What temps are your servos at?

[Clubin]

Crap. Not familiar with Spektrum. Maybe sombody will chime in that uses speky.

 

[crucialRC]

Maybe the receiver is limiting voltage to the servo. Voltage goes down then amperage draw and heat goes up. Have you tried a darksoul wire harness?

 

[Seandonato73]

You don't need the darksoul harness, make your own. It's just a bypass to battery vs getting power off the receiver buss. Actually a lot easier on the receiver that way.

 

[niz55]

Rep I had the blue hilly as my throttle/brake servo and after 5-10 min of running it would stop working due to overheating because of the pipe right above it.

The stock losi throttle/brake servo works great under heat. For steering I am running the AGFRC and it works absolutely fantastic.

 

[Rep732]

Thanks for the input guys, @niz55 I'm using the hilly on the steering tho, if that's the case I doubt the pipe contributed but plausible as my savox had 20 degrees higher than what operating temp is.

 

[niz55]

I believe the hilly is just very sensitive to heat. Honestly Rep you spent tons on your car and you have really nice parts on it. Just buy a agfrc servo and be done with it man. Sure it is $250 but you will not regret it at all. It is Fast, quiet and extremely strong. Absolutely no glitches or weird noises.

 

[Rep732]

@niz55 i may have to do that, I really wish I went that way to begin with atleast I'd be halfway there before the hilly. And thanks man I'm happy where the 5ive ended up at the end of the build.

 

[niz55]

Did you buy it from Detroit? I bought my hilly from Detroit and returned it after a week due to the overheating problem. It was exchanged with agfrc. I did however pay the difference.

 

[Rep732]

@niz55 I did but I've had it for over a month and I ground down the web on the edges of the case to use servo clamps. I did send detroit rc a message to see what he has to say about the overheating as I can't send hilly a message as their contact link doesn't work. Atleast he's aware of people having overheating issues.

 

[Rep732]

To update and put this to bed I reached out to John at Detroit performance and he had no problem exchanging the servo for the agfrc servo. I would assume I'm getting the 95kg model, my worry is it does come in a bit under the hilly 8500 and I really don't want to go down in torque, I swe they offer a 100kg one but it appears he doesn't stock that one.

I also installed a 40mm fan in front of the servo prior to speaking to John and I was able to keep the temp to 85 degrees Fahrenheit so not too bad and it doesn't eat the battery

 

[Clubin]

Yea they are either a 78 or 100kg.

I have a 78 in a 5ive t. It’s super over powered in there. So no worries either will be perfect.

 

[Rep732]

Ah yes 78kg .. thats good then I'll be happy with it.

 

[Clubin]

Ah yes 78kg .. thats good then I'll be happy with it.

Yes you will love it. And I’d like to hear what you think about it. You will be impressed!

 

[Rep732]

@Clubin absolutely, honestly I'm all for it and I will definitely report back. Thanks for the suggestions

 

[niz55]

The AGFRC definitely has more torque. You won't be disappointed. It is a very nice servo.

Just don't lose the servo horn screw it comes with. It is 3.5mm size.

 

[Rep732]

For the horn to bolt to the servo?

 

[niz55]

For the horn to bolt to the servo?

Yes it is 3.5

 

[Rep732]

Yea ill make sure to remember that, thanks man

 

[Rep732]

Alright so I'm a believer now in these agfrc servos, I can't believe how fast it is first off and how strong it is ... thanks to all who recommended the servo!

 

[niz55]

Yes sir. Also how quiet it is compare to the previous one you had. Everything about it is beefy. Even the wiring is heavy dudy.