Best Cyclic Servos

[terrabit]

Sup y'all?

I need some advice. I haven't had much experience with the current offerings in this classification - which appears to be growing. Has anyone had good or bad experience with a specific servo in this catagory? Do you have an oppinion, recomendation or a warning? Have you ever done time in a Turkish prison? (You really don't have to answer that last question, even if you have. It was just a joke.)

Seriously, is there a consensus?

Thanks!

john

[andeck]

did you watch the finless vid?? I think he's running s9650's in there now...they have good torque and pretty fast. good for the cyclic....

wish I had a 500 to buy some to put in! haha

[Finless]

No actually I am not! I show a video mounting 9650/9257 and then another showing mounting the HS-5245MG which is what I am flying with.

Bob

[Magic Man]

I would have thought the 3400geeze, but with as much work it is to bury the servo wires I went with the 5245MG's too.

Who wants to go threw all that crap every crash!

[mewsikman]

So which are better the hs5245mg or the 9650???

I have looked at the spec for both servos and running at 6v the hs5245mg are only .01 slower then the 9650 but the hs5245mg are 1 kg more powerfuller

[terrabit]

Interestingly enough, Sir Finless, I was just watching said video. Well done as usual! Is there a reason why you chose to use the 5245's?

[Finless]

Yes... crash worthiness as I don't like replacing gears in a servo every crash.

Bob

[terrabit]

I just watched the 5245 video. Sound logic indeed! And thanks for the insight as well.

[Street Flyer]

Interestingly enough, Sir Finless, I was just watching said video. Well done as usual! Is there a reason why you chose to use the 5245's?

I believe Bob is running the hitec 5245s because they are metal gear servos. So if you crash you don't strip the servo gears. It is kind of a pain in the neck to pull the servos out and replace the gears.

[fireup]

Pros. for going with HS5245MG:
Metal Gears
Long servo leads (don't need servo extention)
Comes with metal servo horns
Digital
Plenty of torque
Not too pricy for what you get

Cons:
Not the fastest servo out there
T500 kit don't come with enough spacer for elevator (need to make your own)
Don't center as good as other digital servos

For me the #1 reason I went with this is Metal Gears, I've crash 4 times so far and still good. I won't be able to say the same if I went with 9650 or 3400G.

[mewsikman]

have they adressed that problem with the spacers on the 500for the 5245 ????????

[rob-atl]

I think the reason for the front 2 spacers is not to perfectly align the sevo horn & the swashplate ball, but just so the 2 servo bottoms don't TOUCH each other. So there's no need for an elevator spacer, if the servo arm is nearly in line with the swash ball.

[BobbySmith]

We are using the 3421 Jr servos they are metal geared and the just fit

[Finless]

I think the reason for the front 2 spacers is not to perfectly align the sevo horn & the swashplate ball, but just so the 2 servo bottoms don't TOUCH each other. So there's no need for an elevator spacer, if the servo arm is nearly in line with the swash ball.


Not true! If you dont space the Elevator servo IN on the frame the link will not be straight up to the ball on the swash. You need the spacers.

Bob

[mewsikman]

So are they putting extra spacers in the kits???

Or is it a unknown thing???????????????

[fireup]

I think the reason for the front 2 spacers is not to perfectly align the sevo horn & the swashplate ball, but just so the 2 servo bottoms don't TOUCH each other. So there's no need for an elevator spacer, if the servo arm is nearly in line with the swash ball.

The problem is, it's not inline without the spacer for the elevator. And without the spacer, it sticks out too much and touches the canopy.

[Finless]

We are using the 3421 Jr servos they are metal geared and the just fit

.18 speed???? :dontknow

No Crack for you ;)

Bob

[mewsikman]

Sorry to be a pain but can someone please answer my question.....

Have they adressed the problem by sticking extra spacers in the kits????

Or is it unknown????

[Finless]

I dont know!

Ask someone that just got a kit...

Bob

[BobbySmith]

.18 speed???? :dontknow

No Crack for you ;)

Bob

HAHAAH plenty of Crack Bob want as much torque to go fly barless :)
they also work really well on 6 volts

[fireup]

HAHAAH plenty of Crack Bob want as much torque to go fly barless :)
they also work really well on 6 volts

Actually you want more speed to go flybarless. Like the tail, the gyro reacts very fast to changes and if the servos are not fast enough to respond, it will oscillate.

[BobbySmith]

Actually we have tried 5245's and 9650's in fly barless machines and the 3421 had the best feel out them all on 6 volts
All the testing is based around Vbar
Actually blade weight plays a huge part in it as well
My .02

[stevedurecki]

What do you think of running (4) 9257 servos

[Finless]

Lots of people are using those on cyclic. BUT in a crash the gears strip. This is why SOME people want metal geared servos.

Bob

[fireup]

Actually we have tried 5245's and 9650's in fly barless machines and the 3421 had the best feel out them all on 6 volts
All the testing is based around Vbar
My .02

which size machine? Logo500?