Servo Body Orientation Question

[jnmeade]

The servo would mount most easily if I can put the body at an angle to line up with a diagonal brace, but I want to run the lever straight up so it is parallel to the tab on the aileron torque tube.
Any problem with installing the servo body on an angle and the lever straight up?
Any problems with the stop bracket?

 

[Dynon]

I'm not quite visualizing what you're saying (can you make a sketch or quick tabletop mockup?), but fundamentally the arm needs to be applying force perpendicular to its direction of travel. If you're thinking of turning angling it so that some of the force is being put into the servo bushings and housing itself, that's not a supported configuration.

 

[Clarka]

thank you jnmeade

 

[jnmeade]

The servo body would be parallel to the direction of travel of the servo arm and the torque tube tab. The arm would be applying force in line with it's direction of travel. I don't see how it could do other.
I don't know how to do a drawing on here.
Imagine the servo set up just as you are used to. "Square with the world." Now, rotate the servo body like you'd rotate the hands on a clock so it is now "on the bias". Leave the arm oriented straight up and down, parallel in two dimensions with the tab it will be attached to on the torque tube.

 

[Dynon]

I'm still not seeing it clearly (a picture is worth a thousand words), but the servo arm will rotate fully 360 degrees, and any position can be "center" if that helps. So if your rotating the servo in a way that you could hold the arm completely stationary and get to the servo mounting position you want by turning the servo, yes you can do that. If you want to sketch something out and email it to support at dynonavionics dot com we can also verify what I think you're asking that way.

 

[jakej]

Put the aileron in the neutral position, then have the servo arm at right angles to the movement of the pushrod going to its (aileron) attach point.  ie the servo motor can be rotated to any angle but the servo arm should still be at right angles to the push rod.  Clear as mud ?

 

[jnmeade]

I appreciate the responses. You answered my question.