I tried to make a video showing how to make a rc servo winch which would show the whole process from beggining to end with no breaks in video, sorry, video turned out a bit long, please fast forward through the boring stuff. I used a MG946R 208oz servo which is the most popular servo used for this application both for its strength and its low price. Most parts uses in this video can be found in www.ckrccrawlers.com, although you might find cheaper if you really shop around. Hope this video is helpfull, any question please post on coment section so others can benefit from them as well, thanks. PS: if you want to do away with POT or resistors all together a small esc can be used to control winch, ebay has 10a esc for $10 shipped that can handle 2S and work great.

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