8711 on 2s

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Has anyone done it? How was it and how is the servo now? This would be for a 1.9 truck.


Also if anyone knows the maximum voltage input for this servo please post it up.

I see the site says :

Torque: 347 oz-in @ 4.8V, 403 oz-in @ 6V
Speed: .19 sec/60° @ 4.8V, .15 sec/60° @ 6V


but what about a max or is the 6.0 the assumed max?

[benoj]

you can bump the standard 8711 voltage up a bit but not into the 7v range safely. i wouldnt suggest no more than around 6.5v. thats why there is the 8711HV which is meant for 6v-7.4v

[jason]

Just set a crawler up for someone yesterday and wanted to know, so I called a JR team guy, he told me not to go more than 6.0 so that's what I did.

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Thanks guys

[Del Monte]

I ran a non-HV 8711 on straight 2S in my mini for most of year with no problems. The servo never even ran warm.

I don't know if it would cause any long term problems since the servo isn't rated for that much voltage though.

[redbaron]

When I first purchased a 8711 sereval years ago, I set the BEC to 7.0 volts. The servo did not like it, it twitched and did all kinds of crazy shit before I found out that it shouldn't be ran on more than 6.0 volts.

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Originally Posted by Del Monte

I ran a non-HV 8711 on straight 2S in my mini for most of year with no problems. The servo never even ran warm.

I don't know if it would cause any long term problems since the servo isn't rated for that much voltage though.

I assume you never had problems because that straight 2s isn't always 8.4 since the packs voltage decreases as soon as you run it....

Originally Posted by redbaron

When I first purchased a 8711 sereval years ago, I set the BEC to 7.0 volts. The servo did not like it, it twitched and did all kinds of crazy shit before I found out that it shouldn't be ran on more than 6.0 volts.

maybe you had problems because you gave it a constant 7.0???


I'm trying to ditch my BEC but I don't think it's worth risking the servo.