maximum loads. > > Hey, you can put anything in your plane that you want. :) > > michael AMA 77292 N6HCV > > On 2/17/06, John D Frugé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think you cound install #12 wire on all the servos in DP's plane and he > > would still beat us all :) > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
