Originally Posted by
shannow
I was wondering if my servo (2yrs old) is still good enough for the EB48.3 at race level.
I currently have a Hitec 7954sh set with 7.2v (through the xr8+ HW).
It produces a torque of about 400oz.inch and a speed of 0.12s.
Should I keep it until it dies or would I benefit from upgrading ?
I was looking at servos around 0.09s for a 250-300oz.inch thinking of the savox 1267sg
Or even should I go banana and get the 2284sg at 0.65s for the same torque ? I like the aluminium case as the Hitec's is getting pretty beaten up where you screw it to the chassis... (direct mount though as I lost the rubber pads a long time ago).
thanks
Those specs look good. Most are using the inner hole on the new servo arms, but in your case you could keep using the outer hole if you want more speed.
Personally, I can't run a servo for 2 years in EBuggy. I run a good bit every week and I'm doing good to get a year out of any servo. Usually it's just the gears that get wore out and slop develops.
I would stay away from Savox servos. The motors tend to die in them. I've just started running the Protek servos and so far I'm really impressed with the bang for your buck.