Servo mounting

[M.M.]

I recently broke my stock balsa servo mount of my boat, and i need to replace it now. Here is what the stock servo mount looked like:

http://cgi.ebay.com/25-deep-vee-ARTR-with-motor-and-ESC-racing-spec-white_W0QQitemZ290327250603QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Vehicles?hash=item4398da46ab&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30

So i tore the old one out, and grinded all of the epoxy off. I am going to lay some FG mat before if epoxy the new servo mount in. But i need recomendations for good mounts. Preferably from here:

http://h1070208.hobbyshopnow.com/services/advanceResults.asp?Prod=servo+mount&cmdSideSearch=Go&radioSearchType=ALL&cboCategories=ALL&cboManufacturers=ALL&tag=qsrch

I was thinking this one?:

http://h1070208.hobbyshopnow.com/products/description.asp?prod=CLN4015

Oh and i am using a standard traxxas waterproof servo.

[kevinlew211]

saint paper the servo's bottom and epoxy it down to the hull, its more clean, more safe and save money

[ozzie-crawl]

being a bit of a cheap skate this is what i do, buy a lenght of alloy angle (see pic) its 32x20x1.4 mm or around 1.26x0.8x0.055"
cut a piece the same width as the brackets on the servo
then on the 20mm section cut a piece out so the servo sits in
you then have 2 pieces siting up just drill 4 holes and its done
its about $4-$5 for a lenght and you get about 30 servo mounts from it

[M.M.]

I could make one out of angle iron, but i do not know how it would do with the angle of the hull. Plus i would like to use somthing that has tapped holes, so i dont have to use a nut.

[kevinlew211]

you dont have to worry about hull angle, the servo can be set slope down with the hull, but like i said, epoxy it down

[M.M.]

Ok, thanks

Im going to make one out of angle iron though, because i would like to be able to remove the servo.

[domwilson]

How about this? http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...rod=dh-jrpa244

[Steven Vaccaro]

I also have some new metal servo mounts I will be listing this week.

[andym]

I use these in all my boats http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...rod=dh-jrpa244 I cut a piece of 1/8 light ply. Mark the mounting holes. Drill and use m3 T nuts through the ply, cut the hex head bolts to length, epoxy the ply down with a bit of tape covering the T nut holes. Then just bolt her down. Easy to remove , looks professional ans makes removale of said servo easy!

[Jesse J]

I use the aluminum angle bracket ozz mentioned, I wouldn't epoxy it though, if it fails you may damage the hull removing it. If you go with glue - use sillycone it holds and the servo is still removable when (not if) it fails.

[M.M.]

Jesse what do you mean by dont use epoxy? Are you talking about just epoxying the servo down, cause i am not going to do this. But i am going to make an angle iron bracket, and i was going to fiberglass it into the hull with some fiberglass cloth and resin.

[M.M.]

Well i made a nice aluminum bracket, and i need to attach it to the hull. What is the best way to do this? I have some epoxy that i could use, or i can fiberglass it into the hull. Which would be better?

[domwilson]

Maybe some double sided tape?

[ozzie-crawl]

i usally drill a few holes in the base part off the bracket, then epoxy it down.
i usally do mine at the start of a build so c/f then goes over the bracket when doing the rest of the inside. but you could just run a piece of cloth over it and glass it down

[M.M.]

I did drill some holes in the bracket. So i think i will glass it in, because i dont want the expoxy to fail like it did with the previous mount. So are there any secrets to glassing the mount in? I have some fiberglass cloth and polyester resin.