I have used a total of 6 5125s/ds168s - four of the 5125 and two 168, they
all stripped, within weeks of install. They are nothing but crap in my
book.
Walter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Soaring Exchange" <soaring@airage.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:36 PM
Subject: [RCSE] What are you doing to kill 5125/168 servos?
Damn...what are you guys doing to kill the flat wing servos? I used the
Hitec 5125s on the ailerons of my first Pike Superior (mainly because I
was lazy and the JR 168 leads were too short) and never had a problem for
two years. They get killed the first time out with the plane's new owner.
Other flyers gripe about constant gear stripping.
I have the JR 168s on all four wing surfaces of my current Superior and it
has had no problems, even flying at near full ballast in some pretty stiff
winds (pulling hard enough to bust new braided line and some less than
perfect landings thrown in). Granted, not F3J tows, but still...
The JR 168s are on the ailerons of my current F3B ships and so far, so
good. The 168s even survived the...um...demise of my first Furio (may it
RIP) and that was a pretty violent pile-in. Enough to break the wing
joiner in two and split both wings apart - tore an aileron loose and
ripped one of the servos out of the wing. Both 168 servos were completely
unscathed.
Does not compute. Over.
Tom
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