Servo jitter/twitch - can you get rid of it

Started by CurryKitten, May 19, 2012, 11:02:18 AM

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CurryKitten

I was FPV'ing up my car again for when the weather isn't up for flying... or my tricopter is in multiple pieces from a crash.  So I got one of those cheapy pan/tilt mounts from HobbyKing along with 2 Turnigy TG9e servos, which at $1.99 a piece it's fair to call the cheap and cheerful.

While everything works, when I have the servo's fully over in one direction (as far as the pan/tilt goes it's up and left), they don't settle on a position, and jitter - causing vibration and not a stable image through the camera.  See attached YouTube footage -

Servo jitter

Is this just a useful example of getting what you paid for, or is there anything that can be done to sort these out ?  I just found it a bit odd that it's fine in one direction (of both servos) but not the other