I have only 25 years exp in fly and building models, yes you do get whay you pay for to a point.....

I have been buying the HK Orange coloured standard servos $3.00 each or someting crazy, as I have had other "bargin Servos" crap them selfs, I have only
been using them in low stress enviroments eg old timers and Sports planes, so far none have failed. I am also using old Futaba s28's in my Das Ugly Stick, even though it has been crashed 3 or more times these old servos just keep going, It was servos like these that build Futaba's Brand . My last crash happened when my old Futaba Radio 8U craped it self!!!(Not a HK Servo) I replaced my 8U with a 9c, 8 years of service from a radio with no issues is very good. I have found Hitech servos to be also very good, but some of the small ones have a very fragile gear set, I had 2 82's strip teeth in a small 25 size sports plane.

I don't think HK servos are as good quality as Futaba or Hitech ones, so far the HK orange ones are working fine, but rember I don't fly turbine jets or 1/3 scale, If I could afford to I would be fitting top grade Futaba, or Hitech ones.

I think that a basic futaba servo eg a 3003 would out last a $3 orange one but as time goes on the HK servos are going to get better and will soon be on par with a futaba.


Johnkpap