The Real Monster Servo

This is the worm drive with position feedback that was tested a while ago. It has survived over 3 million cycles under load, therefore it’s my winner for driving the rudder. I have published the hardware schematics & software on GitHub: https://github.com/OpenTransat/ServoEncoder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Na8EOg1Mo Three shafts are mechanically coupled together: the rudder, motor and magnetic encoder…

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