Thread: 4W Maximum Power Servos? Huh?
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Re: 4W Maximum Power Servos? Huh?
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Originally Posted by Foster View Post
As his friend James Watt would have helped by saying it's 0.00536 horsepower.

All of the servo people give you rotation speed and force output, so you convert and go.

Take a screenprint of the servo specs.
Doesn't one need an efficiency rating as well? I don't think they mean power in terms of mechanical power, but rather in terms of electrical load on the digital side car.

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