steering servo for savage x?
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steering servo for savage x?
i was looking for a new servo for my savage x 4.6 cause it broke the other day i was looking at these three servos are any of them pretty good. looking for something that durable, strong, and can handle some cartwheels?
1. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18366
2. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18374
3. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18373
or if you have any other suggestions please say so. i really don't want to spend to much, under 60 would be nice. if you know of one for even less and can still hold up to a good bashing please let me know.
1. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18366
2. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18374
3. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18373
or if you have any other suggestions please say so. i really don't want to spend to much, under 60 would be nice. if you know of one for even less and can still hold up to a good bashing please let me know.
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
The first one I think the case size wont fit the savage I could be wrong
The second one will work
The third one is a Hi speed witch would be good for throttle-brake
The second one will work
The third one is a Hi speed witch would be good for throttle-brake
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
Pick up a SF-5 of Ebay from one of the chop shops, they seem to be a nice servo, priced right and everything fits. If you buy a HiTech, the drive is smaller, so you will have to change the servo arm as well. Glen
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
The 755 has a lot of tq, but it delivers at a slow rate. Try to pick up a Hitec 985MG off ebay. I got one for $55 shipped. Metal gears, 178 tq and .10 speed IIRC.
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
SF-5 did me well. Got it for $35 shipped (chop shop off eBay). It is metal geared and mounts right up to the Savage; same servo horn and all. It has great torque. It can easily jam those tires back and forth with the truck moving still, even when the battery starts to get weak.
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
ORIGINAL: sharkattack99
i was looking for a new servo for my savage x 4.6 cause it broke the other day i was looking at these three servos are any of them pretty good. looking for something that durable, strong, and can handle some cartwheels?
1. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18366
2. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18374
3. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18373
or if you have any other suggestions please say so. i really don't want to spend to much, under 60 would be nice. if you know of one for even less and can still hold up to a good bashing please let me know.
i was looking for a new servo for my savage x 4.6 cause it broke the other day i was looking at these three servos are any of them pretty good. looking for something that durable, strong, and can handle some cartwheels?
1. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18366
2. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18374
3. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/18373
or if you have any other suggestions please say so. i really don't want to spend to much, under 60 would be nice. if you know of one for even less and can still hold up to a good bashing please let me know.
The other two would be great servos, the 5645 will take alot of abuse. Fortunately in a Savage, they are contained in the batt box inbetween the TVPs, so they are very well protected.
Just for grins, the best standard sized Hitec servo I see on the market today is the 7050TH. At 6V, 403in-oz, .15sec 60degree transit sweep, and capable of 486in-oz if you push 7.2V into it.
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
Just curious, what are decent speed ratings for the T/B and steering servos. I picked up two Hitech 645mg and am planning on using one for each task, and only to be used for bashing. Speed is .20sec/60deg
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
which size servo horn do the hpi servos use?
are they futaba sized or hitec sized. i have a hobbico servo that is basically a rebranded 645mg that i plan on using for steering in my savage as the sf-2 is weak and mine only turns left now.
are they futaba sized or hitec sized. i have a hobbico servo that is basically a rebranded 645mg that i plan on using for steering in my savage as the sf-2 is weak and mine only turns left now.
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
ORIGINAL: PrjctStrtFrce
New trucks come with new servo arms if they are not the correct ones.
New trucks come with new servo arms if they are not the correct ones.
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When building my x ss i put the steering servo from a team associated mgt 8.0,
S2008MG high torque metal gear steering servo
It has 111 oz of toruqe with a .2 second transit time,
this servo is really cheap from the chop shops on ebay i got mine for $11.00
i have found it to be plenty of power for the savage and its also metal geared
S2008MG high torque metal gear steering servo
It has 111 oz of toruqe with a .2 second transit time,
this servo is really cheap from the chop shops on ebay i got mine for $11.00
i have found it to be plenty of power for the savage and its also metal geared
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
So sayeth the word of ThunderbirdJunkie...
In the book of Electronics, Servos verse 12
111 oz in? ThunderbirdJunkie would be disappointed in that torque in his 1/10 gas truck.
We suggest you keep it over 200 oz in, and look for a .15 or faster transit time.
Amen
In the book of Electronics, Servos verse 12
111 oz in? ThunderbirdJunkie would be disappointed in that torque in his 1/10 gas truck.
We suggest you keep it over 200 oz in, and look for a .15 or faster transit time.
Amen
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
ORIGINAL: bigwaltc
What do you mean? they come with 2 different sizes? [sm=shades_smile.gif]
ORIGINAL: PrjctStrtFrce
New trucks come with new servo arms if they are not the correct ones.
New trucks come with new servo arms if they are not the correct ones.
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
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Just curious, what are decent speed ratings for the T/B and steering servos. I picked up two Hitech 645mg and am planning on using one for each task, and only to be used for bashing. Speed is .20sec/60deg
Just curious, what are decent speed ratings for the T/B and steering servos. I picked up two Hitech 645mg and am planning on using one for each task, and only to be used for bashing. Speed is .20sec/60deg
As usual, the faster and the mroe torque the servo, the better. But if you want to remain on a budget, just weight what kind of bashing you will be doing. If you will do alot of jumps and need to correct the flight attitude of your Savage while in the air, a crisp faster servo will be better. Otherwise, the Joe Blow 645MG will suffice even for T/B duty.
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
Check out this servo I found, you can probably mount it in a gasser, but to put one of these in a Savage would require you to strip out the batt box altogether!
http://www.tokyo-hobbies.com/tonegawa.html
900in-oz of torque!!!!!
http://www.tokyo-hobbies.com/tonegawa.html
900in-oz of torque!!!!!
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
I have been running my savage 25 with the Hitec 654-MG for months now and never had any problems, had afew massive crashes on the front wheels aswell and it still works fine. great servo.
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will this servo http://www.amazon.com/High-Resolutio...7248400&sr=1-6 fit in a savage x 4.6?
and are they easy to install?
and are they easy to install?
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
It only has 149 oz of torque I think the stock S-5 from a XL has more then that so I don't think it would be a up grade [sm=shades_smile.gif]
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will this servo http://www.amazon.com/High-Resolutio...7248400&sr=1-6 fit in a savage x 4.6?
and are they easy to install?
will this servo http://www.amazon.com/High-Resolutio...7248400&sr=1-6 fit in a savage x 4.6?
and are they easy to install?
I have the robotic version of this servo, its older version, the 5995TG in my basher savages, and they turn the wheels whith no problems at all. Even if you get Imex Jumbo Kong wheels, the 5995, 5955, and the 7955TG servos will do the trick easily, they are all 333in-oz torque rated. The 7955 is superior to my older 5995 because it actually has a faster transit sweep time of .15sec vs my 5995's .20+ sec
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RE: steering servo for savage x?
it must be very durable seeing that the gears are titanum? would u get this one or a sf-5.
everybody seems to like the sf-5 but from what i under stand its a stock servo for the xl and nobody seems to like stock servos?
everybody seems to like the sf-5 but from what i under stand its a stock servo for the xl and nobody seems to like stock servos?