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Just installed a Hitec 5645 on the rudder of my Cap and have two more of these servos (both for the elevator)in the mail to me as I type. I want to up-grade my servos, currently using JR ST125mg. The new hitec 5645 has some play when I hold the case and pull the sevo arm back and forth.....about 32th to 16th of an inch, is this normal? Thanks

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[quote]ORIGINAL: bubbagates
No No No, you must have forgot to tell her that you are investing in her future by learning to fly bigger planes, that way you can get sponsored and send her to a better college, she'll have to wait just a bit longer. [sm=wink_smile.gif] I'm just kidding.





LoL Bubba, Never thought of that , but then again you've never seen me fly :D
Might do a build along, we'll have to wait and see. I noticed in the manual that thier using Futaba 3050 servos for about everything. What Hitec servos would compare to these? Also, I'm going to use just one servo for the rudder, what do you recommend?

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If you're going with one servo I'd use this one with a 6 volt. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...8&I=LXHZR9&P=K

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Dang Al, That one isnt cheap is it?[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

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Hey dude, I just spent $1235.00 on my next plane and haven't ordered all of the servos or any of the linkage, muffler, batteries, regulators, or cool CF stuff.[&:][&:][&:][&:][&:] That's cheap. Here's your other option, gang two of these. The price is for two. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...8&I=LM1808&P=K I did and they work fine. You'll save about $9.00. Hey Bubba!!! I think Sewerdude is getting BIG plane sticker shock!!!:(:(:(:(:( Hey Sewerdude!!! If you think buying it's bad.... wait till the first time ya have to land it!!

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LOL Al, I know to not go cheap on servos. I found out the hard way last summer with my first Funtana 100X. Note to self....Never use Karbonite gears in anything!:D............Oh yea, the landing[:o]

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That's a fact! I've seen a lot of planes lost to cheap, or underpowered, servos. My buddy put his GP Ultimate in because GP said to use standard servos on the elevator and when he tried to get out of an inverted spin the servos didn't have anywhere near the power. Search party to the woods!!!

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Try two of these buddy. They should work just fine. http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodId=JSP20070 I think they are on back order but you should be able to find them somewhere. Maybe TBM.

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Whats wrong with Karbonite gears??

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They sometime have a tendency to become Karbonite wheels at very inopportune times.

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Are u sayin they strip or whats really wrong with them. I just put 3 on the tail of my Giant ucando. I dont do hard 3d or anyhthing i just like to fly. Sometimes i might do a knife edge but i dont even know how to flat spin or such. I will b gettin my Cap 232 tomorrow and i got Hitec 5645 to go on the tail of it.

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Hitec 5645MGs will be just fine.

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Hey guys, I posted last on page 19 and got left behind :(.....I have a new hitec 5645 with a small amount of play, I can hold the case and pull the servo arm back and forth about 32th to 16 of an inch. Is this normal for this servo? I have two more on order from TBM. I plan to replace three JR ST125mg in the tail of my Cap. Thanks!

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Wait until he gets into bigger stuff. Dropping $2500 on a plane is not uncommon. Heck, I just completed a 33% WH Edge that ended up at $2500. I'm almost done with a Comp-Arf 2.3 and will be close to the same amount. I have a NIB Comp-Arf 3.0m Extra 260 that the airframe alone is as much as I have paid to completely assemble any plane I have owned up to this point. I remember my first big one, I nearly passed out after placing the order at TBM for all the little goodies...It adds up quick

With bigger planes there is that nervous factor for a little while. When I take a big one up for the first time, I shake pretty badly for the first couple of minutes. I've gotten to the point some times that I had to land because I could not keep any resemblance of control. 99% of the time when I get like that, it's not that the plane is seriously out of trim, it's more me. Being nervous is also a good thing as it can help to make you more careful but of you don't recognize it quick enough, it can get so bad that control if compromised. It happens to everyone at some point and you just have to learn to catch it.

I'm gonna end up in bankruptcy court if I do not stop but ya know, It's not a bad way to go...;):D

ricomari,

I did see your post, had a answer all typed out the other day and ended up having to take my sister over to the emergency room and by the time I got back I forgot all about it.

Anyway, I have seen 5645's come with a tiny bit of slop and in other cases I've seen no slop. As long as they are returning to center everytime and when you plug them in, you cannot overcome the torque with your fingers unless you really push it then I'd guess you'll be fine.

He over to the radio manufacturers support forum for Hitec and asked them, or better yet, give them a call. I'm glad to read you are dumping the ST125's. I think JR did a bad thing with the Sport servo series. A lot of people are using them in GS planes and loosing the plane because the torque values match the requirements but the servos cannot take the stress of a heavier plane and it short ordewr will wear out.

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Bubbagates, I hope all turned out okay with your sister. I plan to upgrade all the servos before too long, getting the tail first. You're not kidding about sticker shock, even a basic big bird (25%-28%) setup for sport flying like my Fuji/Cap combo is runnig about $1200 give or take a hundred bucks. Just got into a GP Giant Stick with a Fuji32 and into it about $750 so far and it needs a few more accessories. I'm sure just like the smaller planes, once I have a few of the big ones under my belt , I'll have enough big bird accessories from past projects and excess ordering that sooner or later I'll be paying just for the air frame and only a few extras. I'm very pleased with my Fuji43, starts ever time by the third flip if I get it primed properly. I choke it then pump the prop back and forth about ten to fifteen times.....starts every time by the third flip, sometimes on the first or second flip(KNOCK ON WOOD). Plenty of power for sport flying and then some. Anyway, after 20 year of smaller planes I needed a change of pace and the big bird/ gas engine combo was just what the doctor ordered to get out of my rut..............

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Yeah, one of the guys in the club just bought those two demos (40% and 42%) from TBM for about $10,000.00 and I guess it cost Troybuilt $1000.00 just to ship them up here. He's trying to talk me into buying the 40% from him. Not this month. LOL

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I'm heading down to the area TBM is at (Orlando) for speed weeks very shortly. I'll pick them up if he doesn't mind me flying them for a while ;):D. I can't say how long it would be until I deliver it though, it might be a lonnnnggg time ;)

ricomari

Yep, my sis is OK. It was just something unexpected that scared her. She is no wimp by any definition of the word but she is disabled so if she tells me that she needs to go to the emergency room, I do not hesitate.

Doing a new plane has a very therapeutic value as far as I'm concerned. Doing a type that I've never done definitely works to keep me sane (if there is such a thing as sane [&:]).

As you said, you'll get "extra stuff" lying around after a while so it's gets easier as you do more. I did like my Fuji 43 once I got it past the first start after getting it out of the box, it was a tiny little powerhouse and when using the stock muffler, it's got a nice throaty sound to it. It doesn't sound like a chainsaw on steroids.

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The only time I have ever had a problem with Karbonite gears is when I did not know any better and used blue loctite on the screw. Thank god it was on the choke servo. The loctite took about 10 minutes to eat through the gear set.

I use the Hitec 6965 Karbonite servos on all of my throttles using the included metal arm, but on the throttle there is really no load. They are a .08msec servo on 6v so they are very close to real time and I learned a long time ago a fast servo on the throttle is a real pleasure.

I have used Karbonite servos on larger glow planes with no bad problems. I wonder if using a metal servo arm could strip the gear??? HHMMM????

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Glad to hear your sister is doing good........life is too short, no point taking chances. The cost of my Cap didn't surprise me, the cost to move up to a 33%-40% did, WOW. I think it's safe to say that just in radio gear to fly cost between $1500 and wayyy more. Just servos could be close to $1000. You wanna play, you gotta pay......... got to go and buy some bigger marbles..........

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Should I send the men in the white coats yet, or should I hold off for a little while longer [sm=wink_smile.gif][sm=tongue_smile.gif][sm=confused_smile.gif]

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Funny, my wife said the same thing.....she wasn't smiling either:(. Oh-oh, door bell ringing, gotta go..........:))

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bubbagates,

Could you send me the link for this units?

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Ok, just a update. I did my taxes tonight and I'm getting more than thought, not alot ,just more. So, I called Scott from Brillelli and ordered a 46 cc., hehe. I know I'm worse than a woman:D. So I guess than I'm going to gas after all. Now I have a 160 coming with nothing to put it in. Might just send it back . I'll probably get hooked on gas and have no need for it . From what I hear its pretty addicting. So, I'll have more question to throw at Bubba and Lou as time goes on.

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Send the 160 back while you have the chance. Otherwise, you'll take a loss selling it down the road.[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

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I have no problem with this. Keep em' coming :D

Here ya go

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXFV48&P=ML