you don't have to apologize to me, I am in no way afiliated with Hitec, just all the equipment I have used from them has been great

I just don't like to see people generalize about products, good or bad.

Ok, all of those servos that you are talking about were not designed to compete with the $100+ servos that are on the market. They were originally designed as a upgrade for a box stock servo. Metal gears, 2 year warranty, more reliable performance. No one was offering a reasonable alternative for the 90% of ppl who have RC's, the back yarder. If all you did was play with you car in the alleys and parks, would you want to spend $15 on servos all the time or get one for $40 with a 2 year warranty and metal gears? Thats what the original plan was for those servos. Unfortunately racers who bought them would complain about centering and durability. " Its not the same as my Air 257, Hitec servos are junk".

Now we have our High end 9 series of servos, and I'll gladly put any of them up against the any other manufacturer's servos. Yes some will get broken or fail, but which manufacturer has a zero failure rate on their servos??

Don't forget the first hondas weren't like they are today, but ppl used those original hondas for what they were meant for, cheap affordable transportation, not high end race machines. Even today if you try and bag the crap out of a bottom end civic, it will die very quickly. Does that mean that all honda cars are junk??

I hope this can clarify some things for you.


Gary F.

Not really. You keep getting hung up about the compareson to the $100 servo. That isn't what I'm trying to get across to you. I'm just wondering why my $15 servos center as well as a $40 Hitec servo, thats what I am trying to get across to you. Honda rules!

Avink,

Without making a servo digital, it ain't going to get any better.

Hitec guys:

Need your help with a problem:

I'm using a Novak XXL receiver 75MHz FM designated as Hitec. My transmitter is a Futaba.

On channels 84 and 85, the Futaba crystals work fine in the Novak. Channels 70 and 88 do not work in the Novak receiver. (The 70 and 88 TX crystals are fine - checked them with my Novak XXTRA receiver. The 70 and 88 RX crystals work fine in a standard Futaba receiver.)

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Joe

yokomojo:

Drop an email to: Novak Customer Service

What's the peak current draw from HS-5925MG and HS-525BB? Or in other words, which BEC specs are required to do their best?

yokomojo,

Check out the ask Futaba and novak threads. Oops, hitec are the only ones who care enough to have a thread! One more reason that I only run Hitec gear whenever possible.

Hey Cole. IF you stall the servos they will have huge current draw. It looks like you are using these servos for a gas car so you shouldn't have to worry about a BEC, that only applies to electronic speedos. In that catagory, try to get a speedo with a 2 Amp BEC. Some of the lower end speedos have low current BEC's and can cause glitching due to insufficient power.


Off to Spokane for the Hank Perry!! Man Its gonna be great! TTYL.


Gary

Actually, I'm considering a steering servo for my secondary car, which are an electric touring car. It's a kind of budget car, since I'm going for value for money. I want to achieve a steering servo with speed around 0,10-0,12 sek / 60 degrees. I dont plan on using less than 12 turns motors.

I'm looking at the price of ESC plus servo. So one could be cheap and the other expensive, the point is to get the cheapest combo that meets the demands.

There are several ways to go:

1: Cheap ESC and a servo with 7,2 FET wire.
2: ESC with 6 volt / 3 amps and a 6 volt servo.
3: ESC with around 5 volt, and a servo with 0,10-0,12 sek / 60 degrees at 4,8 volt.

About option 3: Sounds attractive, but if the current limiting in the BEC are the bottle neck, it's not really an option.

HFX ESC- $65 http://www.hitecrcd.com/Catalog/Surf...C/hfx_esc.html
HS-525MG - $35
http://www.hitecrcd.com/Catalog/Servos/HS-525.htm

Total- $100

I guarantee there is no better bang for the buck on the market than these two products. I've never had either one fail on me. You can spend twice and much and wouldn't notice hardly any difference in performance. I used the 525MG in all of my cars until Hitec came out with the coreless then digitals. It is a sweet servo!

Mike.

I think you're right - I haven't found anything better than the HFX, when looking on value/price.

I already have an HS-425BB and I will start out with that. So I have time for a little money saving and will probably get a HS-5925MG later. I think it's only around 50% more than the HS-525MG. I've already tried a digital servo from another brand. I didn't like the brand, but the digital version was soooooo sweet.

What's the advantage of a coreless motor over a 5-pole version?

The HFR-R, can the reverse be disabled?

Cole- The 5925MG is as good as it gets but probably will cost you twice that of the 525MG. Coreless motors have more power and finer resolution.

Yes you can disable reverse in the HFX-R. It is not as powerful as the standard HFX though; so if you are planning on racing with it, I would go with the HFX.

Mike.

605 servo:

well i was at the track running one of my trucks and messed up the gears. so i went down to our lhs and bought some metal gears, but when we tried to put them in we only found one to fit.........is this normal???
BTW, How was the hank? how did the calgary guys do?

Ive got $130 for a esc, receiver and transmitter. or just a receiver and esc (I have a lynx am). what would anyone recommend?