There's no real benefit in going to 9v. It won't improve the timing issue, all it will do is marginally increase current draw. I would have probably gone with either 4 x AA cells (6v) or 2 x A123 LiFePO4 (6.4v) and avoided the losses in the regulator (maybe 1/4 - 1/3W). An alkaline PP3 battery has an energy capacity of about 3.7Wh (down to terminal voltage of 6v) of which maybe 70% is usable here = 2.6Wh and your servo/circuit will draw maybe 200mA while positioning and 10mA idling, so about (crudely) 1.5W, giving approx 1h45m of active operation.Thank you so much. When I get into it I will probably have som questions.
My thoughts about 6v was that I think the servo had too much voltage with a 9volt battery. I am using a 9 volt battery though (and the voltage regulator to 6v) because of its physical size. It fits well for this project.
Som time ago I was wondering if I should use 9 volt for the circuit and then use the voltage regulator for the servo only.
I will have to go through my components to see what I have and what I have coming in the mail and then order what I dont have.