8/27/2011

Platypus5

Strong & (somewhat) cheap, but power-hungry

I use this servo in my beetleweight robot. It is a quite a strong servo, able to lift the whole beetle. There are other, similar servos that are much stronger still, but they are also more expensive.

However, this servo is not without its issues: first of all, it does not use the standard voltage: it can use an ordinary 4.8 system, but not well. More importantly, it is very current hungry: It can easily take up so much current that even a BEC will not have enough power left to supply the receiver.

I must admit, I wish I had bought the more expensive JR servo in the "Robot servo" category.