servo gears

[matty65]

this is a ridiculous thing to ask , but can you get servo gears without buying the complete set.it always seems to be the two bigger tooth gears to break, and i have a bag full of the gears with the smaller teeth. i know i should buy metal geared servo's but not at that price for this heli.

cheers matt

[maderdog_1024]

The inolabs i got were only £17 and hitec ones are only £20.

If your going through plastic gears then its false economy not to replace with metal geared servos.

[matty65]

The inolabs i got were only £17 and hitec ones are only £20.

If your going through plastic gears then its false economy not to replace with metal geared servos.

but there cheap enough not to worry about. i was just wondering if you could get them seperately that was all.

[Boggy]

£60 for three servo's. thats alot of gearsets before you can call it false economy ive had my blade 14months now and used 5 sets and one servo

[maderdog_1024]

£60 for three servo's. thats alot of gearsets before you can call it false economy ive had my blade 14months now and used 5 sets and one servo

they only take so much abuse then fail anyway so would result in replacing servos too.

you could have bought 2 metal geared servos for that :P

[matty65]

£60 for three servo's. thats alot of gearsets before you can call it false economy ive had my blade 14months now and used 5 sets and one servo

exactly..!!!the blade is not worth drastic upgrades

[sacko]

You can buy the gearset seperately and are around £3

I have gone through 3 now (crashes)

JP do a direct replacement whole servo for £7.50

[matty65]

You can buy the gearset seperately and are around £3

I have gone through 3 now (crashes)

JP do a direct replacement whole servo for £7.50

i wanted individual gears, not complete gear sets. it was just an idea. its just that the small toothed servo gears rarely break. i can get gear sets no problem for 1.80 from the lhs. cheers anyway mate

[Radbourne78]

How much do you value your time also, I think you have to take that into account also when considering an upgrade.
My Blade has had at least 10 crashes. I upgraded my servos to metal gears one's after the first crash - never had to touch them since. I'm sure i would have damaged 1 or 2 servo's in each crash so in that respect the upgrades have paid for themselves & i've saved probably upwards of 10h of my time rebuilding them!

[maderdog_1024]

exactly..!!!the blade is not worth drastic upgrades

I dont agree, the blade for me is about learning to fly and the least amount of down time.

Metal geared servos mean i dont have to strip servos on the field and i can get flying with minor repairs.

I also have a complete second head + swash assembly which means if i crash i only have to undo the jesus bolt on the bottom of the main shaft and swap in the other one!

Might cost £60 for servos but IMO its £60 well spent unless you like messing about with gearsets and loosing a days flying as you dont have the right gearsets etc.!

[matty65]

i think this is going off track now. i just wanted to know if you could get seperate gears thats all!!! it was not meant as a debate about what servos i should buy etc. as far as i'm concerned quite alot can be learned by spending time repairing and making sure that the heli is set up correctly.and to be honest i can do that no problem, and i'm certainly not going to spend money on parts i don't need.it takes me about fifteen minutes to swap out a main shaft, so why do i need another head assembly.

i don't know about you but i have other things to do besides fly the blade. besides fixing the blade to me is as good as flying it,

[robgt]

i just wanted to know if you could get seperate gears thats all!!!

Generally not - at least, I've not seen them available.
You usually get gear sets, and as you have found, end up with lots of spares that you don't generally break.

Cheers,
Rob

[sacko]

The answer is no.

Dont be so tight, gear sets aren't even £2, which probarbly the cheapest part of the hobby

[matty65]

The answer is no.

Dont be so tight, gear sets aren't even £2, which probarbly the cheapest part of the hobby

not tight mate i just don't like spending money when i don't have to. any how i need to save it for the radio gear for my raptor which will be top notch, can't wait to get that in the air!!

[maderdog_1024]

the place to try is here http://www.servoshop.co.uk/

id give them a call and see if its something they can order.