budget servo choices

Motor'n · 10-22-2009, 11:07 PM

Hello,
I have been racing 10th scale off road for a long time now and have always ran the fastest servos money can buy. I have primarily ran the airtronic's line and have no complaints with their durability and performance. I am now building a few vintage runners and some bashers and will need 3-5 servos. I really don't see the need to put in $100-150 servos in these projects but I would like to put in a nice servo for when they do hit the track ( I am a pretty good driver and will notice the speed and torque difference ) I have been looking on line for some but there are so many to choose from. I would really like to hear some feedback BASED ON EXPERIENCE on the other servo mfg's out there. A purchase price of $50-85 is where I am trying to keep it. Any advice or feed back is welcome.

Scott Fisher · 10-23-2009, 12:23 AM

Futaba 9452 and/or 9551. At tower hobbies, these are $85/ea but you can get a few dollars off when buying more than one at a time. Also, Tower has coupons for discounts depending on the dollar amount of your order.

burnineyes · 10-23-2009, 12:33 AM

I always loved the Futabas, I recently tried a Hitec 5645mg. It has been great for the price. $55 and it has pretty good specs.

JeromeK99 · 10-23-2009, 08:39 AM

Keeps your eyes out on the trading forums and ebay! I see many Airtronics high speed/high torque $100 used servos going for $20-$30 all the time!

Jerome

Jackster · 10-23-2009, 08:40 AM

I need one too!

Motor'n · 10-25-2009, 08:34 PM

That has to smell yummy!!! Does any one have experience with the Orion servos? Any others?

latemodel13 · 10-25-2009, 08:49 PM

Look on ebay for the Futaba 3152 digitals. You can get 4 for about 80 bucks.

The Fox · 10-25-2009, 11:17 PM

I like the Hitec 625/645mg. I got them new for $30 from my local shop and they are great little servos. They are a little slow, but have massive amounts of torque.

Nick

Motor'n · 10-26-2009, 10:52 PM

I have used the hitec MG645 in my son's cars and have been very impressed with their durability. He crunched several others before I bought that one. They are way too slow for me though. I picked a few up on the for sale posts here but not the exact things I need. Does Orion still market their servo's?

Scott Fisher · 10-27-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Motor'n

I have used the hitec MG645 in my son's cars and have been very impressed with their durability. He crunched several others before I bought that one. They are way too slow for me though. I picked a few up on the for sale posts here but not the exact things I need. Does Orion still market their servo's?

Orion still sells servos

Dieselpower · 10-27-2009, 09:01 PM

I use these. Super fast, super torque, super cheap. Fast shipping too.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BMS-617MG-Super-...item3ef6406cd0

Justin B · 10-28-2009, 01:08 PM

These work pretty well for me. Decent price, ok speed, good bang for the buck.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...4&I=LXJYT8&P=K

GLwagon · 10-28-2009, 03:06 PM

The Bluebird 617 is a great servo, BUT it needs a lot of amperage to be happy.
A 1amp BEC won't do it, a 3amp seems fine.

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s....10sec_/_46.5g
After shipping I think it comes out to $25 each...

Here is one I've been looking to try in the future.
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s.../_.12sec_/_58g

If you have an account & "log in" the price drops quite a bit some times.

ShawnP · 10-28-2009, 05:02 PM

Hitec 645 and 625's have worked flawlessly for me and at about $30 each you really cant go wrong....

GearHd6 · 10-28-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ShawnP

Hitec 645 and 625's have worked flawlessly for me and at about $30 each you really cant go wrong....

X2, The digital Hitec 5645 has massive torque. You can get those for around $55.