----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Drela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: [RCSE]
You are doing it wrong. You cut the bottom lug off and use a flat head screw (through the top lug) to mount the servo to the block, which is about 3/4 of the thickness of the servo. Also the mounting block would block the servo from moving.
We can get more specific here.
In general, the ideal place to attach any servo is as close to the pushrod as possible. This minimizes the torque that the pushrod exerts on the wing or fuse structure which holds the servo, and thus minimizes servo squirm. This is why I now try to mount standard-lug servos by putting the screws up from the bottom, rather than down from the top (e.g. Supra wing and fuse servo mounts).
The flat-mounting lugs on the Airtronics servo would have been better placed above the standard lugs, not below them.
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