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Old 10-09-2017 | 06:16 AM
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billdelong
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Originally Posted by dan_vector
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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I've had decent luck with this solid aluminum case brushless servo in my Tekno ET48.3... skip to about 5 min into the clip to see the specific servo I'm talking about:

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I've had many broken tabs on plastic case servos over the years in 1/8 racing... often they go unnoticed but when the trim starts going out of whack during a race, that's the first telltale sign of a broken tab
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