"I am just curious, not trying to raise doubt in your claim." Well then, let's set things straight:
1. Unless it's another SWC update, virtually every post on RCSE is an editorial style post. ie, an opinion. 2. In my opinion, servo failure is when a servo "breaks", as in, ceases to work effectively for the task to which it was intended. Stripping gears is not a big deal. Especially with Hitec's because the gear sets are readily available at any hobby shop. This is not a "failure" Combat was a successful profit center for Hitec from 1997 to 2001. They sold tens of thousands of HS-85's to combat pilots. I say it is "normal" use, within certain proper expectations. I almost always used MG's, and always used Kimbrouogh servo savers. I rarely had a stripped gear from combat, and if I did, I just paid the $3 for a gear set and went on my merry way. This is *not* a failure. Seized motors, bad solders, impossible centering, and generally weak construction that results in normal handling causing damage are failures. Wing servos that are not strong enough to survive the loads put on them by our typical control surfaces (aileron & flaps) are failures. Servos that don't hold up to crash landing are not failures. Servos that break when pulling the wing from the wing bag are failures. and so forth and so on, in my opinion. Nathan Woods -----Original Message----- From: Pat McCleave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; RCSE Subject: Re: [RCSE] RE: Servo Performance Survey Nathan, Could you elaborate more as to what your failures were and what you felt caused them? I would be interested in how many were caused by either crashes or just plain hard landings at some of the rougher sites you guys fly at like Vincent and Parker. Also, how many just failed under normal use? I am just curious, not trying to raise doubt in your claim. See Ya, Pat McCleave Wichita, KS ----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 12:22 AM Subject: [RCSE] RE: Servo Performance Survey > 5 years, all slope stuff from Boomerangs to Pike WR's > > Failed Servo's: > 2 Volz Micro-Maxx > 8 Hitec 225MG's (My Hades ate them for lunch) > 6 Hitec 85MG's > 5 Hitec 81 (some MG's not sure how many) > 3 Hitec 80's > 2 HD-60's (a rare HLG experiment) > 1 JR 241 (32" electric Stinger) > > I have successfully returned all the Hitec to Poway for FREE repair and/or > replacement, a recent volz victim is being sent out for $20 repair soon. 2 > of the Hitec's may not have failed, but the battery fire concerned me so I > sent them in for repair anyway. > > The JR didn't work right out of the box, it's still sitting on my bench. > > I currently use Multiplex mvC2's, 3BB's, JR 341/351 and 368 digitals in my > F3F racers. No problems, ever. > > I use Hitec 85MG's and JR341's in my 60" slopers, and only Hitec's in my > extensive foamie collection. Hitec's are great servos, used appropriately, > though their new digital wing servo looks VERY enticing. > > "You gets the servos you deserve" :-) > > Nathan Woods > President, ASRO > <http://www.sloperacing.com> > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
