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Old 10-08-2017 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by KCodd
So yesterday in the truggy A I had my 1270 literally split in half landing a roller. I didn't even case it, I landed and tried to turn but it just kept going straight. When I pulled the body the servo was locked solid and the case was split on the top from end to end. Has anyone had a similar issue? I'll admit that it's life until now hasn't been the greatest as I just started driving this year but I haven't had a good wreck in a while so I was shocked to see this. This makes problem 1 for the 4 savox I run in all of my cars.
It isn't a great choice of servo for a truggy which is just about as harsh an environment as you can get! Metal upper case (at least) brushless servos are the way to go in off road racing.
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