ORIGINAL: OliverJacob Now I am in the market for some helicopter servos and wonder if the one sold by HK are up to par with the more expensive ones.
Oliver, it is probably not a question at all, of
<span style="font-size: small">"IF"</span> "the ones sold by HK are up to par" ....
I have for a few years now, used the Power-HD digital servos which are available from HK and also from several other re-sellers.
And I have noted how Futaba servos, and JR servos, often cost $120 or $150 for a servo with exactly the same specs as a Power-HD servo which costs $15 or $20.
-e.g.
http://www.servoshop.co.uk/index.php?make=Futaba &
http://www.servoshop.co.uk/index.php?make=JR</p>
It is 100% certain that ALL Futaba and JR servos will be made in a Chinese factory somewhere. And that very same factory will also produce exactly the same servo, under a different brand name (like "Clone-utaba") and this identical servo will be sold by re-sellers such as HiModel and HK for 20% of the cost of Futaba and JR servos ....
-We only pay $100 or $200 for a Futaba / JR servo, just to have their brand name on the label ...</p>
Because that is just the way business and everything works in China; It is exactly the same for aeroplanes -we can often get Horizon Hobby planes, or Fliton planes, or the (older) QuiQue A/C planes, under a different brand name for 30% of the cost of the so-called "name brand". It is the same for brushless motors, for ESC's, for all radio gear;
-And for ladies handbags, and for TV sets, and for everything .... -Very very soon, it will be cars ...
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