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Old 01-06-2005 | 08:16 AM
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Default RE: Hi-Tech servos?

Foodoo, a friend of mine put brand new hitec servos in his Facet Turbine Jet. Maiden flight one of them cranked full deflection on aileron and caused loss of the jet. I've heard at least 15 stories like this and countless hitec servos issues like "you need to reprogram the servo" blah blah. I don't "need" to reprogram anything on my JR servos. They work perfect right out of the box.

I have heard a couple of minor complaints about JR servos, none of which I've ever seen with my own eyes. The threads I posted are my own problems with Hitec.

Now, I'm not saying I don't fly some hitecs like their 225's, 525's and 645's, but it's on 40 sized prop jobs where I've got like 300 bucks invested. On jets where I've got thousands invested, I go with the best