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Originally Posted by dhoizner
By strain, I mean that the tilt servo, is straining itself (exerting too much power).
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Can you describe how you attached the camera to it? For example, did you mount the end of the camera box (by "end" I mean the side of the box with the least amount of surface area) to the bracket in the picture? The problem may just be that you have it set up so that the weight of the camera is too far from the pivot point for the tilt servo (which increases the force that the servo must exert to counteract gravity).
If you did mount the end of the box to the bracket, you might be better off mounting the bottom of the box (by bottom, I mean the largest side, opposite of where the lens sticks out) to it. That would at least pull the center of gravity in closer to the pivot point.
If that still doesn't work, you might have to find/build a different mount. I saw one available from the CMUcam website that might work for you -
http://www.roboticsconnection.com/ca...88/1004018.htm. Since the pivot point would be centered more within the camera's body instead of behind or below it it would probably work better.