li to know if the 3010 servo is good for
03-30-2006, 02:00 PM
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RE: li to know if the 3010 servo is good for
For a sub-$30 servo they're not bad on paper but I was disappointed with the amount of slop in the gears and output shaft bearings.
I bought four of them for my Mojo 60 3D profile but I won't be buying any more. The slop/wobble was so bad I only used two of them (ailerons) and stuck some Hitec HS5925s on the tail.
It seems that quite a few of Futaba's cheaper "ball bearing" servos are sloppy like this -- in fact I've got some real "budget" ($9/each) no-name chinese servos without BBs that are tighter and have less wobble than the 3010s.
I bought four of them for my Mojo 60 3D profile but I won't be buying any more. The slop/wobble was so bad I only used two of them (ailerons) and stuck some Hitec HS5925s on the tail.
It seems that quite a few of Futaba's cheaper "ball bearing" servos are sloppy like this -- in fact I've got some real "budget" ($9/each) no-name chinese servos without BBs that are tighter and have less wobble than the 3010s.
03-30-2006, 07:28 PM
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RE: li to know if the 3010 servo is good for
I beg to differ with you ! have several of the 3010 servos in 18 to 20lbs planes and they work just fine lots of torque and good price.Most of my flying is just sport flying.I am not into competion
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RE: li to know if the 3010 servo is good for
I have to agree with crownvic. I have five 3010 servos in an Aeroworks 1/4 scale Edge 540. I have found them to be very satisfactory. I would not hesitate to buy more.
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03-30-2006, 10:38 PM
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RE: li to know if the 3010 servo is good for
I'm glad you guys find the 3010 suitable for your purposes and I have to admit that I've had no problems with the ones I'm using -- but the control surfaces they're attached to are really a lot sloppier (due to the gearslop and output shaft wobble) than those on any of my other planes.
