E5 servo list

[RichL]

JR 8717 on the cyclic Futaba BLS256HV on the tail on both my E7 and E5.

[Darren Lee]

Futaba BLS252 cyclic
Futaba BLS251 tail

[dpelletier]

For economic reasons, I'm thinking Align DS610 on cyclic and DS650 on the tail.
This is probably more than enough for my flying capabilities.

[hardsy]

BLS253 for cyclic
BLS251 for tail.

Not long now

[Greg Jackson]

I want to make sure everything lines up well so I'm going with Futaba for now.  Thinking about the Align servos initially for budget reasons too.  Wish there was a less expensive Futaba servo that would work but still provided good action.  I will use the 251 on the tail I believe. 

[Rodney Kirstine]

I want to make sure everything lines up well so I'm going with Futaba for now.  Thinking about the Align servos initially for budget reasons too.  Wish there was a less expensive Futaba servo that would work but still provided good action.  I will use the 251 on the tail I believe.

Align servos have the same spline as Futaba.

[GimpyGolden]

An alternative would be the S9452. It's not brushless but performs well.
Ran them on Logo 600SE @6V for 2 seasons and they worked well.

http://www.gpdealera.com/cgi-bin/wgainf100p.pgm?I=FUTM0662
For the $25 difference in price I would still go BLS451 but they are definitely an option.

[Greg Jackson]

Thanks for the great options. Asked my hobby shop about running the align servos temporarily and he said it should be ok.  I project myself to still be a year out from hard 3D, making sure I can sprint before I run, something like that lol.  Good to know there are some other options. 

[Greg Jackson]

Yeah the 9452 isn't that much less than the 451.  If this gig I have coming up next week pays what I think and I sell one of my 130x, then I won't worry about the servo price.

[wbefield]

Since I already have them I'm going to run MKS DS670 on cyclic and DS760 on tail @6V.

[wbefield]

Changed my mind on servos and ended up ordering the MKS-HBL665/669 promo set for $419.  It was a great deal I couldn't turn up. 

I threw together a servo comparison chart for anyone wondering if the MKS servos will work without shimming.

[Greg Jackson]

Anyone try the Torq servos yet?

[Greg Jackson]

also, are the torq servos a standard size or not?  Guess I will check the servo database. 

[RichL]

Thanks for the great options. Asked my hobby shop about running the align servos temporarily and he said it should be ok.  I project myself to still be a year out from hard 3D, making sure I can sprint before I run, something like that lol.  Good to know there are some other options.

I wouldn't run an align servo on a paper airplane if they were free!  In the past three weeks I have seen two helicopters with seemingly unsolvable tail problems instantly resolved by removing Align tail servos and replacing them with quality servos.  I replaced one for a friend today who in trying to resolve his own issues has replaced practically everything in his tail box!  Removed the Align servo, problem solved. I saw another Align servo (6 months old, maybe 50 flights) on the collective of a helicopter of the same brand fail today as well.  Luckily it failed at the beginning of spool up and no real damage was done to the heli or the pilot. I know that some people use them successfully but, I know plenty of others that continuously have problems.  There is something to be said for quality no matter who's name is on the label.

Rich

[John]

I'll be running the torq servos on mine off direct 2s lipo.