Re: Elevate servo. [TANKS]

["Marc en Wendy" <marcmethorst-at-zonnet.nl>]

Joe wrote:

> I purposefully did not balance the marker in my Hetzer. It is very aft 
> heavy.  I use a regular servo for elevate
> mounted right under the marker.  The weight of the marker keeps it very 
> stable.

My theory was that balancing the marker resulted in a neutral servo position 
to prevent the elevation servo from continously adjusting the marker 
position. This would save rx battery power, and I thought this would be the 
best option for a stabile gun platform.
Now that I'm reading your mail, I'm leaning toward modifying it by just 
adding a weight to the aft of the marker as you said for 2 reasons:
- the rx battery box ( 4 x 1,2 V penlites) has been upgraded to a 7,2 V 3300 
mAh racing pack, so more power is already available
- the bouncing of the gun in the current set up also draws a lot of current 
from this battery

> I can send photos if you wish.

Photos are good!

Thanks,

Marc
Holland