Getting back into 1/8 Nitro Buggy - Advice Needed
 

Hey All!

My RC8B3 just came in Monday and its time to start getting the guts put together.

I am confidently going with an OS Speed .19 and Futaba 4PK
However, I am a bit behind on servos and need some help.

What are the best servos on the market right now? I know I will get a ton of opinions, but that is OK. I can research them all!

Cant really go wrong with any of the name brand servos that are on the market now. Your servos and brand will mainly be based on a couple factors. Price, speed, torque, if you are running LiPo RX packs and availability. When I am building a 1/8 buggy and need servos, I look foe 2 specific specs. For steering 250oz/in and stronger at .08 seconds or faster. For throttle, speed is the same but I don't feel I need as much torque so 200oz/in is the minimum.

I used to run the JR 9100 series but they have discontinued them as well as service and parts. So I was forced to find another brand and purchased A-Main's ProTek 150T for steering and 130S throttle. So far, no issues and nothing but good things to say about them.

You really cant go wrong with the world champion servos from Savox. Good enough for Ty...
The there are the always popular HiTec. Probably the best customer service in the industry. The servos are really good too. With the new line up of brushless servos (93XX) that are fast strong, LiPo ready and don't hurt the wallet....what else could you want. These would be my choice.

Don't forget about Futaba, Airtronics, Spektrum, and others. Any of these should be ok. Just find some with the sepcs you are looking for.

Good luck.

I think that the KO RSX2 series servo's are hard to beat. That will be my next servo's. I have had good experiences with Airtronics and Futaba as well.

+1 on A-Main's ProTek servos. i've got 2 130T's in my truggy. no problems.
http://www.amain.com/rc-cars/protek-...k-130t/p228476

KO rsx2 or futaba S9853
They are spendy...

I am using Radiopost red for steering and Radiopost blue for throttle/brake.

These are hands down my favorite servo pair. They are on the pricey side but are rock solid, and extremely quiet and handle lipo's with no issues at all. :nod:

I'm getting together everything right now for my first nitro car. I ordered a couple of protek PTK-170S for the XB8 I'll be building. They have some ridiculous torque specs for not even being the high torque model.
0.09 transit speed, and 445 oz-in of torque @ 6.0V
0.07 transit speed, and 549 oz-in of torque @ 7.4V

Overkill? :)

All of the major brands make good servos. I really like the Chad Bradley servos from Amain.

http://www.amain.com/rc-cars/protek-...k-170s/p265047

I love my Savox servos. They have been awesome to me over the last 3-4 years..

Running ProTek 130Ts for both steering and throttle in mine.

He's probably busy putting together his kit. Which nitro your planning to cycle through the O.S? Did you find a sellout