First Savöx

The winter fuel bills are paid, spring is here, and I finally had enough money to get the first Savöx SC-1256 TG servo for the Spider/Scorpion. That's 'TG' for 'Titanium Geared'. It's rated at 20Kg/cm @ 6.0v, which is somewhat better than the last attempt with 17Kg Power HD HD-1501MGs. These ones have orange centre cases and labels as well, which all fits in very nicely with the overall colour scheme!


I've also put the 'Zilla's wheels and Giant Trac tyres on it, I think the slightly excessive width of the Gmade Ultracs had something to do with the premature failure of all its earlier steering servos, although to be honest the Pro-lines aren't much slimmer. Rumour has it that fitting the Gmades to Maxx-sized offset wheels narrows them by as much as an inch, so maybe that's something to think about later on.


I'm still in two-wheeled steering mode though. I still have one spare HD-1501 here, but I suspect that if I put it on it won't last very long, which is a bit of a waste of a perfectly good servo that will be fine in a less demanding truck. I'm going to try a couple of runs out like this and think about possibly getting a bit of weight into the wheels before I go any further. In the meantime I'll have to save up another £53.99, or even more if I want to go to the heights of something like a Hitec HS-7950TH (35kg @ £100+).


Hopefully I'll get some outdoor photos done very soon!