Thread: First 450 build shopping list

I would go for the Savox servos - the have a good rep and I believe they use align gears, which makes it easy to replace them when you crash. As far as tail servos I use the Align DS520 on my 450pro and it works a treat...you may have to do some mod to fit it to a V2 though. I would reconsider you gyro...the Assan will do the job for a while, but rather spend a little more and buy a second hand Spartan or similar (you are looking at 40-50 quid) - someone on here will have one.

Hitec 5065mg on my cyclic and an align DS520 on the tail. Both choices are great. Although the majority here go for the savox on the cyclic, so why buck the trend?

Savox all the way mate

I bought mine knowing they'd be up to the job of flybarless on my Gootch 450 sev2

I've just made the switch and they perform perfectly

I have a ds520 on the tail of a SEV2 clone. No mods needed. I started with a Twister Storm (Blade 400 clone) and the 1kg analogue servos were used on the tail. They worked ok. You don't need a good digital for adequate hold mode performance for learning. Do use glassfibre mains as they are cheap and you'll need to save as much as you can for future upgrades. Even flybarless works with analogue, but digital is better. I'm currently using the Towerpro £6 metals, recomended on here. You might need a digital for the assan 250, although if you have a (red) assan it should work with analogue. Rate mode is a bit easier to begin with as it is more predictable (The tail is always pointing in the same direction as the tail stick tells it). Hold isn't much of an advantage until you start moving sideways or you fly in wind.