Which servo for a 40% bird?

[Mike Mayberry]

	Quote: Originally Posted by smokin
	i will mention as well that my edge currently has 8711's on her and they sure are precise. the gears are noticably wearing though. oh well, gear sets are cheap.

Really?!?!?! $139.99 for the servo then having to spend another $36 on gears?!?!? Not to mention tax, shipping and the pain of installing them!

There is no question that all the top brands best servos are awesome, but other than brand loyalty... with features like Ti gears, high voltage, programmability, warranty, not to mention performance and price... the 7950 has everyone covered! Support the brand you feel most comfortable with, but can you really say that anything is truely better than the 7950?!?!?!

Sorry guys... I'll get off the soapbox now. Sometimes I can't help myself!

Mike.

[khedge]

mike you said it then,

I will always fly hitec servos, my new 42% Dalton will be running 10 hitec 7950's and 1 7940 for the throttle. One question do you think the engine will be ok with a .06 7940 on it. I think the response will be ok. The engine I will be using is a DA-170

I have nothing by hitec servos in all my planes

	Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Mayberry
	Really?!?!?! $139.99 for the servo then having to spend another $36 on gears?!?!? Not to mention tax, shipping and the pain of installing them! There is no question that all the top brands best servos are awesome, but other than brand loyalty... with features like Ti gears, high voltage, programmability, warranty, not to mention performance and price... the 7950 has everyone covered! Support the brand you feel most comfortable with, but can you really say that anything is truely better than the 7950?!?!?! Sorry guys... I'll get off the soapbox now. Sometimes I can't help myself! Mike.

[Mike Mayberry]

The 7940 is fine, but the engine can only rev up so quickly so the extra speed probably won't be that noticable. Let us know what you experience though. It may just be the hot ticket!

Mike.

[khedge]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Mayberry
	The 7940 is fine, but the engine can only rev up so quickly so the extra speed probably won't be that noticable. Let us know what you experience though. It may just be the hot ticket! Mike.

Thanks Mike, ill let you know.

[epc2]

94780 , Awesome servo.

epc2.

[khedge]

	Quote: Originally Posted by epc2
	94780 , Awesome servo. epc2.

Yea a friend of mine is a airtronics sponsered pilot and he likes them. They are powerful but the cases have broke twice now. Airtronics has the updated cases to fix the problem though

[pepatrick]

everybody knows you dont need hi torque servos...use boost tabs on all your surfaces...then you can use HS 65s all the way around...come on..its so simple...

[lill will]

what are boost tab

[Wojcigitty]

	Quote: Originally Posted by lill will
	what are boost tab

Boost tabs are aerodynamic devices that take away lots of the load of the surfaces. As the surfaces move in one direction, boost tabs force a smaller control surface attached to the larger control surface (see picture) to move in the opposite direction, creating a force that helps the surface.

A while ago somebody posted a thread about installing boost tabs on his airplane (a 40% Yak, I think). He said that using multiple high-power servos (and high-current batteries) was a waste of money and weight because boost tabs are so awesome. Also digital servos are a waste of money because boost tabs "give you all the holding power you need" (which doesn't make any sense; boost tabs reduce the restoring force created by control surface movement, which would lead to decreased stability, which would require more holding force. Besides, the real value of digital servos is accuracy, programability, and resolution).

Anyway, the thread poster didn't respond well to criticism or questions about trusting a 40% airplane to a few cheap servos and wasn't very respectful to the moderators. The whole thread went downhill fast and was closed. So now boost tabs are a huge joke on FG, not because of their actual viability but because that thread was just so hilarious.


To answer the original questions from this thread, my vote goes with the 7950. I have four on the ailerons of my 40% Carden and they work great. Some people claim that they jitter when run at unregulated lithium voltage, but mine are regulated and I have yet to experience this. I have two 8711's on the rudder and they work very well but have developed considerable gear slop whereas my Hitec servos have not. I have a friend who has used 8711HV's, and they worked great until they stripped during an IMAC contest.

I have not used the Futaba servos but I have had such great experiences with my Hitec stuff that I wouldn't really consider anything else. I'm not saying it isn't viable, just that I use Hitec because I believe it is the best.

[lill will]

thanks boss

[SmoothFlying]

Boost tabs are a joke????? Come on!!! Who is saying that? I run HS 55's on a boost tab and have had zero problems. Only problem is I cant do a full loop. The backside will fall out with not enough power. But all other maneuvers I do have no problems. Even rolling harriers are perfect with my new boost tabs.

[f5air]

i like hitec..but also LOVE the costumer service that they have. Repair and return Shipping by free under warranty when the servo was in a crash...thats priceless.

[Tired Old Man]

Any one of the major manufacturers top of the line servos would be just fine.

[Sevans16]

I have used the 9156's with a SF turbo reg= great servos
I have used 8711's on LiPo's no problems after 1yr.
I just ordered 8911's for my newest build- going straight LiPo's

FYI: I use the JR 2ch inline reg for throttle and choke servos. I think it was designed for heli use??

[Garret H]

I love Hitec servos, but the "somewhat new" Airtronics 94780 is quickly becoming my favorite -- they have TONS of torque (425 oz/in @ 6v) and are super fast and smooth. I use them on the ailerons (one per) and one on the rudder on my 100cc Edge...

Garret