Monster steering torque

[flash183]

I'm always trying to get more torque in my steering. That's why i use 220oz servos. But I found this little beauty and after going over it I'm wondering if it's really as good as it looks. This is branded Tower Hobbies.

At 6 volts...
343 oz/in !!!!!!
.14 sec/60deg
and only $35

on the down side, it does consume a lot of power. check it out...

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXLN94&P=0

[Waste Land]

Hope you have one hell of a hump pack to keept hat thign running. Might aswell start stocking up on batteries, lol. Why is everyone so obsessed with more tq to their servo. I got my orignal in my storm and it seems to do just fine with my buggy, maybe you have a monster truck your wanting to put this in.

[SkyMaxx]

Hope you plan on making some room on your buggy. That servo is not only powerful, but huge in size:

This servo:
Weight: 5.36 oz (152g)
Length: 2.59" (66mm)
Width: 1.18" (30mm)
Height: 1.26" (57.6mm)

Normal servos used in 1/8 scale buggies:
Weight: 2.11oz (60g)
Length: 1.59" (40.6mm)
Width: 0.77" (19.8mm)
Height: 1.48" (37.8mm)

So, while it is pretty powerful; I would say it is near unusable in a standard 1/8 buggy set-up.

[Çh®i§tiªñ]

Well if you can make the room, this will give you 1700 oz torque lol

http://www.servocity.com/html/power_gearbox_servos.html

And this is HiTecs version of the 343 oz.:

http://www.servocity.com/html/hs-805bb_mega_power.html

[militarymaxx]

I have two words for you.....End Points. You better have them set
right or you'll get to see what over 1700 oz. of torque can do to steering systems. (LOL). Man that's a ton. I was big on upgrading my stock servos to bigger ones but decided that more torque wasn't what I needed. Something faster seemed to be more beneficial that more torque.

[xj667]

I hope you are looking for a 1/4 scale servo cause thats what it is. You'll have to due some mods if its going in a buggy.

[flash183]

I think I opened a can of worms LOL. To answer the question, I busted two steering servos until I went to metal gears. The high torque servos are a little more durable and able to take the beating.

[cbreaker]

Actually, if you're device is sitting still, plastic servo gears actually wear out slower then metal gears. But if the thing is bumping around and vibrating all over the place like buggies tend to do, metal holds up to those forces easier.

Just a little tidbit of info for ya.

About the stronger servos in general, they help you turn when you're going fast and/or accelerating fast. The front wheels have a tendency to align themselves straight, like an automobile. A weaker servo will have a harder time making a tight corner at speed or acceleration.

Try this one day if you can. Find someone with a comparible buggy in terms of engine power, with a strong steering servo. Try to do some donuts in dirt. The one with the powerful servo will be able to hold the donuts, and yours will likely just drive in tight circles. The servo doesn't have the power to keep the wheels turned enough to donut.

Fortunately the storm has an *okay* steering servo out of the box, albiet noisey and not very smooth. It's like 80oz or something. A lot better then the ofna ones which are 40 I believe.