Budget servos
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Joined: Dec 2014
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From: Canada BC
Sadly in using the search function nothing came up as a budget servo discussion. I was surprised as well given there are millions of posts and threads. Hopefully I will get some meaningful responses that may lead to such a useful discussion.
#5
The only "budget" servos I have experience with are the Traxxas RTR ones. They will do the job, but they are slow on the steering and I have cooked several on the throttle with a stout throttle return spring. Depending on your budget I would take a look at Savox as they have some $50 ish servos that are a decent compromise between price, speed and strength.
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Joined: Dec 2020
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Not sure which size nitro touring uses, so I can't comment on that.
The two cheap servos that really impressed me for the price are:
The JX PDI-4409MG as a LP servo for 1:10 offroad. It's a bit on the weaker side and not the fastest, but there's not really anything that comes close at that price and even quite a bit above. 9kg at 0.11s (though the time-spec is really, really generous) are pretty usable for $15.
The JX PDI-6113MG as a standard size budget coreless servo. Definitely very usable as a throttle servo in a 8th scale buggy, about 14kg at 0.10s for $25 and it's coreless nature means it's a lot more responsive than a standard brushed servo.
If you want to spend a little more, PowerHD has some great servos period with more budget oriented (but definitely not cheap) options that are still very good. But they managed to build a brand so they aren't as cheap as they used to be.
The two cheap servos that really impressed me for the price are:
The JX PDI-4409MG as a LP servo for 1:10 offroad. It's a bit on the weaker side and not the fastest, but there's not really anything that comes close at that price and even quite a bit above. 9kg at 0.11s (though the time-spec is really, really generous) are pretty usable for $15.
The JX PDI-6113MG as a standard size budget coreless servo. Definitely very usable as a throttle servo in a 8th scale buggy, about 14kg at 0.10s for $25 and it's coreless nature means it's a lot more responsive than a standard brushed servo.
If you want to spend a little more, PowerHD has some great servos period with more budget oriented (but definitely not cheap) options that are still very good. But they managed to build a brand so they aren't as cheap as they used to be.
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the search function on this site is beyond terrible in its default setting. Need to used "advanced" search option



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