ORIGINAL: husafreak
Next up is servo selection. If there is a better servo 's for jets thread to look at on RC U please let me know, but I see the manual recommends JR DS8411 and DS8711 servos. I imagine there is a business reason for this. I fly helicopters and I love Futaba BLS451 servos,they are very popular with the heli community, there is a more powerful version of the BLS451, the BLS452 (14kg 0.14 sec) with specs almost identical to the DS8411. I would like to use these all around on unregulated LiFe 6.6v. We don't need the speed of the BLS451 in this jet, we need the power of the BLS452. I have been running mine on LiFe for years. Any comments? Also, the DS8711 is a very different servo, with over twice the power it hardly seems interchangeable with the DS8411. The manual leads me to believe the DS8411/BLS452 power servo's can be used throughout. Why use the DS8711 then? Seems overkill in a jet where I would consider it a good choice for an IMAC plane.
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Eric,
For some reason, you will find out that JR servos seem to be the most common choice. A combination of 8711 and 8411 seems to be the typical setup most people use. And it seems most manufacturers will make their planes around the dimensions of these servos
I'm sure the futaba will work too, and so will savox, spektrum etc... but people know the most about the JR's so that is probably the typical advice you will get
I am currently trying some spektrum servos on the rafale (6030's oncannards, rudder and nose steering) and so far so good.
One more piece of advise: spend money on a good nose steering servo!!!!, people overlook this, but it is critical to have a strong durable servo. You don't want your servo to fail on take of run at 80mph on the ground
