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Old 09-09-2012 | 04:26 PM
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Anyone get their hands on these yet?
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Old 09-09-2012 | 08:58 PM
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Looks awesome, I just hope it won't cost $200....
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Old 09-09-2012 | 09:21 PM
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Looks great, as chopper said hopefully the price will be competitive.
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Old 09-10-2012 | 06:40 AM
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I am told $180
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Old 09-10-2012 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by jnorwood_losi
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
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Old 09-10-2012 | 11:22 AM
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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.
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Old 09-10-2012 | 12:10 PM
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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
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Old 09-10-2012 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jnorwood_losi
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.
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Old 09-10-2012 | 12:47 PM
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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.
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Old 09-10-2012 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Rsickles
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.
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Old 09-10-2012 | 04:44 PM
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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.
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Old 09-10-2012 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by fung_kyle
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...
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Old 09-25-2012 | 07:54 PM
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Anyone get their hands on these yet?
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Old 11-18-2012 | 08:09 PM
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Anybody have feedback on these yet?
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Old 12-24-2012 | 01:23 PM
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Can't believe we still don't have a release date for these
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