Originally Posted by
8ight-e
Also worth noting if you stay away from Savox servo's and you won't typically have BEC issue in any setup. Savox are literally the most inefficient servo's you can buy.. why do you think they are so cheap. Will they work.. sure will they ever be in any of my vehicles? Not unless they start paying me to race um LOL.
I had heard this over and over (particular in relation to castle ESCs) and was pretty worried, I'm having pretty good luck so far
I got the
1271SG. Running through a mamba monster 2 internal BEC running at 7V. Other specs are 2200kv castle motor, futaba R603FF, turnigy 20C 4s 5800mah lipo, 15T pinion.
I got the servo from eBay and it came with a racers edge glitch buster cap. I used it because even castle support themselves said that the savox are so inefficient that I would need an external BEC. I haven't tried it without the glitch buster, but I've had zero issue so far. This was so much to my surprise so I'm stoked, because I cbf wiring up a separate BEC.
I don't understand why I would get a hitec that costs 3x the price with half the rated speed/torque...It's probably one of those things like I haven't experienced the ultimate quality yet, so I don't understand. But is it really worth that much more?!
If I had my time over, I would've got a stronger servo. This one is OK, but once those big wheels get some rpm I could use a little more torque!