servo dilemma

[Alfie]

After suffering a recent 'incident' with one of my T700's, the worst culprit is my cyclic servos.

JR 8915's, all 3 cyclic servos are sloppy, I.E the sacrificial composite gear hasn't sheered, but the metal gear set has clearly swollen!

New gearset's are £35 each, so £105 to repair all 3?

Do i cut my losses and go for a different set of servos, maybe there are others around that are more economical to repair.

Ive been out of the scene for a couple of years, so not sure what's what.

Thanks. col.

[chrisleematt21]

I use the align bl815 on my T700's and Logo 690s, I have had many many many many flights and few crashes and not had one go wrong. YET

[bigSi66]

That's a hell of a lot to spend on what is really an old servo when a bit more added could get you a new set
Me I would look for something new rather than spend that getting new gears
just my view though

[M333lws]

After suffering a recent 'incident' with one of my T700's, the worst culprit is my cyclic servos.

JR 8915's, all 3 cyclic servos are sloppy, I.E the sacrificial composite gear hasn't sheered, but the metal gear set has clearly swollen!

New gearset's are £35 each, so £105 to repair all 3?

Do i cut my losses and go for a different set of servos, maybe there are others around that are more economical to repair.

Ive been out of the scene for a couple of years, so not sure what's what.

Thanks. col.

hi have a set off mks bls 665 hv cyclic servos and a bls 669 tail servo.. in original box, where fitted to a goblin 630 and only been used a dozen times if your interested

[Grumpy]

For £40 each you can get KST BLS815 HV brushless servos: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-...8-89ec1b02cdc5
These are excellent servos, unbeatable for the price, i use them in a few of my big helis and they have never missed a beat.

Aor for £155 get a set of four including the BLS805X narrow band tail servo: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3Pie...8-89ec1b02cdc5

[Pj1969]

Loads of 2nd hand servos kicking around at the mo, from the money the align bl815's are bang on.

[myxiplx]

Whichever route you go it may be worth looking to see if you can get some sacrificial servo horns on there. A servo horn that fails before the gears is much more economical to repair.

I know there are dedicated sacrificial horns available, but the guys on the RCHN podcast swear by the SAB plastic servo horns and use them on more than just Goblin helis. Apparently they're plenty strong enough for even hard 3D flight, but in the event of a crash will slip long before you damage any gears. They've said more than once that they haven't had any servo gear damage at all since switching to those, with servos that have now survived multiple crashes with no slop or gear issues whatsoever.

[Alfie]

So it isnt worth repairing these then ?

Im interested in any S/H Servos, so please message me !

I am also very interested in these sacrificial servo arms, myxiplx, do you have a link!!

Thanks

[bigSi66]

saw theses tonight,dont know if any good to you
Align servos t rex 600 | eBay

[myxiplx]

Don't have a specific link I'm afraid, I do use sacrificial horns on my 360's, but I haven't used them myself on anything larger, I just know I've heard the guys on RCHN mention them more than once. Justin, Nick and Jessie all swear by them.