Hey guys first time posting here I'm a complete newbie when it comes to Nitro! I've had my MGT 8.0 for 2 weeks. Hoping you guys have some suggestions for me I keep busting rod ends on my turnbuckles. I also think I killed the stock steering servo, I put Proline 40 series with Big Joe tires after running for under 2 minutes truck will not turn anymore. I've tried my LHS but the cant give me any answers. Hoping to only spend in the 100 dollar range for a servo! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Any good bashing spots in Los Angeles (South Bay, Harbor Area)

$100 is a good servo.

I'd recommend only JR, though I can't say anything about Ace or Futaba (Hitec/Airtronics are not worth the plastic they are made of) an 8800T, 9000T, or 9100T for your vehicle.

Don't know where you get off bashing anything dud, Hitec and Airtronics are just as good JR, ACE or Futuba.............if you have an opinion thats fine but saying there not worth the plastic there made out of is as stupid as you..........they all come from china and the same company as hitec makes one of your preciuos models. Don't let your humming bird butt overload your jackass mouth [>:]

Hitec makes none of JR's servos. Who do you claim is made by Hitec, enlighten me so I can avoid those.

I'm not bashing I am stating usage facts found by myself. I've owned all the ones I speak of and talk about. I mention i've heard good things about ACE and Futaba, but never used them.

Hitec are rubbish. Their customer service WAS great, however the problem steps in when they are failing so fast you need spares for the spares coming back in the mail. I've used a variety of there servos from Hitec, both analog to digital all with the same results, more headache than use. Their service was pleasant to me, just the frequency of my dealings became somewhat a job more than a hobby issue. I've also had problems with their digital line not centering, seems many others on many forums agree.

Airtronics is even worse. Their servos claim big numbers but they don't last very long. Best of all their service is not even existant. I tried sending a bad servo in and they fought for about a month with it being used in some Robot project not RC then finally repaired it, and had me pay the shipping to them and back. This is pitiful service. I sold the repaired servo immediately after I got it back. Their written letter stated they found a bad motor, and they were sorry. After fighting a month they admit to the problem and still had me pay shipping.

JR I've had 1 near new 650M fail, just stopped turning left as if the pot skipped a few teeth. Sent it in and without any call or anything I got a brand new in brand new packaging 650M. Quick turn around and very nice getting a no questions asked replacement. This is the only JR servo that has had issues with me in now 2 years. I prefer to run their digital 8800, 9000, and 9100 servo lines for their excessive power and under-rated speeds.

On a final note, good to see a hobby shop owner and dealer for the Hobby try to communicate in a 4th grade manner about an opinion on a forum. Hopefully this thread doesn't get spread to your dealers about your attitude. As I said these are my personal findings over many years in the hobby (1992-1998 then a hiatus until 2002, then I've been in since). This is my personal money being spent on these and my personal time spent dealing with the companies.

i use Hitec, JR, Futaba, and Spektrum and have had good results with all of them. any of those would be good

Wow, some people don't need much of an excuse to go off on someone. Binary simply stated his opinion and you go off like he was personally attacking you.

I have found it hard to judge a entire brand of servos by one particular model.

I own 5 of these now. I think it is the best servo to handle a single servo steering type setup on the market.

This picture is from 2007:02:20 09:19:05 in the Muggy but the same one is the only one I run in my Xray XT8 now.


I've had lesser Hitechs in for T/B that did not last, in less demanding environments.

I had one 9000s go bad after 3 race days.

IMO the Ace/Associated/Thunder Tiger DS1015's are the best value out there. I have two that are about 3 years old and have seen many a race in my AD2. I also have 2 Airtronics/Sanwa 94359's as steering servo's in my LST2 that are about 3-4 years old. They were my first upgrade when I purchased the OG LST back in 2004. My buggy also has two 94359's, one is around 3-4 years old and the other just a year or so (one died in a race but I believe I had the endpoints off and toasted the motor). My XXX-T CR has the DS1015 for steering, but its only seen half a dozen races, and all of them were this winter.

However, if you have steering, then it quits after a couple of minutes, I would suspect something in the battery or (less likely) the rx.

Negative blanket statements about any company rarely do anyone any good. My first two Dell Laptops were huge lemons and I got a major run around both times trying to get things right. And this was in the 90's when Dell was Numero Uno in both customer service satisfaction and product reputation. I typically discount whatever is said by someone who makes claims like all of brand x is crap, unless the sentiment is also coming from the majority of the community. Caveat Emptor.

True that.
got one in my mgt that thing is a beast.

It's so awesome that I can get answers from all you guys Thank You. I've been out of the hobby for so long that I'm really starting over. This really beats the old days when you had to search your hobby shop for the one guy that might want to answer a question. I'm going to go with the Hi-Tech 5955 and the Optional steering kit from Associated.

Opinions are fine as long as you confine them to just that. Theres no reason to bash a brand like just speak your mind and let it go.............there are just as many experiences that I have had with all the manufactures but I don't have to be a jerk and say something thats not true like that statement.
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