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Old 01-25-2005 | 12:23 AM
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Default RE: Servos

ORIGINAL: Salty25

Thanks for all the answers and tips.

I have to admit it has been some time since I even looked at the price of digital servos and was thinking they would be $100 or more per servo. I started looking at the one that most seem to use, the 8611, and found it is a JR servo. I then checked out Hitec, as they are the ones that I mainly use in my other planes. I found the 5745MG, that is compatible with the 8611 and I know it will work with my radio system.

It has 250oz at 6v and 208 at 4.8v and is selling for $70 at tower. So I think the 5745MG and four of the 5645MGs will get me in the air.

I already got the funding for this lil project from my boss, and now I have the idea of how I'm going to outfit.

Time to get my plane.
Check the size of that servo before you get carried away! The 8611 is pretty much a standard sized servo, weighing a couple of ounces. The 5745 is a HUGE servo weighing about 5.7 ounces. They aren't exactly interchangeable, so at least be aware that you're going to have to use that servo with a pull pull system, and the servo mounted in the fuselage under the canopy.

Jim