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Old 01-04-2004, 08:58 AM
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Default Servos for the masses

Guys;

Once you have run a high speed Digital steering Servo in your Car/Truck, you will never be satisfied with anything else.

For the Throttle/Brake, a decent Analog servo will provide everthing you need.

Comments on Hitec;

I purchased the Hitec 625/645 series servos for their performance to value ratio, but have had problems with EVERY single one (digital and analog). I'm lucky if they go over 3 months without a failure. The last one failed with very little actual use.
NO linkage binding and endpoints are always set with room to spare.
The 1 Hitec 5925 servo that I have has been trouble free for over a year and I currently have a total 5 Hitec receivers in my Cars/Trucks and they have also been trouble free.

It is my belief that Hitec has used parts of lower specs in these servos to get the manufacturing costs down and this may be the reason for so many People having problems with them.

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