RCU Forums - View Single Post - Hobbico = HiTech
View Single Post
Old 09-14-2007 | 11:25 AM
  #6  
carrellh's Avatar
carrellh
Senior Member
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 6,544
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Garland, TX
Default RE: Hobbico = HiTech

I think Hobbico contracts with both Hitec and Futaba for servos. Mike Mayberry has written in the Hitec forum that they make stuff for Hobbico. He did not state whether or not the products are identical.

The Hobbico digital servos that appear to be Hitec cannot be programmed with he Hitec programmer so there is some difference.

I have some Hobbico mini servos that appear to be identical to Hitec 225s. They may or may not be totally identical but it definitely looks like they came from the same factory.
I've also seen Hobbico servos that had mounting hardware, and arms, that look like Futaba.

As others have written:
Just because it came from the same factory, that doesn't guarantee it's the same product with a different label. Goodyear factories produce tires for dozens of brands. Each brand has quality/performance/price requirements and the Goodyear factory has to make a product that meets those requirements.