I've had them on the ruddervators on my War Eagle for over a year now with no problems. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "George Gillburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Bad servo on elevator
> Got a couple in my Super-V, ruddervators, have never been happier with > performance. > > Key phrase here "I know that any brand of servo can fail unexpectedly" > > I have used about every servo brand out there, and not one has been > flawless. (although some problems have been my own doing.) :-) > > IMHO, > My Favorites > Hitec, great price/performance > and > JR > > Steve > > At 08:40 PM 8/24/2003 -0700, George Gillburg wrote: > >Not to reopen an old discussion but a clubmate of mine lost his Emerald > >today due to the elevator servo locking up on him in flight. The servo in > >question was a Hi-Tec 225BB. I know that any brand of servo can fail > >unexpectedly (I missed a flight at last years Fall Festival because a JR > >351 aileron servo quit on me between rounds) but we've had several reports > >here on RCSE about failures of the 225 servo. If anyone out there is > >using one of these in a mission critical position (and for us, elevator is > >about as critical as it gets), I would suggest checking it very carefully > >and perhaps replacing it if you are not confident about its reliability. > > 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. 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.
