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02-05-2008 | 05:13 PM

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RE: Should I replace them or not ??

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ORIGINAL: karolh

Though this might be considered a bit off track please bear with me here. I have a EI G23 powered Carl Goldberg Extra 300 built in 1995, which is still being operated on the five original Futaba S148 std servos, which were upgraded when new with a BB top cover.

The model has never suffered any crash damage and the servos all work perfectly. However due to their age and the fact that servos technology has improved quite a bit since then, I am wondering if I should replace them, even though the model has had maybe only 40 or so flights to date. Your thoughts please.

Karol

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The old addage, "If it ain't broke - don't fix it", has a lot going for it as far as I'm concerned, Karol.

I ran the same servo set up as you have for many years in highly stressed airframes. Never a single failure.

Ed Cregger

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