Servos for sail control

[kimswee]

Hi All

Need some advise.

Have just completed building my Victoria.
Been testing it out with normal servos for the sail control, but seems that there isn't much pull power.

Questions :

I was considering to swop to a high torque servo, anyone with advise if I should switch or is it a norm to use normal servos for sail controls.

[avoilte2004]

Servos for sail control

good day,

you might want try the following servos:
for RUDDER -HS-125MG Thin Wing Servo

Product Code : [HS125MG]
Torque at 4.8/6 V(kg/cm) - 3.0/3.5
Speed at 4.8v - 0.17sec
Bearing - Dual Ball Bearing
Dimensions(HxWxL) - 30x10x34
weight - 0.84oz/24g

for Main sail -

HS-5945MG Digital, High Speed Coreless Motor, Programmable, All Metal, Super Speed

Product Code : [HS5945MG]
Torque at 4.8/6 V(kg/cm) - 11/13
Speed at 4.8v - 0.16/0.13sec
Bearing - Dual Ball Bearing
Dimensions(HxWxL) - 39x20x38
weight - 56g

It work pretty well for me, had lots of fun using it. A little x thou.

happy sailing
cheers!

[Mad Armour]

I was considering to swop to a high torque servo, anyone with advise if I should switch or is it a norm to use normal servos for sail controls.

I use Hitec HS-755HB sail servo for my Victoria.

Torque at 4.8/6 V(kg/cm) - 11.0/13.2
Speed at 4.8v - 0.23sec

I dun race my Victoria, so servo a bit heavy doesn't matter.

[kimswee]

I use Hitec HS-755HB sail servo for my Victoria.

Torque at 4.8/6 V(kg/cm) - 11.0/13.2
Speed at 4.8v - 0.23sec

I dun race my Victoria, so servo a bit heavy doesn't matter.

Thanks all for the advise.

Have just switched to HS 645MG,7.7kg.cm at 4.8v-0.24 sec

cheers

[avoilte2004]

Servos for sail control

I use Hitec HS-755HB sail servo for my Victoria.

Torque at 4.8/6 V(kg/cm) - 11.0/13.2
Speed at 4.8v - 0.23sec

I dun race my Victoria, so servo a bit heavy doesn't matter.

Yes, i agree with you on the the troque.
however going digital its helps in precision.
and eventually you will want to have higher speed response for the sail, as you would need it in stong wing conditons to help counter capsize situations.

As i am not sure you are going for hi-speed manoeuvre or leisure sail.
you might happen to hunger for speed when you really get tired of turn and doing cophern.

well you might want to try it out in strong wing conditions with your current settings to see if suits your style of skipping your vic.

cheer!
happy sailing skipper.

[Mad Armour]

Yes, i agree with you on the the troque.
however going digital its helps in precision.
and eventually you will want to have higher speed response for the sail, as you would need it in stong wing conditons to help counter capsize situations.

As i am not sure you are going for hi-speed manoeuvre or leisure sail.
you might happen to hunger for speed when you really get tired of turn and doing cophern.

well you might want to try it out in strong wing conditions with your current settings to see if suits your style of skipping your vic.

cheer!
happy sailing skipper.

I'm really a leisure sailor... And pretty happy with the setup currently. When I want speed, I'll launch something with prop.