Turnigy servos

[Rotare]

One of the most popular thread topics in this TH hammer section is about shift servos - so here's another one!

After about 3 months of use my stock shift servo died and after having limited choices at my LHS I decided to purchase one through Hobbyking. From memory it was a Corona 339MG.

I hadn't even finished installing it back into the Twin hammers and the thing started glitching and died. Never even got a chance to actually us the car in anger! The servo felt red hot and after pulling it apart it looked like the internal wires had fused together and shorted out. So after enduring the pain of sorting out a warranty claim with HK they agreed to send me another one. I was already nervous and asked if I could pay the difference and upgrade to something better but was told that wasn’t possible for warranty claims....

Anyways, the second replacement servo arrives and I go over the top setting up the end points. It was set up perfectly and shifted perfectly. I didn’t even get to finish a battery pack and noticed the car glitching again and no longer shifting between gears. Pulled the car apart again to find the back of the shift servo all melted out – WTF?

So I’m guessing these Corona servos are just cheap crap and I won’t be getting another one. Just wondering whether the Turnigy ones through HK are any better, or are they just as unreliable as the Corona ones?


Thanking you in advance for your advice.

[Spunkybob]

I have a turnigy track star servo in my on road car. Has been rock solid.

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