Most servos only turn 60 degrees total. I've got a plane that uses HS85's for flaps too, and I do get 90 degrees. Have you set up your radio to offset the servo so that you are getting the full 60 degrees of travel to lower the flaps? In other words, you don't want to have the servo at it's normal neutral point when the flaps are centered, because you're only going to get 30 degrees out of the servo. You want the servo center point to be offset so that from flap center, to full 90 degrees down, you are getting well over 30 degrees over servo travel.
At 11:00 PM 3/23/03 -0800, Toby Woods wrote: >Hey, > >When I installed flap servos into my Eraser open class plane, the flaps will >not hinge all the way to 90 degrees ... more like 45 degrees. Are there >special servos that will turn a full 180 degrees so that my flaps can go >down all the way? This is a problem with the turning radius of the servo, >and my hitec 85mg aren't cutting it! (yes, I did maximize the moment arm >with a long servo arm and short flap control horn ... what servos do you >guys recommend... > >Toby Woods >San Diego Soarer > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >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. > 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.
