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01-31-2009, 06:50 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Where there are no rocks.
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|  Tower Pro mg995
Are these things junk? I see a million of them on ebay for 20us for 2. I mean a 10 dollar servo wouldn't need to last long for me but how do they hold up?
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01-31-2009, 06:57 PM
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| Just jump it!   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cedar City, Utah
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I run them on my basher rigs and the hold up fairly well. I get these! http://www.hobbypartz.com/2xmgmegehisp.html 2 for 25 dollars . I have had a few just plain go out but a few have lasted a year or so now.But for 25 bucks, not bad. |
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01-31-2009, 07:55 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: pleasant ridge
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they work good.they have some centering problems.they go from full lock to past center to center.they last as long as my futaba and hitec servos of the same vintage/rating.to help them last longer open them up and grease the shafts the gears ride on. also look into hextronik servos the 12 k is about the same but 8 bucks each. i get mine from hobby city shippings high but order alot of stuff and its not so bad.
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02-01-2009, 09:46 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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I have two of these, well the previous version of them. They are powerfull enough for an AX-10. Gears wear and get sloppy, centering is awful, and they're not sealed or waterproof. The first one has fried it's motor after just 50 hours of crawling. I got 'em for US$12 each so I'm not complaining, but I won't get any more. Cheers. |
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02-01-2009, 03:37 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego
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I had mine for about 6 months. I just got the 7995tg and it great! The old towerpro would just shake all the time. Matt
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02-01-2009, 04:28 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cyprus
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bought 2, running 4ws in my 2.2. Rear one crapped out after 4-5 runs. BEC was set at @6v, so down to the "you get what you pay for" factor. The front one is still going strong. It has centering issues and will glitch every once in a while, but hey, it's dirt cheap. I put a Hobao H102 (rebadged Futaba S3305) in the back and it's definitely a lot better. I should get something stronger to use in the front before the TP dies though. They are DEFINITELY NOT putting out the torque they claim, the S3305 is rated 124oz/in@6v and has more throwing and holding power than the mg995. In fewer words, have them, OK for the price, will never buy again. http://www.rcmodelreviews.com/mg995review.shtml Last edited by Karadjas; 02-01-2009 at 04:31 PM. |
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02-01-2009, 04:42 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lake Michigan
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Have/had two. First died after 4mo on the front of a TLT comp rig. Second sat on the shelf. Now activates a dump truck bed on a 1:18 rig. Finds home, but cannot find it's endpoint when the bed has no weight in it. It raises then dances around. Then bought their new version, 945??. It worked great on the 2.2 comp for another few months, but died a quick death in a 3ft nose dive. 1 out of 5 stars for quality. 2 out of 5 for durability. 2 out of 5 for bang for the buck. |
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02-01-2009, 09:35 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Gunbarrel
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Like others have said, it's an ok servo. I would not use them on a comp rig, but for scalers, bashers and trail rigs they work pretty well. I was making them into winches for my scalers and they work really well for that. |
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04-10-2009, 10:16 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Portland
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how aobut the EXI servos? anyone got luck with them? i need 50pcs for a school project to build a robot  |
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04-10-2009, 10:16 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Portland
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04-26-2009, 02:08 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: myrtle beach
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i just got one of theese tower pro mg995 servos and i ran 2 battery packs through my ax 10 just messing around in my back yard and it died already. I'm bummed cause i thought it would last longer than that but maybe i just got a bad one but 2 for 20 you cant beat that but i guess ya get what ya pay for right...
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04-26-2009, 05:53 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Prospect
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its a good servo.. I stripped the 945's gears out when i nose dived on the right front from my computer chair... I switched over to a hitec 7955tg and wow what a diffrence!
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04-27-2009, 07:52 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Casper
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Several of the members in our club have been running them, but all of the above memtioned problems occur. | |
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