[NSRCA-discussion] Metal Servo Arms

John Gayer jgghome at comcast.net
Fri Aug 31 16:16:21 AKDT 2007


Has anyone used the water soluble Nelson Hobby paint?
How is it for durability and weight?
John

Woodward, Jim wrote:

> http://www.nelsonhobby.com/cnc.html
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> See this link too.
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> Jim W.
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> * From: * nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org 
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of *Earl 
> Haury
> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2007 11:57 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Metal Servo Arms
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> The Al arms are quite resistant to twisting - but you're correct that 
> the nylon wheel is plenty strong and the Al wheel stronger than either.
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> A few years back I tested the strength of the JR 8411 Al spline and 
> the equivalent nylon spline coupled to stock & H9 Al arms. The test 
> involved making an adaptor to set over a single arm and position an 
> inch-lb torque wrench directly over the shaft. An output gear / shaft 
> was clamped in a vise and the torque wrench used to measure the "give" 
> point and the failure point with different combinations. All exceeded 
> the torque rating of the servo.
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> Nylon shaft & arm: "Give" @ 320 oz in and failure @ 480 oz in - the 
> spline shaft twisted and slipped, arm spline damage (yet there was 
> enough binding to retain some control transfer).
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> Nylon shaft & Al arm: "Give @ 320 oz in and failure @ 560 oz in - 
> shaft spline total failure.
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> Al shaft & nylon arm: No "give" point. Crisp failure @ 560 oz in - arm 
> spline total failure.
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> Al shaft & Al arm: No "give" point, Crisp failure @ 1600 oz in - no 
> spline damage, shaft broke below spine.
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> Earl
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>     ----- Original Message -----
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>     * From: * twtaylor <mailto:twtaylor at ftc-i.net>
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>     * Sent: * Friday, August 31, 2007 9:09 AM
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>     * Subject: * Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Metal Servo Arms
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>     Last night I was playing with them, they fit the plastic output
>     gear just fine. I was trying to get them on 8411sa's with the
>     metal splines. I finally did but they won't go down as far as a
>     nylon arm. Using a magnifying glass I could see where the alum arm
>     is fully seated internally. Just looks different than with the
>     plastic arm, as the arm doesn't cover the entire part of the
>     splines at the bottom like the standard arm does. I'm using this
>     on elev with the MK bearing fitting. I'm going to replace the
>     rudder arm with a H9 as well.
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>     Tim
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>     nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org ] *On Behalf Of
>     *vicenterc at comcast.net
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>     Earl,
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>     I wonder if the aluminum single arm will twist more than the round
>     nylon wheel in similar loads and conditions.  Using MK
>     link (which are very close to the plane of the wheel) with round
>     nylon wheels has been working very well for me.  The reason why
>     the nylon wheel is strong is because the structure is closed.  Of
>     course aluminum wheel would be stronger than nylon wheel.
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>     Vicente "Vince" Bortone
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>         -------------- Original message --------------
>         From: "Earl Haury" <ejhaury at comcast.net>
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>         The nylon servo arms are quite adequate when used with a
>         clevis that applies the force in line with the plane of the
>         arm (typical pin clevis). Pushrod ends that bolt to one side
>         of the arm move the force off the plane of the arm and thereby
>         impart a twisting force to the arm. (DuBro type ball links are
>         the extreme.) Add a bunch of vibration to the normal loads and
>         the nylon arm may eventually fail - a wheel is a much better
>         choice if one uses the nylon accessories. In addition to
>         better withstanding the twisting forces of offset linkage, the
>         aluminum arm is more substantial for screw mounting the ball /
>         ball bearing end.
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>         Jim is correct regarding the H9 arms on JR servos - there
>         seems to be more variation in the spline of the output than
>         the spline of the arm. (An arm tight on one servo may fit
>         nicely on another.) OTOH, I've found the H9 arms to fit Futaba
>         servos consistently well.
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>         Earl
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>             ----- Original Message -----
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>             * From: * vicenterc at comcast.net
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>             * Sent: * Friday, August 31, 2007 7:28 AM
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>             * Subject: * Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Metal Servo Arms
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>             For pattern I always use the nylon servo arms that comes
>             with the JR servos.  I am not sure why you need the metal
>             servo arms.  Usually I use the round one for aileron and
>             elevator.  For rudder I use the heavy duty arm that JR
>             offers (comes in the 8611 servo).  I never have problems
>             with the nylon servo arms in pattern application.
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>             Regards,
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>             --
>             Vicente "Vince" Bortone
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>                 -------------- Original message --------------
>                 From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com
>                 <mailto:bob at toprudder.com>>
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>                 I've used the H9 arms and the SWB arms. No comparison,
>                 I will continue to use the SWB arms.
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>                 Bob R.
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>                 */Kelly Regan <kelly.regan2 at verizon.net>/* wrote:
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>                     Not an answer to your question but I find the SWB
>                     arms much nicer
>                     since they are split. They use a a 2/56 clamp
>                     screw and nylon locking
>                     nut to draw the clamp tight around the spline of
>                     the servo shaft.
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>                     twtaylor wrote:
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>> I bought some Hanger 9 alum servo arms and when I
>                     put them on they are
>> VERY hard to get to pull down on to the servo. Is
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