I have a Losi XXX-T looking to install a new digital servo. I don't want to have to refinace to pay for it what does everyone else have? If you didn't have the one you have what would you have ?

Futaba S9451 works awesome! Tebo uses this exact servo in his B4. $74.99 at Tower.

i have had hitec servos and they are junk to me now i run the s9451 in my xxxt mf2 and as the steering on my hyper 7 pcr and it works the best so i would go with the futaba servo.

i have had hitec servos and they are junk to me now i run the s9451 in my xxxt mf2 and as the steering on my hyper 7 pcr and it works the best so i would go with the futaba servo.YEah really, there digital servos are ranked some of the best in the industry

I have a Hitec 5625 in a T4, and it works great.

Recently bought a 5925 and put it in a B4. Not so great. It just quits at random. Throttle still works when the servo quits. Put the 5625 in the B4, works great................Last surface Hitec servo for me......

94357, 94358 from Airtronics are awesome. Although a little pricey. $110-$120.
120 oz. - 200 oz. torque.

I dont think they are digital though.

I would have to agree on Hitec Servos they held up fine and had plenty of torque/speed but the center always seemed to wander. I took out the Hitec and put in my ancient JR4735 and the problem goes away. Several people complained about and got the answer "we use the exact same components as the other guys" and they may very well but it just wasnt worth the $20 savings to have a car that wandered a little. I even got a free 925 from Hitec (along with a nylon windbreaker) for winning a contest but I put it in my Stampede where I don't care if it wanders a little.

I think the titanium gears is just marketing I have had brass gear and aluminum gear servos last for 10+ years.

For steering in my T-maxx I use a JR8550 and it is just unreal it turns the wheels like it were a pan car if I get stuck on a pipe I can just use the wheels to push me off the pipe it has that much grunt.

While the 925 is now an old model it was still a $85 servo that centered worse than the $15 Airtronics standard servo.

The titanium gears haven't been out that long, how do you know they will last longer?

What are you doing to your poor servos? I just checked out an Airtronics 158 that I have had since 1995 and it doesn't have any slop in it.

Yes I do a JR8550. I like my older analog servos so I haven't found the need to upgrade to digital in my 10th and 12th scale vehicles. The only reason I bought an 8550 is I wanted a servo with over 150 oz-in of torque for my Maxx and it fit the bill. I guess Im really not sold on the benefits (on the track) of a digital.

Not sure compared to Al but Ti doesn't have very good wear properties in general. The Navy found that out using Ti for hydraulic lines a few years back in the V-22. Stainless steel wears better than titanium and with gears this size the weight would go unnoticed, but if you stick the word Titanium in something for RC racers they immediately think its better and are willing to shell out more money for it, thats why I am skeptical about the benefits.

yea i have had aluminun geared servos for a while now and i do race every weekend, and i just check the servos and none of my futabas have slop, well i cant say they dont have slop but it is not enough to worry about, and 99% of the slop it has is the gear mesh. so i dont think ti gears are nessecary in a servo, and like pat said they did that so guys that have to have the biggest and the baddest stuff all the time will shell out the money just to say guess what i have to all of the other racers at the track.

that is my 2 cents on the whole issue.

We arent comparing Titianium to Stainlees steel here. When's the last time you saw a Stainless steel geared servo?? It is a know fact that Titianium is stronger than aluminum. Why do you think they make Titianium turnbuckles?? Run what you please but i know that digital is the one for me :)

It's only money,My theory is if you have the money to buy the best,then buy it!
Right Redbaron?

We arent comparing Titianium to Stainlees steel here. When's the last time you saw a Stainless steel geared servo?? It is a know fact that Titianium is stronger than aluminum. Why do you think they make Titianium turnbuckles?? Run what you please but i know that digital is the one for me :)

I could make a set of steel turnbuckles that are at least 2 times stronger than any titanium turnbuckle out there but it doesn't sound cool and racers wouldn't pay a premium for them. My point about titanium gears was there could be something made that is better (an cheaper) but it wouldn't sell because it doesn't sound cool. Hitec did a great job of marketing here.

So then you arent running any Titianium or graphite parts on your cars?? If you are i guess they got you too!!!

No graphite here, titanium turnbuckles only because there are no good alternatives. The stock ones are made of the cheapest steel they can find.

Stock turnbuckle steel Im guessing about 30,000-50,000 psi yield strength
6061 Aluminum Yield strength 60,000 psi
Highest Grade Titanium yield strength 135,000 psi
Good Steel 250,000+ psi

And I never said there was anything out there better than graphite for some applications.

Kaug-just go buy a digital servo

crap those marketing guys just got me cause i din't know anything!


i agree :) :) :)

Digital servos are what the guy who first started this thread asked about. So why dont we keep it that way.

sry man i have aluminum geared servos, and wasn't it you that made the first statement about the ti vs alu. when i said hitec sucks, so if i was u i would reword what u said about who was talking out of context.

see ya :) :) :)