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hookem34 09-09-2012 04:26 PM

Anyone get their hands on these yet?

rcuser567345 09-09-2012 08:58 PM


Originally Posted by Xyzzy (Post 11099086)

Looks awesome, I just hope it won't cost $200....

fung_kyle 09-09-2012 09:21 PM

Looks great, as chopper said hopefully the price will be competitive.

jnorwood_losi 09-10-2012 06:40 AM

I am told $180

rcuser567345 09-10-2012 09:15 AM


Originally Posted by jnorwood_losi (Post 11193475)
I am told $180

too much, i'd rather get the radiopost ones. i might just keep my hitec 7954 servos. maybe i would consider those if the price was 150 max. they need to be competitive to sell. if they priced them at 130, they would sell 2x the amount of servos and make more money.

im getting ready to send a servo back to hitec which failed and almost cost me a race, i will see how hitec customer service is and decide if i will spend up to 150 on one of these servos.

the price thing is why those radiopost servos are selling so well, exceptional specs and very competitive pricing

bentgear 09-10-2012 11:22 AM

I will try a couple when they are available even at the higher price. I think its a great idea, just hope it lives up to the hype. As the market expands the price will come down if they live up to expectations.

jnorwood_losi 09-10-2012 12:10 PM

Yeah, a little pricey!! They should be awesome servo's though, but I LOVE the Radiopost servos! They are priced well and specs are GREAT!! Also, they are SUPER quiet, you cant even hear them, I ave the Radiopost and still have Hitecs (all 7955's) and they are both good servos, I did have 2 7955 go out this year (one was my fault, left the car on and failsafe caused it) but their customer service is GREAT, they replaced both broken servos. Have not had a issue with the Radiopost ones, but I know they have TOP KNOTCH customer service as well

rcuser567345 09-10-2012 12:28 PM


Originally Posted by jnorwood_losi (Post 11194643)
Yeah, a little pricey!! They should be awesome servo's though, but I LOVE the Radiopost servos! They are priced well and specs are GREAT!! Also, they are SUPER quiet, you cant even hear them, I ave the Radiopost and still have Hitecs (all 7955's) and they are both good servos, I did have 2 7955 go out this year (one was my fault, left the car on and failsafe caused it) but their customer service is GREAT, they replaced both broken servos. Have not had a issue with the Radiopost ones, but I know they have TOP KNOTCH customer service as well

If they price them at maybe 130 from the get go, and thety turn out to be extremely reliable, everyone will be buying them.

Whats really attractive to me is the low power consumption, even my 7954s, 2 heats, 40 mins practice, and two mains and 7.3v still on the lipo. Wonder how good it will be with these servos.

Rsickles 09-10-2012 12:47 PM

Not sure what hopes and dreams everyone is living here...

Getting back to reality: If the upper echelon Hitec HV servos are all $150 or so currently, no way these Brushless ones will be below $150... Rather run KO or Futaba for that price.

jnslprd 09-10-2012 01:35 PM


Originally Posted by Rsickles (Post 11194791)
Not sure what hopes and dreams everyone is living here...

Getting back to reality: If the upper echelon Hitec HV servos are all $150 or so currently, no way these Brushless ones will be below $150... Rather run KO or Futaba for that price.


Why?

At the end of the day they all either move the wheels or the throttle.
I have seen every brand of servo break including high dollar KOs, at least you know Hitech customer service takes care of it's customers.

fung_kyle 09-10-2012 04:44 PM

Time will tell if these are good servos. Honestly $180 is not a lot for servo, considering it's retail value. If the market price is $180, it'd still be worth it IF it outperform other brands, such as Futaba BLS and Ko Brushless.

EricJ 09-10-2012 05:39 PM


Originally Posted by fung_kyle (Post 11195708)
Time will tell if these are good servos. Honestly $180 is not a lot for servo, considering it's retail value. If the market price is $180, it'd still be worth it IF it outperform other brands, such as Futaba BLS and Ko Brushless.

That's a big "IF". The only thing that drew my attention is the claim of 1/5th the power consumption of competing brushless servos, which is a pretty big deal. Of course, at that price, I might as well get a BLS157HV, especially if I'm going to the trouble of wiring for an HV servo.

The thing that scares me about Hitec is that people rave about their service...

hookem34 09-25-2012 07:54 PM

Anyone get their hands on these yet?

BlueStreakOne 11-18-2012 08:09 PM

Anybody have feedback on these yet?

hookem34 12-24-2012 01:23 PM

Can't believe we still don't have a release date for these:cry:


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