
ohdj4
Australia
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Hello All,
I have been building my own Six robot though when he is standing up or moving on the ground, his servos go on fire. Though when his legs are in the air they are fine.
Any help is much appreciated.
Joshua
Which servos are you using? Third party servos? Are they metal gear?
Thanks.
https://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=10290
Your putting 7.4v through a servo that can only handle up to 6.0v...it may have a peak torque of up to 7.2v, but yeah best you regulate them or get servos rated for 7.4v.
I would invest in ez-robots new HDD servos, very strong and made to handle 7.4v.
it has to be a power problem, for when the servos are in the air, they don't catch fire. but when standing or moving they catch fire.
Their rated to 6v...so pretty sure power has something to do with it...
Ive used low quality servos before, never had them catch fire.
Too much power+heat=magic smoke.
Combination of bad quality and power.
See here... This one (copy?) is rated for 7.2V... There are tons more (copies) all over eBay...
TowerPro MG996R
the Inmoov arms would weigh a bit wouldn't they?
But yes it seems with servos you get what you pay for.
Thought i saw them rated for 7.2v also, but even then 7.4v would be too much for it.
I asked someone recently about putting lipos on a 1/8 scale rc project i want to do, and he said no because i would be going over the voltage of what the NIMH's put out, but the difference is minimal. That spooked me a little..
Thanks again
Joshua