Originally Posted by wingracer

It depends on the servo. Low profile aileron servos are designed to be mounted out in the wings and thus will often have really long leads on them.

Servos are designed for different characteristics depending on intended use. A standard aircraft servo doesn't need to very strong, quick or durable so they tend to be cheap and weak. Use only in light duty applications. Heli servos are usually designed for extreme precision. Servos for nitro car servos are (or at least should be) designed for abuse. They need to be strong (hence metal gears), fast, vibration resistant and high torque. That's why they are usually more expensive than an aircraft servo with similar specs.

Originally Posted by Johnnysplits

You would need high torque, metal geared servos in large to giant scale aircraft as well.

Originally Posted by Dave H

Yeah, it's funny. Hang out on some of the airplane forums and they will say the exact opposite, cars don't need strong quick or durable servos.

Don't think I would argue with some of the big heli guys though, that might be some of the toughest and most critical uses. Those things are wild when the good pilots start tossing them around.

Originally Posted by Johnnysplits

I never question anyone that has thousands flying through the air. All my r/c's are piddly squat compared to a lot of those guys.

Originally Posted by racer1812

No doubt, you wanna see and talk crazy amounts of money. Hang out with the guys who fly large scale stuff....sadly too many are snobbish because they crap $100 bills though.