Servo recommendations: Savage
12-05-2002, 08:48 PM
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Servo recommendations: Savage
Anyone have a recommendation for servos for monster trucks? I like the HiTec metal gear hi-torque servos that Tower has.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXUZ90&P=7
Are servos more universally compatible these days, or will I need to get a HiTec receiver too? If I get a HiTec receiver, can I still use the stock HPI TF-4 radio?
I'd like to eventually get an Airtronics radio..will a HiTec receiver be compatible assuming the frequencies are matched? Or will I end up having to switch electric gear again for the new radio?
Traditionally I have always used the same brand electrics as the radio I was using. Does it matter much?
Thanks!
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXUZ90&P=7
Are servos more universally compatible these days, or will I need to get a HiTec receiver too? If I get a HiTec receiver, can I still use the stock HPI TF-4 radio?
I'd like to eventually get an Airtronics radio..will a HiTec receiver be compatible assuming the frequencies are matched? Or will I end up having to switch electric gear again for the new radio?
Traditionally I have always used the same brand electrics as the radio I was using. Does it matter much?
Thanks!
12-05-2002, 09:53 PM
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Servo recommendations: Savage
A lot of the radio gear is mix and match now.
Hitec has 2 "flavors" of receiver. One works with Futaba or Hitec TX. The other works with JR/KO/Airtronics TX. I don'yt know which of these 2 HPI falss into.
http://www.hitecrcd.com/product_fs.htm
Servos are all compatible. There is one exception. Older Airtronics servos have a different wire order at the plug end. This can be easily corrected if you need to use an Airtronics servo with a different brand receiver. Look at these threads for more info.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...816&forumid=27
http://www.fatlion.com/sailplanes/servos.html]
Hitec has 2 "flavors" of receiver. One works with Futaba or Hitec TX. The other works with JR/KO/Airtronics TX. I don'yt know which of these 2 HPI falss into.
http://www.hitecrcd.com/product_fs.htm
Servos are all compatible. There is one exception. Older Airtronics servos have a different wire order at the plug end. This can be easily corrected if you need to use an Airtronics servo with a different brand receiver. Look at these threads for more info.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...816&forumid=27
http://www.fatlion.com/sailplanes/servos.html]
