servo question

[Jeff Hughes]

If I understand right, now you do not have high or low rates, just one 
rate that you fly everything?

Jeff

> Jon,
> 
> you will be surprised at the precision you gain.....I was believe 
me....its
> huge....60% low rates are killing the precision of your model. If 
you are
> going to try to improve your flying you need to improve your setup.
> 
> I have been doing this a long time and been fairly successful with 
it...and
> just this past spring I found that I was not using the equipment to 
its
> potential....my answer was well I'm close and my setup is clean and
> neat....followed all the rules about square pushrod to the servo 
horn (not
> the servo case but the arm)...and use stiff friction free 
linkages....and so
> on...Well my low rates that I do everything on were down in the 60-
70%
> range.
> 
> I went in one hole on the servo arm and dialed out the control horns 
on the
> surface...and man alive Rate values went up to 90 and 100%...hitting 
lines
> and points became soooooo much easier. Servo pot wear was less of a 
factor
> and yes my flying got better overnight! Huge improvements.
> 
> I would have called BS on this before...I would have figured hey 
I've got a
> good setup. What I did do was over compensate for lack of mechanical
> advantage with speed and power of the servo....Now that I have the
> mechanical advantage the speed and power of the servo are working 
for me.
> Servos especially the performance servos we use in competition 
models are an
> investment. Whether its a $70 4131 or a $100 digital you are paying 
for the
> performance of the servo....Why would you short change the servo by 
sticking
> it in a position where its working so hard just to maintain. Give it 
the
> right setup and environment and you will be able to feel the 
difference too.
> 
> Troy Newman
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jon Uhler" <juhler at bellsouth.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:27 PM
> Subject: re: servo question
> 
> 
> > Troy,
> >
> > Good point on it not being just a IMAC thing.
> >
> > I guess I haven't bother getting really crazy on the Focus set up 
yet
> cause it is not needed for Sportsman.  I wanted a simple, easy setup 
so I
> could concentrate more on flying and learning the ropes.  As I start 
to
> practice other schedules I will need to work on my radio set up.
> >
> > I was talking to Larry recently about his Focus set up and 
discovered that
> for Sportsman, I didn't even need to set up a dual rate on the 
elevator or
> ailerons.  I plan on making a copy of the model memory and start 
tweaking
> it....
> >
> > Jon
> >
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