Servo: Plastic vs Metal Gears

[mattJT]

Hi all

As above, is there really that much difference? :confused:

[russmini]

Simple answer... Yes, lots.

I would never think of running with Plastic gears, doubt they'd last a Meeting, maybe even a Race...

[bigred5765]

run plastic if you like sending all day and all your money on taking them out replacing and fixing them, run metal if not,

[mattJT]

Other than the risk of the gears (plastic) stripping, are their any performance factors related to having a metal geared servo tho?

I thought I had a metal geared servo in my short course, however when checked it last night realised it was actually plastic!

The servo has survived 3 practice sessions and one race day, so stripping doesn't seem to be a problem (yet) but was wondering if metal gears would make the overall performance better?

[sosidge]

Other than the risk of the gears (plastic) stripping, are their any performance factors related to having a metal geared servo tho?

I thought I had a metal geared servo in my short course, however when checked it last night realised it was actually plastic!

The servo has survived 3 practice sessions and one race day, so stripping doesn't seem to be a problem (yet) but was wondering if metal gears would make the overall performance better?

A metal gear servo isn't going to be any faster. The main benefit is strength.

If you aren't stripping the plastic gears in your current application - great!

[bodgit]

Even your three practice and one race events would have started to weaken your plastic gears. Think about the impact it takes when landing on say one wheel from a jump.
One little burr on a plastic tooth will slow down the servo speed, where metal gears can cope with it all day long. Eventually your going to strip it so better to spend some money rather than loads of time fixing.
Metal geared servo,s have a plastic saver gear for very severe impacts which has only happened to mine once when I let a national tc driver have a go.

[mattJT]

Cheers for your posts guys.

(When the gears go, will replace with a metal geared servo.)