Looking for an RC Aircraft with accessible servos
Hi everyone,
New to the world of RCPlanes, so forgive me for a lack of knowledge on the subject. I am looking to purchase an RC aircraft that has easily accessible servo cabling so I can attach them to a Servo Driver connected to a computer. My goal is to show the servos moving based on power/output being sent from the Driver. Is there a brand of RC aircraft that has easily accessible/standard power and cabling to deploy a project like this? A couple of websites I've explored have a lot of the cabling hidden and there are quite a few hoops to run through to make a purchase so I want to make sure I get it right the first time.
Thanks a lot.
Posted Feb 7, 2022, 11:44 PM UTC
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Almost any PNP airplane (Plug and play) you can buy will have all the servo leads terminate in the same area somewhere in the fuselage. Kits will not normally have servo's included, or at least not installed.
They use the same servo plug more or less universally and will plug into your driver just as well as they would normally plug into a receiver. I assume this is a stationary construct? If you are intending to use some sort of flight controller for autonomous flight I'd implore you to review Arduplane and see about setting up the RaspPi as a companion computer. They aren't fit as stand alone flight controllers.
If you don't intend or are unwilling to have the RaspPi (I assume that's a Pi hat) to be placed inside the airplane you will need a bunch of servo extension cables. These do exactly what they sound like. Depending on the lengths and number of servos it may be more economical to simply buy a crimper and 2.54mm dupont connector kit to build your own.
Yes, I intend it to be stationary. I am using the servo driver attached to a Pi Zero for controlling it. I think you've given me the information I need, just get a PNP set-up and plug the leads into the driver. Thank you for your assistance! :)