10th Buggy - Servo Torque?

[coolcars782]

I was thinking of purchasing a new servo and i liked the spec of the Savox Low profile, the torque at 6v is 9kg, is that enough or should i be looking at around 12kg?

[MRD]

I use the Orion VDS1007 (same as savox) with 10kg and its more than enough. It'd probably snap a link before it would stall

[Mike Hudson]

9kg is plenty! I had 3 8kg/torque 6v KO servos and never had any problems with them at all and had them for a good few years

[coolcars782]

I am running mine in a B4, and the main reason is because i liked it was because it was cheap(er) compared to the rest, e.g. orion's.

[coolcars782]

Originally Posted by Mike Hudson

9kg is plenty! I had 3 8kg/torque 6v KO servos and never had any problems with them at all and had them for a good few years

that's at 4.8v?
the savox low profile is 7kg at 4.8v

[MRD]

I'd say that in 2wd anything above 5kg is overkill, I go for the speed. The fast savox/orions are 0.07s and still have 10kg for about £55.

[coolcars782]

I'll go for the Savox Low Profile one as I don't wanna pay £15 more for 0.02seconds.

[Dufty07]

any idea what horn fits the low profile ones

[matdodd]

The Savox servos use Futaba horns

[Spoolio]

I ran a Futaba S3003 for a bit and never had any problems with that stripping gears but probably wouldn't want to recommend it to anyone. Had an Orion VDS1407 in my SC10, absolutely no problems with that and it was cheap(ish) too. Am currently running a low profile Futaba S9551 in my X6 and it's fine even though a lot of doomsayers kept opining it wouldn't be man enough for the job.

I hate throwing money at servo's TBH but I reckon that's 'cos so far I've been a lucky sod and never had one pack up on me. I shall now take some spares with me on Saturday as mine is bound to die now I've said that