I've used HiTech servos for years in lots of airplanes - both powered and sailplanes. I've never had a systemic failure of HS225 or HS85 servos. I would not consider them inferior to a comparable JR or airtronics servo. I did replace two HS85's in an Escape once when I blew out both aileron servo gears in a super hard F3J launch! I replaced them with JR368's (thanks Mike!) and never had a problem again. I should not have had the HS85's in there to begin with - the problem was caused by flutter of the surface - any plastic geared servo would have failed. I have HS85's in my Zenith as it does not get launched nearly as hard. The only problem I've had with the Zenith is stripping the Airtronics 141 flap servo gears. The flap servos are old, but they were free. I had to smile reading Gordy's post on smokin' motors. The last flap servo I fixed had a lot of crap in the servo and the motor. Yes - I cleaned it up rather than replace the servo (even pulled the motor apart and cleaned the commutator!). It did last thru the SWC. I'll replace the 141's with HS85MG's or HS225MG's and not think twice.
OH BTW - I think the SWC finish/opinion/authority metric is GREAT! I finished 11th at the SWC, so that makes my opinion very near the top :-) Maybe if I had better servos, I could beat Fred (Sage)! Now if the other Fred is listening, I'm ready to sign that big sponsorship deal. Mark ******************************************************************************** This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify Space Imaging immediately. ******************************************************************************** RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
