NITO Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Hi all, I bought a pair of these SW0231 metal gear waterproof Savox servos for my two boy's dual hunters as I was tired of replacing the Acoms servos which weren't man enough for the steering set up on the Tamiya dual hunter (stripping gears) Both cars run the same Acoms 2.4g rx/tx setup. The first one I fitted no issues yet. On the second car, the servo would not power up unless I turned on the receiver, then unplugged the servo wire and pushed back in with receiver already on. However flicking the receiver off and on it wouldn't power up again, unless I once again pull the wire out and back in with receiver already powered. So I sent the servo back, thanks to Modelsport no quibbles. However connecting up the replacement tonight, same again. The futaba and acoms servo's work perfectly. The other Savox works fine too. Anyone else had problems with these? I thought Savox were meant to be one of the best names in servos but I'm really starting to doubt their Quality control at the moment. I'm a little annoyed after tearing the truck down twice now for the same thing to happen. Will have to ring Modelsport in the morning, might see if they'll swap this for something else. Any experiences with Spektrum servos? It's a shame Modelsport don't offer Futaba servos, and what happened to the fantastic Acoms 2.4g sticks radio gear, it's criminal that its no longer available! Will have to go Spektrum 5ch next I think. Cheers Nito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-d Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Strange one.Have you tried plugging the servo into the receiver in the other car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderwolf Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 don't both with spekky servos, they are no good. from what you said i would try other servos in the 2nd car, it soulds like a receiver problem, rather than a servo problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Yeah defo sounds like a problem with the receiver rather than the servo as it is very strange for two out of three servos to have an identical problem. I have a Spektrum S6100 in my Hyper ST and it is working brilliant up to press, the only reason I bought it was because it was hardly used and a good price, I would not pay the prices that new high spec servos command, I have been using a Hobbyking 20kg servo in my cars for about a year now which cost me less than a tenner and it is still working perfectly in my Emaxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NITO Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Thanks chaps, Guess what? It was indeed the receiver. Mine are all waterproofed so it takes ages to strip them all out or even just get to the wiring. I tried the servo on my drift car which I dug out the garage this morning and it worked perfectly. So out came the receiver on the dual hunter, fortunately I had a spare. Strange that all my other servos work on it, I guess the Savox has different power requirements. So profuse apologies to Savox, I look forward to seeing how well they fair. I've always liked Futabas myself but for the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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