Christmas Curare

Chris001 recommended

Phil, I think if you're going authentic you should use a period correct transmitter

.... and don't forget to wear the flares Phil.

DavidTappin wrote: Chris001 recommended

Phil, I think if you're going authentic you should use a period correct transmitter

.... and don't forget to wear the flares Phil.

Flares! Oh god! don't bring that up. Bear in mind though it was the era of the Lotus Cortina, 3 litre Capri Ghia. :woohoo:

Authentic? what about a 35 mhz or was it 27 mhz then, Tx with a bent aerial and a handful of crystals and big EverReady zinc battery. :lol:

Anyway staying on track..

Servo choice? I do like Hitec servos especially the G2 digitals because they can be programmed to personal preferences and reversed. And if not metal gears then the Karbonite versions at least. However, they are usually slightly longer or wider than other "standard" servos by a 1 or 2 mm.

JonTappin wrote: JR standard voltage, 5.2kg, 0.21s, £13.50
www.servoshop.co.uk/index.php?pid=JRNESDS589&area=Servo
Or go HV for £17.99
www.servoshop.co.uk/index.php?pid=JRC588HV&area=Servo

I have used the DS589 before and are good servos and plenty of torque at 5.5v. But I may just go for Jon's recommendation but in HV but then I still have to regulate down for the retracts. Um, ! will have to mull this over.

Does this model need metal geared servos?

PhilF51 wrote:
Does this model need metal geared servos?

No, small surfaces and relatively small deflections.

Just think about the servos they were using in the '70s!!

I'm using a mixture from my collection of 90's era JR coreless analogue, plastic geared servos.They were the best available at the time but actually only have similar figures to todays standard digi servos, 5-6kg 0.21-0.23 s. Add to that many hours of use!

does that predate the futaba s148?

Probably from a similar time Ade, that is the classic Futaba standard servo. The spec is a fair bit lower though, 2.4kg and .28s. Something like that would still work in the Curare though I expect, probably better than the best servos of the 70's!