10-17-2020, 09:51 AM
(10-17-2020, 03:33 AM)Zaphod Wrote: So I got a smaller horn with 10mm radius. Not much luck with the 20kg servo, got another with 35kg & 270 deg travel. That one pulls the derailleur however the current during hold is quite high, I see like 820 mA on the largest sprocket, about 600mA on the 2nd smallest and like 9mA on the smallest (idle). That’s only the servo. I guess that can only come from the derailleur spring force and not any friction. Some pics attached.Zaphod, sorry you have such a hard time getting good results.
There are some questions I have:
1. with the 35kg servo, does it fully use the 270deg travel it has? If it's not (say, it's only using 90deg to make the derailleur go through its range), you still need a smaller diameter servo horn. You could try with an in-between piece as I stated in this thread to see what the results are. That would save you to make new servo horns.
2. are you running the Shift4Me script? In the script, there is code that does an over-pull and then slight return. This is to overcome cable tension. (you can see it happening, and with the effect it has on current consumption, in the video)
I've made a video where you can see the currents I'm getting. Derailleur is a Shimano Tourney (which has the strongest spring of the ones I had laying around), servo horn is a diameter 13 (radius 6.5). The servo is a PowerHD LF20MG, going through 160degrees. As you can see, peaks during shifting go to around 1.2 amps, holding in gear is usually 40mA (the over-pull-and-return is not always successful). I'm also pulling the derailleur back at some point, to simulate stronger spring tension.
Watch the video here on YouTube