ORIGINAL: Steve Campbell
One wonders... how precise can they be for $34?????
Of course, there is the other side of that coin; are we REALLY getting more precision in the big-buck servos, or just payting extra for the same circuitry? I have satisfied myself that Futaba's cheap digital "sport" servos are exactly that; IOW, they work, but get sloppy pretty quick, and, even when new, cannot approach the 9252 in centering.
But I also remember when The Empire was selling 9252s for $140 each. Gray market sales ($75 each, with no US warranty) eventually forced the domestic prices down to where they are today.
Again... one wonders...[sm=tired.gif]
Hi Steve,
I was thinking the same thing and now have 4 very hard flights on the 4 in the Ultimate and so far so good. I know 4 flights does not show much. I have not had the time to toss the ST into the air to test those but I worked 'em for 20 minutes on the bench after I installed them and again, so far so good.
mikeoxbent,
On my first one I did not have the snap problem, but I planted mine and at first I thought it was the dead spot issue I had heard about but after some conversations here with more experienced people with "pattern " type planes I changed my conclusion to the dreaded Dumb Thumb syndrome.
Otherwise it flies very well. My first was started life with a YS110 but the engine needed to go back to YS so I installed an OS108 and flew it about a dozen flights. My second one has the rebuilt YS in it but I have not had the chance to fly it yet.
I think allot of the snapping issues tend to be the stabs being loose on hte tubes. On both of mine I had/have glued them to the tubes and fuselage.
As far as the SFG's I had no problems at all with mine. 10 of the 12 flights were with them on and they do definitely stabilize the plane