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Old 05-20-2007, 09:53 AM   #1
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i have a jugg 2, esp long wheelbase chassis (dont waste your money), rc4wd spools front/back, stock tranny (rc4wd r1 on the way), xtreme racing servo mount front/back, 2 hitec hs-985mg servo's, and hitec servo savers. with the stock wheels, it seems the servo's work overtime, and when i put on my jumbo kong tires with the rc4wd adapters, they wont hardly budge them on the ground. the servo is rated at 172.2 oz, and the next step up ive seen is 200 oz, but there like $120 a piece. with the stock steering setup, one hitec servo seemed to do fine, but i never tried it with the jumbo tires. i figured a servo per axle would be 10x better, but i was wrong. its like they dont get any leverage at all to turn the tires. i changed the steering links with some spare ones i had, but the servos still wont turn my big tires. the hitec servos fit pretty well inside of the xtreme servo mounts, and im not sure if a bigger scale servo would fit. any help would be appreciated, as im stuck withmy xxx-4 buggy, and it makes a crappy rock crawler.
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Old 05-20-2007, 10:07 AM   #2
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What esc are you using?
The problem is most likely that the servos aren't getting all the power they need...and those tires are frikin huge!
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im using a novak brushless crawler motor and esc, it is suppose to supply enough voltage for them
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I would still recommend trying a receiver pack or voltage regulator before getting new servos. You should also get new tires
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Old 05-20-2007, 11:50 AM   #5
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ill try the reciever pack, but i want a solution to run these tires, not new tires.
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Old 05-20-2007, 12:52 PM   #6
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I would also get rid of the servo savers. Rock crawlers don't really need them. When I changed from plastic servo hornes to aluminum ones it made a huge diffrence. And that was just plastic hornes not even servo savers.
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Old 05-20-2007, 07:52 PM   #7
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I run a hitec 5995(333 oz) with a voltage regulator, in my 2.2 TXT, and I think it is barely enough with the small tires. 172oz just isn't going to move the kongs, no matter what you do.
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Old 05-21-2007, 02:27 AM   #8
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one 172 servo turned the stock tires with no problem, and correct me if im wrong here, but aren't the stock jugg tires bigger than 2.2 tires?? upgrading servo's isnt a big deal, i was just looking for an answer that didnt involve new servo's. i just dont comprehend how going from one servo to 2 servo's would be worse.
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Part of the issue is that you are spreading your amperage over two servos. Run a receiver pack and that will show you what the servos can do if you feed them well.
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Old 05-21-2007, 04:47 PM   #10
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one 172 servo turned the stock tires with no problem, and correct me if im wrong here, but aren't the stock jugg tires bigger than 2.2 tires??
When you say it moved them fine, do you mean on flat ground, or bound up. My servo will turn my tires, even when they are bound up, sometimes it will move the rear of my truck over a couple of inches, if the fronts are bound up enough. A lot is personal preference, I just simply can't stand it when I turn the wheel and the tires don't turn, no matter how bound up they are. I even put a 403oz servo in my daughters' SW2 TLT.
If you were happy with how the 1 servo turned the tires, then a RX pack or voltage regulator should make the 2 perform like the one did, by supplying enough power for both.
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:57 PM   #11
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Like others have said, ditch the servo savers, and run a reciever pack. I also ran a 985 servo in my txt but it only lasted 1 hour before the gears stripped. That 985 servo is NOT up to what you are doing. You can get cheap 1/4 scale servos that are alot more powerful than your current servos. I currently run a hitec 5955 ti gear servo in the front of my 2.2 txt with a 6v reciever pack and i wish i had a stronger servo at times.
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it also depends on how your linkage is set up.
if the rod is attached to the end of the servo horn the leverage is going to be less than if it were closer to the servo spline/post
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