Servo Choice

[jonathancassar]

Whilst waiting for my T-Rex 700 kit to arrive I find myself undecided on which servos to purchase. I am a bit undecided between the Futaba BLS451 servos and the Align 610. I am a bit worried about the 610 reliability on the long term. What do you guys think?
Also which servo should I put for throttle?? Is a standard servo ok as a throttle servo or should it be a fast servo as well? Sorry for stupid question but this is my first nitro heli. :roll:

[lowflyer101]

new jr 8915 $90 a piece. good as 8717

ds610 is good, but the case :(,, light crash , hard landing will break the case on mounting tap

throttle servo, u can use just anything

[bloftin]

Whilst waiting for my T-Rex 700 kit to arrive I find myself undecided on which servos to purchase. I am a bit undecided between the Futaba BLS451 servos and the Align 610. I am a bit worried about the 610 reliability on the long term. What do you guys think?
Also which servo should I put for throttle?? Is a standard servo ok as a throttle servo or should it be a fast servo as well? Sorry for stupid question but this is my first nitro heli. :roll:

I personally don't worry about the long term. It is a highly crashable RC helicopter after all. I can never seem to wear anything out, I always break it and have to order new stuff.:o

I just ordered my second 700, and went with the ds610's.

[cbdane]

I've been running the DS610's on 7V (direct A123) with V-Bar and they're doing great!!

[LoveMyTrex]

the 610's are a great price and I hear they are a really good servo. I am running 8717HV's and could not be happier.

as for a throttle servo, I like to use a mini servo to save weight. I use either JR 3400G or 3500G's on throttle, but a futaba 9650 or 9257 would also work well. readyheli sells the custom heli parts adapter plates for them that makes installation supper easy.

[Craig33]

new jr 8915 $90 a piece. good as 8717


Its the exact same servo, only called 8717 in the states. If you can get them for $90 each id buy as many as you can afford. If fact got a link to the site that is selling then for that price?

Cheers

CRaig.

[lowflyer101]

Its the exact same servo, only called 8717 in the states. If you can get them for $90 each id buy as many as you can afford. If fact got a link to the site that is selling then for that price?

Cheers

CRaig.
helipross.com

[Craig33]

Sweet, ordered 3. Just hope they turn up. They are currently twice that price in the UK.

[Lota Fun R]

I have 8717s on my 50 and two of my 90s, nothing else. They work like they should. :smokin: