Thread: Servo Strength
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Re: Servo Strength

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Originally Posted by ewankoff View Post
You limited to 2 servos for the entire robot so using a servo in another postition will leave you without the pan and tilt mechanism provided in the kit. This may or maynot be acceptable for your team.
That may have been true several years ago, but this year <R45> specifically allows additional HITEC HS-322HD Servos.

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Originally Posted by richardmcc2 View Post
The servos provide 42 oz-in of torque, which is relatively low compared to a high torque servo, but it still may be adequate, just depends on how much you gear it down
The FIRST manual used to specify that servo manufacturers typically inflate torque rating to double the actual value. So, take the 42 oz-in with a grain of salt.