Hello, new Raptor 30 V2 owner here....this is my first nitro heli (been flying small electrics) and I have a few questions regarding servos. First of all, I realize the torque specs on the servos in question are a bit overkill, but I like having plenty of reserve.

1) How much difference will your really see between the upper-end Futaba servos in the $80 to $110 range (in particular, the S9250 ($100), S9252 ($80), and S9451 ($80))
Are these on a pretty even keel when it comes to accuracy, repeatibility, and zeroing?
2) Is it really worth spending $100 on the S9250 over $80 S9252 or S9451? It starts to add up when you have to buy four or five servos....
3) Alternatively, how about the S3050 with it's slightly slower speed of .20s/60deg? This one is about 1/2 the cost at $50....

Thanks for your time.

i fly 3010s in mine. Work fine for me. No hardcore 3d, but they are cheap (relatively) and work. I just changed over and gave them 6V and they are pretty damned good.

For a Raptor 30 you'd be wasting your money on 100 dollar servos, even the 9252's would be over kill. Good servos are nice, they center consistently, in a helicopter that means you arent chasing the trims all the time to get a stable hover.

Also check around, Ricks http://www.ronlund.com and Heliproz http://www.heliproz.com sell Futaba stuff for less than they advertise but you have to call them or email them, for example the going price for 9252's is 69

Ok, thanks. I'll quit looking at the higher dollar ones then.

I just ran standard servos in mine. Worked fine for everything including mild 3D, flips, etc.