The FT1117 from FEETECH is a miniature-sized servo with the same output spline as standard servos, making it compatible with standard-sized servo horns, and the gear train is made primarily of metal gears. Servo horns and associated hardware are included.
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The FT1117M is a miniature-sized servo from FEETECH with the same output spline as standard servos, making it compatible with standard-size servo horns. The pinion gear is plastic, but the rest of the gear train consists of all metal gears, allowing this servo to deliver the kind of speed and torque typically associated with larger servos.
The FEETECH Mini Servo FT1117M has all metal gears after the plastic pinion gear.
The FT1117M works with standard RC servo pulses, offering position control over a 120° operating angle for standard servo pulses between 900 µs to 2100 µs. As with most servos, the pulse range can be expanded to achieve an expanded operating angle (FEETECH does not specify this beyond listing a physical limit angle of 200°). The servo has a 7″ (18 cm) cable that is terminated with a standard JR-style connector, which is Futaba-compatible, and it includes additional servo horns and mounting hardware.
The servo cable is terminated with a Futaba-compatible JR-style connector. |
FEETECH Mini Servo FT1117M with included hardware (actual hardware might vary). |
You can find more information about this servo in its datasheet (125k pdf).
Note that, as with most hobby servos, stalling or back-driving this servo can damage it.
This servo is a lower-cost alternative to the 1711MG from Power HD, which has nearly identical dimensions and performance. The two servos should be generally interchangeable for most applications. The picture below shows both the FT1117M and the 1711MG side by side:
The FEETECH Mini Servo FT1117M and Power HD Mini Servo HD-1711MG servos have nearly identical dimensions and performance.
| Size: | 30 × 12 × 31.7 mm |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 20 g |
| Digital?: | N |
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| Speed @ 6V: | 0.11 sec/60° |
| Stall torque @ 6V: | 3.5 kg·cm |
| Speed @ 4.8V: | 0.13 sec/60° |
| Stall torque @ 4.8V: | 3 kg·cm |
| Lead length: | 7 in |
| Hardware included?: | Y |
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Most standard radio control servos (and all RC servos we sell) have three wires, each a different colour. Usually, they are either black, red, and white, or they are brown, red, and orange/yellow:
Please check the specs for your servo to determine the proper power supply voltage, and please take care to plug the servo into your device in the proper orientation (plugging it in backwards could break the servo or your device).
We do not specify the range of rotation of our servos because this information is not generally available from servo manufacturers. RC servos are usually intended for controlling things like the steering mechanism in an RC car or the flaps on an RC plane. Manufacturers make sure that the range is enough for these typical applications, but they do not guarantee performance over a wider range.
This means most RC servos will rotate about 90° using the standard 1–2 ms pulse range used by most RC receivers. However, if you are using a controller capable of sending a wider range of pulses, many servos can rotate through almost 180°.
You can find a servo’s limits if you use a servo controller that can send pulses outside of the standard range (such as our Maestro servo controllers). To find the limits, use the lowest possible supply voltage at which the servo moves, and gradually increase or decrease the pulse width until the servo does not move any further or you hear the servo straining. Once the limit is reached, immediately move away from it to avoid damaging the servo, and configure your controller to never go past the limit.
You might be wondering why we do not just follow the above steps for all the servos we carry and list a specification for degrees of rotation. Unfortunately, since servo manufacturers do not specify the range of rotation, it might change from one manufacturing run to the next. They will not inform us about changes that are not specified, and we have no way of knowing if or when they might change their manufacturing process.
For more information about servos and how to control them, we recommend the series of blog posts on servos starting with: Introduction to servos.
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