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i was wondering what are the ratings on the stock steering servos on my revo 5309, as far as speed, torque and so forth and what would be a good upgrade to those servos, i don't wanna go to a single steering servo i like the dual
 
olds97_lss said:
Why? Just curious.

I ran a hitec 985MG on mine and it was really nice. 172oz/.13sec for $70. O-ring sealed output shaft, case halves and screw heads as well to avoid water damage. Works great as a single, just so long as you get the HD revo saver spring.
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I don't know if what i am about to say is true but here goes, with 2 servos i feel like the steering is more precise, because its not one servo working hard to turn the wheels its 2 servos working at a moderate pace to turn said wheels, i don't know if its true or not but thats what i think, i have run a revo with a single steering servo and it seemed like mine would turn faster than the other one did, both with a full RX battery and everything. If i am wrong please let me know i dont' wanna be living with the wrong info if it will help me out in the long run
 
Well you need to remember that if you replace 2 medium strong and medium fast servos with a really strong and slow servo.......your steering response will suffer. If you buy a GOOD single servo....you WILL find an upgrade in response with a single steering servo.

Running 2 at once isn't a bad thing, unless they get out of whack from each other. They both tug on each other every time you turn the wheel, which tends to cause them both to work harder than they need to at times. Unless of course you get them both PERFECTLY setup and balanced with each other....which will require adjusting over time anyway to keep them that way (slop happens).

So if given the choice of spending say $40 each on 2 servos....or $90 on one really good one....I'd go with the single especially for the Revo. I run a cheapy Tower Pro, but it's plenty strong...just a bit on the slow side. If I were racing it...I would want faster steering response...but the Revo turns like a dump truck anyway....so it's not a HUGE difference.
 

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