Where was I going with my comments on servo torque requirements based on the post by Mark Drella on the Supra servos. My thoughts were echoed more strongly and straightforwardly in posts by others.
Summary 1. Mark's figures on Supra servo torque requirements are worst case numbers, very few flyers will ever experience these loads. (Daryl Perkins reinforced this with his comment that "99.9% of you guys will never build the line tension Mark is referring to." 2. Don't believe the advertised torque specification for a servo, it is a best case number - in actual use it will be lower. (Simon went into detail on "Servo Performance - Real World". 3. Each flyer needs to understand this and make a personal decision based upon personal experience and expectation of their type of flying. (Gordy in his normal style.) I've taken up enough bandwidth, Don 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
