fried a hitec

[fsmt4wd]

went for a bash today with sickboy, and was pulling some donuts on the ice and i fried a steering servo .... sickboy has some damage to report but i will let him do that lol...

[baryracing]

sorry to hear, aren't they supposed to be splashproof?

[fsmt4wd]

yea they are, it was not caused by water, i think it was caused by a overload whilst doing the donuts
i am gonna open it up to see the problem, will let you know what i find..

[rcrallyfan]

I gather that would be a 5745MG that gave up on you? Now that got me a bit worried, as I've just put a couple of those in... With 36 kilos acting on the steering system and the additional holding power of digital hardware, they shouldn't easily overload.

[fsmt4wd]

yup its was a mg, i thought the same...i have had it in my truck for a few months..

[baryracing]

yeah im about to put 2 of those in as well so would like to know exaclty what happened to yours, got me worried now....

[fsmt4wd]

will open her up on sunday then will report back

[fsmt4wd]

stunk out my whole house with the pong of the burnt electrics, came by this info on the web,

'Personally I use both the Multiplex Rhino Digi4 & the Power speed, The reason why I chose Multiplex over Hi-Tec is I heard stories about the Hi-Tec HS - 5745MG servo burning-out when at full lock on the steering for a period of time, However this is a known problem for this servo & a way around it is setting the EPA to around 70-80% In saying this I also heard people who have never had any problems with them & swear by them ...But I didn't want to chance anything & I heard no negative comments about the Multiplex servos so in the end I went for the Multiplex setup, needless to say the Mulitplex servos look sweet with the bright red case!'

the thing is my epa was set at around 66 so i dont think it was that but the full lock for a long periods of time on the ice was the eventual killer of it.









so im now looking on picking up a second hand rhino digi4..

[sickboy]

hi fs mt 4wd well i told u so lol
if i was u dont be buying second hand servos buy new and if you go with multiplex then make sure that you add a 6volt limiter because if you dont you will fry the multiplex to and you dont want that well if you do go rhino get the 2 and ive got a 6 volt limiter for ya
these multipex servos are the best but do need 6volt limiter
skyep me morrow

[fsmt4wd]

i have heard from someone that repairs rhino digi4's that the hitec 5745mg is exactly the same as the rhino,the only difference is the rhino has a heat sink and different servo horns,(but are made in the same factory with the same engines and gears)
the advantage of the mg is that it comes stock with a alloy horn and apparently it is easier to repair than the rhino..
so dont waste ya money on the rhinos, just get the hitecs..

[338lapua]

HI all finally got do a little fullbore flat out getting on it today still stock trim . was going to put in the second servo just picked up y-harness but the old servo gears broke so now I have the back up already had before forum . now I'll order a couple hitecs and a 6volt limiter ..thanks for the info