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identifing old airplane servo
« on: May 22, 2008, 07:00:12 PM »
Hello,
       I have an old airplane servo that has (SERVO 80111 Cox/sanwa). I've tried controlling them using my analog servo controller, but no luck.  My guess is that there digital.  I've tried looking it up but no luck ether.

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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2008, 07:15:24 PM »
post a pic of it and put like a can of soda next to it so we can be able to determine scale dimensions
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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2008, 05:17:15 AM »
hope you can see these :P

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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2008, 05:48:12 AM »
mmm

that servo uses a different connector than Hitec

http://www.fatlion.com/sailplanes/servos.html

you'll have to flip some of the wires


flip the wires and then try it out, my guess is that they are analog
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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2008, 10:50:53 AM »
thats probably explains why it got hot when i first connected it :o.  Ok, so i can just switch around the wires like a standard one.  Just out of curiosity, are the frequencies the same?  I'm at school right now and won't be able to check them out until 7:00 ish.   
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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2008, 03:55:40 PM »
The frequencies should be the same but there are occasional surprise servos that catch you out.

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My guess is that there digital.

Digital servos still take the same signals as analog servo's. Its just the internal electronics and motor driving that is digital

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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2008, 05:01:26 PM »
Yeap, they work now.  Thanks guys.  (comferm) they are analog and they work great. :D  However, i did fry the first one :'(.  Again, thanks

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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2008, 08:32:57 AM »
If you fried it , you can still use the geared motor inside it!
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Re: identifing old airplane servo
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2008, 11:22:41 AM »
Yeap, they work now.  Thanks guys.  (comferm) they are analog and they work great. :D  However, i did fry the first one :'(.  Again, thanks

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