Steering servo time!

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While I was out playing with my FG last night, I hit a puddle that was a little deeper than what I thought and I fried my Hitec 5745 steering servo.

Now it is time to buy another servo, but I am too damn cheap right now to buy another 5745, so I was thinking about a Hitec 805, Hobbico CS-80 or a Towerhobbies TS-80... I believe they are all the same servo. (Size, torque and speeds are the same) These are all faster and stronger than the 5745 and about 30-40 bucks cheaper...

But here is where the questions start... The cs-80 and ts-80 have a "Y" harness for the power wire...**Quote**Universal Y-Harness: Because This Servo has a High Current Drain, the
Y-Harness is Used to Plug the Servo Into the Receiver and Also to
Wire Directly to the Battery Pack for a Power Source. This is Done
so the High Current Does Not Damage the Receiver.**End quote**

The Hitec does not? Does anyone have one of these servos? Do you have the y hooked up? I wonder why the Hitec doesn't come with one?

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=giant+servo&search=Go

Any Ideas?

Trip..
 
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TRIP..The Cs-80 & TS-80 are the same servo...Yes you need to use the y-harness
Cuz don't think the REC can handle the voltage...I have the TS-80...My main steering servo is the Rhino Multimlex 4....I got the TS-80 for the front cable brakes...
But my new thought is to use it for steering..Thinking duel servos..,,,,Slawhammer
 
I know the spectrum REC..R3000 & R3100 can handle 7 volts...I think why they claim to use the Y-Harness to to not cause a voltage drain on the REC....
As to the duel steering servo...I think it would be better if a person used massive big tires
one servo for each wheel..Just my opinion...We need to ask Hellya or Foxy on this...
Slawhammer
 
you don't HAVE to y the servo. but most rxs only pass 5v of power. soooo your servos only see 5v of power. if the servo is a powerhungery servo, at some point it CAN try to draw more power thru than the rx can pass, which may just make the servo/rx warm or burn something on one or both.


buy using the Y connect, basically you are powering the servo directly from battery thru the red and black (or yellow red) wires from the y connector, and the servo input info comes form the RX to the servo via the white wire. this give your servo max voltage of the battery for full power operation (which is good cuz most servos like 6v (not the Multiplex line is supposed only like 5, but iknow many using the newer ones at 6 with no issue). its really the best way to go.

now if you choose to go with a 2s/3s lipo battery in the future, that is when you MUST use a BEC to limit the lipo voltage down to the voltage you need it to be, which is usually 6 to 6.3v. a 2s lipo is rated at 7.4 volt, and a 3S lipo is rated at 11.1v.
 
Well trip..timm hit it pretty well on the head...As for my self I use a sub 7 cell 8.4 volts 4600mah Ni cad with a 6 volt regulator..The regulator is enexpensive like 20 bucks..Plenty of power all the way around...I my self don't use Lipo's..,,Heard both good & bad a bad
about them..just my opinion...Slawhammer
PS..as for wet or puddles you can wrap your electronics in a penny balloon and zip tie shut dab of silcone
I have used that method..works....
 
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Buy the 5745. The digital 5745 may look to be weaker in the specs but it has much more holding power and can handle the pull and push of the big tires also it has all metal gearing which will not allow stripping in most cases.

This is where I get mine: Tom's RC
Cheapest you will find ANYWHERE so far and you will get it quick.:cool2:
 
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