Does this steering look/sound right to you?

[marcobrien]

I recently upgraded the steering bearings, servo saver spring & steering servo. Today after half hour of running, the upgraded servo stopped working.

As I'm a newbie, I'm worried I didn't put something back together right. I've now reinstalled the stock HPI servo & wanted anyone's opinion on whether this looks like it's working correctly. It seems quite jerky to me & looks as though it has a stagger movement when returning to neutral..?! I've included a photo & video..

Any help & advice appreciated



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVNfhJJPnXU&feature=youtu.be

 

[Zdragon71]

It seems fine to me. The jerking could just be the stock hpi servo. They are not very good servos at all. Both of mine went out within 5 tanks on my trophy buggy i bought. What brand did you upgrade too that wen out? Get a good brand like futaba, hitech, or savox. I run futaba S3305 on mine. Never had an issue with them.

 

[marcobrien]

It seems fine to me. The jerking could just be the stock hpi servo. They are not very good servos at all. Both of mine went out within 5 tanks on my trophy buggy i bought. What brand did you upgrade too that wen out? Get a good brand like futaba, hitech, or savox. I run futaba S3305 on mine. Never had an issue with them.

I bought the Alturn 750MG (recommended by Modelsport UK). Ideally I don't want to spend £50+ on a servo, but I want something that's gonna be durable & last. Have the large Blast wheels with Goliath tyres, so it needs to be powerful too...

 

[Zdragon71]

Well my opinion is never buy cheap electronics. Spend the money on good quality servos and they will last. The futabas i mentioned are $39.99 on tower hobbies and they are 125 in oz torque and .20 seconds on speed at 6 volts. Plenty of power to turn your Goliath tires. But not so much that its overkill.

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My bad there only $32.99 each at tower hobbies

 

[marcobrien]

Well my opinion is never buy cheap electronics. Spend the money on good quality servos and they will last. The futabas i mentioned are $39.99 on tower hobbies and they are 125 in oz torque and .20 seconds on speed at 6 volts. Plenty of power to turn your Goliath tires. But not so much that its overkill.

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My bad there only $32.99 each at tower hobbies

Do you think I should just bite the bucket & buy the Savox SC1256? The Futaba one you mention has less torque than the one I bought. Don't want to keep replacing them..

 

[Zdragon71]

Yes! The savox 1256TG titanium geared servo is my choice for the race truggy i have plans to build in the near future.

 

[joshman1204]

I am running savox servos in several of my rigs and they are amazing! Do get the glitch buster that is recommended though as I did have a slight glitching problem.

 

[marcobrien]

I am running savox servos in several of my rigs and they are amazing! Do get the glitch buster that is recommended though as I did have a slight glitching problem.

Apart from being powerful, do they last a long time as well (important as I don't want to keep replacing). What's a glitch buster?

 

[joshman1204]

Mine have held up just fine but I havent had them for more than a couple of months. I have never heard of anyone complain about one dying on them.

A glitch buster is basically just a capacitor that plugs into an open channel on your receiver. It stops all of the servos from twitching. Some receivers need it more than others but it is a good thing to have on any receiver in my opinion.

 

[cwal1774]

I use the Savox 1256TG in my Savage XL as the steering servo. I have had it for over a year now and have had no issues at all with it. It has no problem turning the wheels lock to lock even when the truck is not moving. It's a great servo well worth the money.