Race Servos
11-26-2009, 09:13 AM
#16
I have found the new hitec 7940 & 7950 on ebay nib for around 120. The 7955's are great too. IDK if the orion stuff will hold up to 1/8 scale. 1/8 scale is the hardest on parts, engines and servos included. That alum gear in the orion stuff will prob not hold up. Airtronics use to have a great servo that had great specs but it had an alum gear too and well it would always strip out. Just my 2 cents. You cant beat the price and specs of the orion stuff though.
i think the orion servos will hold up on a 1/8 nitro buggy not sure on a truggy though ,i read though they have alum and titauim gears in there servos,i guess it depends on how u drive if your smoother like me at driving i think anything will hold up if you drive hard who knows
11-26-2009, 10:25 AM
#18
i think the orion servos will hold up on a 1/8 nitro buggy not sure on a truggy though ,i read though they have alum and titauim gears in there servos,i guess it depends on how u drive if your smoother like me at driving i think anything will hold up if you drive hard who knows
11-26-2009, 11:46 AM
#19
Hitec over here....Why mess with the rest when you can have the Best. 
11-26-2009, 12:16 PM
#20
For years I raced wit a simple Futaba 3001 servo on the throttle and a Futaba 9001 on the steer on my 1/8 onroad. People declaired me crazy but hey, it worked fine for me. OK, the step to faster servo's (KO) did give me a better feeling and respons on the car but the lower speed and low power on the old servo's did do the job just fine, afterwards I have used DS1013/1015 and now the Savox 1257
Today's servo's are insane compared with the specs from 15 years ago and the main question is does an avarage racer/basher need it.
Just go for the servo with good user experiences
Today's servo's are insane compared with the specs from 15 years ago and the main question is does an avarage racer/basher need it.
Just go for the servo with good user experiences
11-26-2009, 01:41 PM
#22
11-26-2009, 02:40 PM
#24
LOOL that one 2 is great,
by the way, if i wanna use the 7940/7950 from hitec and i run a M11x, the RX only supports 6 volts, is it possible to use another RX from another brand??
cheers
Ali
by the way, if i wanna use the 7940/7950 from hitec and i run a M11x, the RX only supports 6 volts, is it possible to use another RX from another brand??
cheers
Ali
11-26-2009, 03:40 PM
#25
Im going to go a hitec set up, running off a protek 2s rx. To avoid screwing up my battery is there a low voltage cutoff available, any recommendations?
11-26-2009, 04:38 PM
#26
11-26-2009, 06:42 PM
#27
Good shoice on servo brand. One thing i have learned in my years of r/c, dont skimp on electronics. I dont run regulators or cut offs. Just to give you an idea. A month or so ago we had a 5 hour truggy endurance race. I was using a 2s 2000mah lipo running a 5955 and a 985, we did battery changes every 100 minutes (1 hour and 40 minutes) and still had time to spare. 100 minutes will last you all day at a race.
11-27-2009, 09:41 AM
#28
JR 9100t for steering and 9100s for throttle/brake. I use regulated Lipo and this is in my buggy. I haven't had a problem with them and I race with several other guys that run this same setup too without a problem.
I have had a lot of problems with 3 different models of Hitec servos glitching in my latemodel though. But I think 1/8 latemodel racing is even harder on steering servos. I see more of them go out on people at a dirt oval race than offroad. Set your endpoints!
I have had a lot of problems with 3 different models of Hitec servos glitching in my latemodel though. But I think 1/8 latemodel racing is even harder on steering servos. I see more of them go out on people at a dirt oval race than offroad. Set your endpoints!
11-27-2009, 05:35 PM
#29
I recommend the Hitec 7950 or if your budget isn't that high the Hitec 7955 for steering.
And for throttle I recommend the Hitec 7940 or again the Hitec 7955.
I have ran the JR 9100 series servo's and they worked great but developed some slop in the gears and wouldn't center back perfectly. Horizon fixed them free of charge. It took a while for them to fix them but in the end they did it.
And for throttle I recommend the Hitec 7940 or again the Hitec 7955.
I have ran the JR 9100 series servo's and they worked great but developed some slop in the gears and wouldn't center back perfectly. Horizon fixed them free of charge. It took a while for them to fix them but in the end they did it.