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Old 09-16-2010 | 08:47 AM
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ok well i have been runing nitro on my edge 540 now i am going to go to the dle 20cc for a power house i was wondering if i would need to change my servos out to metal gear servos right now i have 3310 on alerions and elevator and then a metal gear 3305 on rudder
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futaba 3010 no 3310
Old 09-16-2010 | 10:07 AM
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If your existing servos have been working well previously, you won't need to change them.
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my question is that the 3010 do not have metal gears they are nylon will they hold up to the gas vibration
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Actually Nylon geared servos do BETTER under vibration because they "give" a bit without damage.

Conversely metal gear servos wear more under vibration.

However even a grossly out of balance system is not likely to cause problems with either, as long as the engine is not in direct contact with a servo rod/horn, etc...

If you are talking about say a throttle servo, things may be a bit different, and you may want to make sure that the throttle servo can "give" a bit to deal with vibration.

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ORIGINAL: opjose

If you are talking about say a throttle servo, things may be a bit different, and you may want to make sure that the throttle servo can "give" a bit to deal with vibration.
To add a little to what OPJose has said. The throttle servo will actually have a little extra dampening from vibration because you need to use nylon pushrods with a gasser, and not metal pushrods. Metal pushrods on the throttle servo on a gasser can cause interference from the ignition system to be transferred back to the radio system which can cause a lose of the plane.

As to your original question, your original servos will do just fine with the new gas engine in the plane.

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