Servos?
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Futabas are great. You can also use your current steering servo and upgrade that one instead.
Well... for some reason, my revo's brakes sucked. So, I went with the overkill route just to get them to work consistently. I ran a single servo for steering, which was a hitec 985MG ($70) and I ran a 645MG for t/b. It did an ok job, but I got it wet bashing in snow and cooked it. The 985MG has built in o-rings, so I bought another and used it for the t/b. Worked great. Fast, high torque, sealed, not really expensive (not cheap for me though either).
HILLFINGER
RCTalk Racer
Link --> Hitec HS-965MG High Speed Coreless Servo is one of the most popular throttle/brake servo's
A .03 sec faster and 28oz weaker than the 985, but the same price. Must be the sister servo.
HILLFINGER
RCTalk Racer
I like the 965 because it is a little faster but either will do fine.
Not sure .03 would be all that noticable unless your a pro and it's on-road...
I'd go with the 985 anyway since it can be used as a steering servo if need be and a standard cheapy can be thrown on the t/b in a pinch.
Hey ChopSt1x94,
Sorry for all the jibber jabber... if you do go with either the 965 or 985, keep in mind the servo horns on the truck won't work with them. You will have to finagle something with the horns that come with it. Which can be a bit of a pain. Or you can take the easy route and go with a decent futaba servo like the S3305. Or, if you want to go with the 965 or 985, traxxas makes horns that fit hitec servos as well that will work directly without fabbing up new linkage:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHGB3&P=7
I'd go with the 985 anyway since it can be used as a steering servo if need be and a standard cheapy can be thrown on the t/b in a pinch.
Hey ChopSt1x94,
Sorry for all the jibber jabber... if you do go with either the 965 or 985, keep in mind the servo horns on the truck won't work with them. You will have to finagle something with the horns that come with it. Which can be a bit of a pain. Or you can take the easy route and go with a decent futaba servo like the S3305. Or, if you want to go with the 965 or 985, traxxas makes horns that fit hitec servos as well that will work directly without fabbing up new linkage:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHGB3&P=7
Captain Chaos
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I am using JR 9100t and 9100s, I love em so far.
