22 Servo?
 

Hi all,
I currently race a fairly basic 2wd buggy but someone recommended to me that I look into the TLR 22 for a bit more performance and durability from. I do quite like the look of them and they look good on track and a secondhand one is quite affordable for me. I wasn't sure what servo I would have to use for a Mid Motor configuration, can I use a standard servo or does it have to be Low Profile?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks

You can use a standard sized servo.

Regardless if you "run a stumpy 2s battery and a micro receiver" or not, it's going to be "a bit of a squeeze" due to the inline nature of the 22 layout. Using saddle packs will gain you a little additional space to mount your electronics on the chassis, but using standard electronics there's plenty of room to mount your rx behind the servo, and then mount your esc on the tranny brace behind the battery.
Attempting to use a low profile servo is only going to get you a few millimeters of extra space, and most people (unless their driving skills are stellar), including us mere mortals, have found that a standard servo is necessary to stand the rigors of off-road racing.
But it's a little counter productive, and counter intuitive, to try and get away with using a low profile servo while relying on a "full size rx."

But to further answer your question - yes, you can use a standard sized servo. Lots of us do, and have done so in the 2 years since the car came out.
Will you have to be a bit creative with the electronics installation due to the confined nature of it being mid motored? Sure - because without the sidepod areas many cars have, that have mounting areas on either side of the battery, it can be a bit cramped. But if you go through any of the picture threads here on the forum you can find numerous examples of what people have done.

You can use a normal size servo if your happy to mount the esc and rx in unorthordox positions. otherwise its probably going to be a bit of a squeeze.

If you were to run a stumpy 2s battery wth either a micro rceiver and/or a low profile servo, you'd have no problems at all.

I currently run saddles, low profile servo and a full size rx (mounted on motor brace) and I have a little room to spare, but you'd struggle to swing a cat !

I've also sent you a pm

did you get yourself a 22 in the end mate?

Nah, still looking Shaun, might put an ad in the wanted section:thumbsup:

Low profile servo
 

I have recently acquired a TLR 22,
and as people say the space is quite limited with saddles,

so I went out to go and get a low profile servo, Jemodels is my closest shop and I got an alturn low profile metal geared part no (P-AAS645LMG) for £20, which I thought was a bargain, half the price of the Savox and 0.02 of a sec difference in speed,

So what I am trying to say is that if you find out you need a low profile servo, its not a massive expenditure :woot: