Servo saver

[chris68nufc]

Who is running a servo saver? Ive went through 3 gears in my cat now and wondered if anybody else had had bother with this. I suppose im crashing a bit so could be that. Still feel the car is very nervous and twitchy. Its going to take time to get mine right.

[telboy]

I don't run a servo saver ...yet.

I just did what Chris Long said and set the end points so that the servo doesn't strain.
Although ith the Lipo version you'd be doing something wrong if the servo strained, as the arm is above the servo and would stop itself if it went to far anyway.

[James]

I'm still not using a servo saver, but if youve done 3 gears then i'd try one if i were you..
Maybe turn your steering curve down by 25% and front shocks to the outside on the bottom if not already..
Come and have a word with us at Worksop if you like and will pass on any experience to help..

[chris68nufc]

Thanks for the advice.I had a bit of help from Chris Long at the last round but still felt like the car was very nervous. I like the car to feel a lot more steady than i had mine at the 1st round. I did 2 servo gears so qualified well down the list.

[super__dan]

CHris.

Servo savers are horrible things!

Firstly I'd buy one of the many £35 - £40 KO 2123 servos I see going through the for sale section on here. I've never broken a gear on any of the 3 I have and 1 is 5 years old.

I had a surprisingly large amount of steering at Worksop last time and the balance from carpet sections of the floor is quite pronounced. However trimming the inside and outside rows off the fronts settled the car right down on the carpet without taking away any steering on the floor sections.

Lastly I run -25% to -35% curve on both my 2wd and 4wd, don't be afraid of using it, Ellis uses -50%. Oh and James makes a good point about moving front shocks further out on wishbone to calm it further.

[chris68nufc]

Dan

My servos are all KO servos. This has never happened to me before. Ive recently bought a Universe transmitter and havent had time to understand its settings. I think i will try the curve. What exactly will it do? Im assuming it stops the snatchy feel of the servo and smooths it out?