RE: Seagull Models Edge 540
They have the power for rudder, but I may have gone a bit more on that, I can't say right now. That would require going down and removing those four screws and looking to find out.
I think the 821's weer awesome values at the time for the price. A plane this size would be perfectly fine with standard nothing-special servos all around, so taking a step up was just a little insurance, like using a double-pole switch instead of the tiny ones with one pole. I always inch a bit higher and take a little longer (have to, I'm not made of money!), but I don't usually go to the extremes that some of the other guys do. Like you, I do what I want to and I like to think for myself. There are some pretty extravagent setups out there, and once you've seen hundreds and hundreds of crashes and found out the RIDICULOUS reasons behind most of them, you'll find that sloppy workmanship and hurrying to the field are the culprits behind them, not the Spektrums failing because they lost power for a second (because my connection was really crappy and I could have secured it WAY better), or the hundred other excuses you hear. Attention to detail is everything, full-scale planes fly on it and fall without it, model planes are EXACTLY the same. I've seen the extravagent setups fail and the planes auger in just the same as the others. You can never cover every little thing that will happen to you, but you can feel confident that you've done whatever was in your power to do. The other stuff you have no control over, like my Dynathrust prop losing BOTH blades because Dynathrustprops get brittle with age (I did not KNOW that!!), another little gem for me to tuck away upstairs....
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Jim
or...you can contact me.