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AdamF · 02-10-2005, 05:28 PM

wow...i cant tell you how absolutly pissed off I am right now. i just got my clod back together after frying my 1st bluebird servo. after less than a minute of crawling in my motherf-ing kitchen, the new front bluebird servo quit working and the nice smell of burning electronics is in the air. goddamnit. im to the point where im going to sell this whole pile of shit and just continue building my 4runner. I dont have the money and patience for this shit.

and apparently the 5995 or whatever titanum servo is a pile of shit as well.

im out f-this

badtodabone · 02-10-2005, 05:35 PM

mine works fine. even with a redrilled and taped gear. sorry you feel that way

Highmark · 02-10-2005, 05:36 PM

Zesh I hate that kinda stuff- happens to me every once and a while

pssst. Hitec 645 mg's ;)

AdamF · 02-10-2005, 05:37 PM

f-the 645's too. I stripeed a gear and broke a case along with frying my bluebird last week.

Could there be something wrong with my RX? The front one died the same death last time out as well.

Grizzly4x4 · 02-10-2005, 05:41 PM

Sorry to hear about that Adam, don't scrap the truck though.

MountainGoat · 02-10-2005, 09:34 PM

maybe on the blue birds your getting too much voltage out of your esc threw your rec. I have three and one airtronics,that i sold my sold to be able to afford.I love the blue bird servos and the other one is not much better at all! I do attest I have fried one when we where dicking around with some wiring one day...our **** up !

SPEED_RACER · 02-11-2005, 05:25 PM

my take is blue birds don't like to be run with out savers.i've read some one else on this board that fried 2 blue birds like you described and he ran them with out savers.i have a pair in my clod and they worked great.even better then my hi tec 5945.i don't and will not run servo's w/out savers.cann't aford to blow them

AdamF · 02-11-2005, 05:29 PM

Could be. I just hate servo savers, they seem to take away power from the servo.

rckjeep · 02-11-2005, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPEED_RACER

my take is blue birds don't like to be run with out savers.i've read some one else on this board that fried 2 blue birds like you described and he ran them with out savers.i have a pair in my clod and they worked great.even better then my hi tec 5945.i don't and will not run servo's w/out savers.cann't aford to blow them

That was me! As far as servo savers, I've never run them. Though I have a good kimbrough just haven't used it.

paranoid56 · 02-13-2005, 12:39 PM

doesnt dave (sr5dave) run these? he seems to brake shit all the time, but his servos are always working nicly, and he runs no servo saver.
Shane

SR5Dave · 02-13-2005, 12:58 PM

I do run them, and I've killed dozens of horns on em too... I wish everyone else got the same quality ones I did

TwistedCreations · 02-13-2005, 01:59 PM

then sell me yours

AdamF · 02-15-2005, 03:08 PM

grrrrr.......stripped a gear in the other one today playing on a stupid dirt mound!

I have it rigged up for 2ws with a different radio, all of the sudden I loose steering and I can hear the servo still working. I take off the steering linkage (which broke, cheap ass old arrow link from PO) and the servo turns without a load, but just spins in place without a load. So I believe I stripped the stupid little plastic gear inside. Good thing I have 2 spare sets of gears on hand :?

02-10-2005, 05:28 PM	#1
AdamF RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Posts: 1,673	Bluebird servos are the biggest pieces of crap in history..dont ever buy one wow...i cant tell you how absolutly pissed off I am right now. i just got my clod back together after frying my 1st bluebird servo. after less than a minute of crawling in my motherf-ing kitchen, the new front bluebird servo quit working and the nice smell of burning electronics is in the air. goddamnit. im to the point where im going to sell this whole pile of shit and just continue building my 4runner. I dont have the money and patience for this shit. and apparently the 5995 or whatever titanum servo is a pile of shit as well. im out f-this

02-10-2005, 05:35 PM	#2
badtodabone bendforthebone Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jamul Posts: 680	mine works fine. even with a redrilled and taped gear. sorry you feel that way

02-10-2005, 05:36 PM	#3
Highmark I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 3,866	Zesh I hate that kinda stuff- happens to me every once and a while pssst. Hitec 645 mg's ;)

02-10-2005, 05:37 PM	#4
AdamF RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Posts: 1,673	f-the 645's too. I stripeed a gear and broke a case along with frying my bluebird last week. Could there be something wrong with my RX? The front one died the same death last time out as well.

02-10-2005, 05:41 PM	#5
Grizzly4x4 PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler Posts: 13,137	Sorry to hear about that Adam, don't scrap the truck though.

02-10-2005, 09:34 PM	#6
MountainGoat Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chattanooga Posts: 86	maybe on the blue birds your getting too much voltage out of your esc threw your rec. I have three and one airtronics,that i sold my sold to be able to afford.I love the blue bird servos and the other one is not much better at all! I do attest I have fried one when we where dicking around with some wiring one day...our **** up !

02-11-2005, 05:25 PM	#7
SPEED_RACER Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: MANVILLE Posts: 413	my take is blue birds don't like to be run with out savers.i've read some one else on this board that fried 2 blue birds like you described and he ran them with out savers.i have a pair in my clod and they worked great.even better then my hi tec 5945.i don't and will not run servo's w/out savers.cann't aford to blow them

02-11-2005, 05:29 PM	#8
AdamF RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Posts: 1,673	Could be. I just hate servo savers, they seem to take away power from the servo.

02-13-2005, 12:39 PM	#10
paranoid56 Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Gorgeous San Diego Posts: 86	doesnt dave (sr5dave) run these? he seems to brake shit all the time, but his servos are always working nicly, and he runs no servo saver. Shane

02-13-2005, 12:58 PM	#11
SR5Dave I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 2,399	I do run them, and I've killed dozens of horns on em too... I wish everyone else got the same quality ones I did

02-13-2005, 01:59 PM	#12
TwistedCreations Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo! Posts: 8,626	then sell me yours

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02-15-2005, 03:08 PM	#13
AdamF RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Posts: 1,673	grrrrr.......stripped a gear in the other one today playing on a stupid dirt mound! I have it rigged up for 2ws with a different radio, all of the sudden I loose steering and I can hear the servo still working. I take off the steering linkage (which broke, cheap ass old arrow link from PO) and the servo turns without a load, but just spins in place without a load. So I believe I stripped the stupid little plastic gear inside. Good thing I have 2 spare sets of gears on hand :?

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