3152's on a Raptor60?

[gazza]

Hi chaps!

Will be taking delivery (Or collecting) RaptormadSteves Rappy60 sometime soon ( Cheers Steve! )

Will 3152's be okay for elevator/roll/cyclic or will I be pushing my luck?

Also, I seem to be reading of peeps having a different model of servo on the throttle?? Can someone please explain why? I guess its to do with response?

[mattie-lodge]

Hi Gazza,

Really depends on what you intend to do with it. If your into smooth flying loops roll and not stick banging 3D then 3152's will be ok. However they are a standard servo be it digital. If you could afford to up rate then go for it, or maybe just uprate the collective servo and keep with 3152's on the cyclics.

[gazza]

Really still a novice mate so nothing more than figure eights etc.

What about the throttle?

[ChrisB]

My low use 3152`s in my Knight Sport have got quite sloppy


Are they double ballraced does anybody Know?

[Steve]

Some throttle governing devices recommend a fast servo for the throttle, but not all.

If you're not using a Revlock, or a GV1 or a Revmax or whatever, then a reasonable quality standard servo will suffice - say a Futaba 3001. I use such servos on all my throttles except for my 90 heli where I have a 9001. The 9001 is about £25 and is an analogue coreless servo. It's a good quality fast analogue servo which I have installed as a "peace of mind" thing rather than anything else. The 90 heli is a lot of bucks up there in the air, and I wouldn't want it's future longevity to rely on a £7 Futaba 148 servo.

The throttle servo is very often over-looked when people upgrade their heli servos, but let's face it, it's accuracy and reliability are rather important in a helicopter, much more so than in a plane.

I use 3050s (a couple of quid dearer than 3152s) for the cyclic and pitch of my 30 and 50 helis.

[abyiss]

i tryed them 3152s on my raptor 60....didnt like it....was well sloppy..(but u can 6v em,,witch would make them a bit better.

ended up putting 2x S9252 on swash/cyclic...and S9255 pitch..

revloc works fine with S3001 ....((never had any problems))

when doing loops ,,,and curcits,,,the 3152s lacked ,,,((would be ok for a smaller heli....say a 30/50 size..((but r not that strong

but then its down to the flyer realy..((see jr 951s on a raptor 60,,,and it fluw ok,,,,,,

better to go for strong servos.i use the same setup on my 90 ..it works 4 me

[robgt]

I have 3152s on my Sceadu Evo 50 and no problems there.
They are on the cyclics - I have a Hitec 5925 on the pitch for that extra bit of speed and power

Cheers,
Rob

[gazza]

Okay guys & thanks for all your comments.

I'll go with 3152's & take it from there. Obviously if and when my flying progresses I'll upgrade when I feel the need

Although I'd rather spend more money on a new TX first as I'm still using an Optic 6 (Borrowed from Mickey mouse )