Servo broke, will all fit all recievers or do I need a specfic one?

[justinolanin@gmail.com]

I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
all recievers or do i need a specfic one?

[DanTXD]

<justinolanin@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
> servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
> all recievers or do i need a specfic one?
>

Assuming it's not a micro servo, any standard size servo will fit. But the
horn that goes on the top might need to be changed to accomodate the new
servo.

But, before you spend any money on it, seriously considering chucking it
back on eBay and getting something else...

--
Dan

[justinolanin@gmail.com]

It seems to be a regular size. I'll have to try to find a hobby store
and picking one up locally.

I have to agree about getting rid of it, but it seems the only real
problems I might have are with the servo. Everything else seems pretty
solid. Im just looking for something to get started with and play
around with a little.

[sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com]

justinolanin@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
> servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
> all recievers or do i need a specfic one?

Use a servo from a Savage, they are the best.

[DanTXD]

<sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> justinolanin@gmail.com wrote:
>> I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
>> servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
>> all recievers or do i need a specfic one?
>
> Use a servo from a Savage, they are the best.
>

Yuk, not the stock ones, they're plastic geared. Better than stock Traxxas
ones mind you...

--
Dan

[DoubleDoor]

On 8 Mar 2006 13:13:57 -0800, sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com wrote:

>
>justinolanin@gmail.com wrote:
>> I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
>> servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
>> all recievers or do i need a specfic one?
>
>Use a servo from a Savage, they are the best.


Savage hpi servo's suck! If it's for streering, go with an high torque
one. My savage has an futaba 3310 servo in it, and haven't broke it
yet.

[sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com]

DanTXD wrote:
> <sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1141852437.363680.120300@i39g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >
> > justinolanin@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
> >> servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
> >> all recievers or do i need a specfic one?
> >
> > Use a servo from a Savage, they are the best.
> >
>
> Yuk, not the stock ones, they're plastic geared. Better than stock Traxxas
> ones mind you...
>
> --
> Dan

What? Cmon, I am shocked... ;)

[sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com]

justinolanin@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
> servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
> all recievers or do i need a specfic one?

I would just pop it out and take it to a hobby store. Don't spend over
$10. I think you can get a Futaba S3003 for $10 or so. Should work for
that.

Or online

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVW84&P=ML

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<sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> justinolanin@gmail.com wrote:
>> I have a smartech speedy tiger nitro r/c car. After about 8 minutes the
>> servo broke (you get what you pay for). Will all servos generally fit
>> all recievers or do i need a specfic one?
>
> Use a servo from a Savage, they are the best.

Naw, they're ok at best. The SF-1 is fine for reverse (stock
throttle/brake), SF-2 is fine for throttle/brake (stock steering) but you
really need a high-torque, metal-geared servo to turn those big meats
attached to a very heavy vehicle.

Doc

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"DanTXD" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> 1 set of gears (NO idea how that happened) in a 645, then electrics in 2
> others, swopped the gears into the broken gears one, then that died :)
> Haven't had one go for a while now tho...
>
> --
> Dan

Hmmmm, maybe just a few lemons then?

Doc

[DanTXD]

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> "DanTXD" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> 1 set of gears (NO idea how that happened) in a 645, then electrics in 2
>> others, swopped the gears into the broken gears one, then that died :)
>> Haven't had one go for a while now tho...
>>
>> --
>> Dan
>
> Hmmmm, maybe just a few lemons then?
>

Yea probably - good servos when they are working :)

--
Dan