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Switching to Heavy Duty Servo Arms

Why Heavy Duty Servo Arms?

Aerobatic/Pattern Planes Demand Full Control

Pattern flyers know that the length and strength of servo arms can make or break a plane — literally.  Control is everything.  And loss of control, or restricted control, can do you in.  You need to get maximum throw to have maximum control.  The servos and servo arms need to be able to handle the job with speed and precision.  Otherwise, maneuvering will often be hampered and unpredictable, and you may even lose the plane itself in an unexpected crash.

Problems:

The typical plastic servo arms supplied with servos have two problems:

1.  They seldom provide sufficient throw.   In playing it safe, the servo manufacturer often makes the arm or wheel fall short of the full movement you need to get the job done.

2.  They often can flex too much under high load conditions.   Flexing and precision control are not the same things, as many crashes (or lost points) have proven.

Solutions:

Dubro's Super-Strength Servo Arms solve one of these problems.  They offer greater strength.  You simply buy the arms manufactured to fit JR or Futaba, and replace the factory arm with the new, stronger Dubro arm.  They even offer longer arms, so you might be able to take care of both problems.

But for absolute and dependable precision, you can't beat metal, and aluminum is the best metal for the job, because it's so light.  Nelson's Heavy Duty Servo Arms solve the problems.  And they are built of sturdy-but-light aluminum. 

Best of all, installation is fast and painless.  It makes no difference if the servo is made by JR, Futaba, Hitec, or whoever.  Simply attach a Nelson Heavy Duty servo arm to the servo wheel that already comes with the servo.  See the illustrations below.

 

The servo arms attach to the servo’s wheel with four 2-56 screws and held in place with four subminiature 2-56 elastic stop nuts. A NELSON RCL87 heavy duty 4-40 ball link may be attached on the underside of the servo arm and is held in place with 4-40 screw(s) and a subminiature 4-40 elastic stop nut(s). This setup allows for the movement of the ball link when 45+ degrees of control surface travel is required.

The screws, nuts and ball link listed above are included with the Nelson servo arm.
 

Joining Servos in Tandem — To Avoid Binding

Using Nelson HD servo arms, two or more servos can be installed so there is no binding caused by the error in the neutral position of the servo spline.  Here's how:

Install the HD servo arm on the primary servo in the normal manner.  Next, the servo arm for the second servo should be temporarily installed. With the radio turned on and the controls in neutral, check to see if the the neutral on the second servo is exactly parallel to the primary servo. If there is an error, then remove the servo wheel from the second servo and rotate it about 45 degrees or so. Now place the Nelson HD servo arm in the center of the wheel and drill a new set of holes into the wheel. The second servo arm can then be mounted exactly in the correct neutral position. If a 3rd or 4th servo is utilized, follow the same process as noted first, by matching the 3rd servo to the 2nd servo and so on. This is some extra work, but it will pay off in saving the life of your servos.  It's always important to keep the neutral alignment exact between the two or more servos.
 

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