Curiosity drives me. On almost every hobby servo I look at (HiTec, Futaba, etc.) the mounting points are not discreet circular holes but enlongated slots extending beyond the perimeter of the servo’s mounting surface. This seems pointless when mating to nicely machined parts such as the SES. Can anyone tell me why they are designed this way? Is it a holdover from model aircraft design? And is the purpose to compensate for sloppiness in the initial build, or to create a breakaway point in the event of crash?
Thanks,
The holes on the parts of the SES that the servo mounts to are enlarged a bit to allow (1) the use of snap in plastic rivets, and (2) to allow proper centering of the servos output shaft to the pivot point on the bracket. There is no real effort to make these hole positions standardized from the manufacturer. The larger than necessary holes on the servo mounting tabs are that way to accommodate the rubber bushings used by modelers to provide some dampening, like a cars motor mount.
Great! Obviously, that idea never occurred to me. Thanks.
