Metal Gear Servos MG90S are a lie! Be ADEEPT instead
Jul 11, 2022 5:06:36 GMT
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jul 11, 2022 5:06:36 GMT
Which of these two are the true metal gear servo? The one on the left costing 3 dollars, or the one on the right costing 4? The answer will shock you.
20220707_190020 by Burkeomatic, on Flickr
So, it was pointed out to me that the trusty MG90s servos are infact a lie. I think it was oliverw who pointed it out to me, that they aren't truly metal gear servos, and the bottom gears are infact plastic.
Now without looking and in all fairness, they do "feel better" and I have put them on planes that have stripped out the cheapo blue ones like the s800 which killed about 4 cheapie blue ones before I "upgraded", and not had them go out on me, so it took me as kind of a shock. So within 5 minutes I strolled out to my building area and promptly disassembled the servo and this is what I found.
20220705_152334 by Burkeomatic, on Flickr
Yep, the bottom gear, and the gear on the motor are actually plastic.... What a rip. That saved me from putting these on my dragon! I bought emax metal gear servos for that, but then through some e sleuthing, I found this, "ADEEPT" brand servo. They look like the MG90S, are the same color, and are even cheaper, but the picture shown on amazon didn't have any spurious looking gears on it, and the ad promised they are full metal gear servos. I needed more servos to replace the never ending chain of breaking cheap blue ones i have (in case you haven't figured out, i have lost enough planes and went through hell with the cheap blue ones, you knew this day was coming, I won't trust them on anything unless it is a DTFB mini that goes 30mph at this point) so I took the chance and paid the $23 for 8 of these bad boys. The package gets here, and I open them up, and VIOLA! Full metal gear servos. What do you know? I wonder why. The only QC issue I ran into with them is that one of the servo tops wasn't threaded, so got a tap and put some threads in it.
20220707_174644 by Burkeomatic, on Flickr
Anyways, they can be found here. In all fairness, the MG90S are not listed as full metal gear servos, although I see no point in having half metal gear servos. Although, when the blue ones fail, it is usually the top gear that goes out, probably due to flex. Anyway, be ADEEPT!
www.amazon.com/Adeept-Compatible-Helicopter-Airplane-Raspberry/dp/B09GB1P51Y/ref=asc_df_B09GB1P51Y/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=563656019509&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12973409093125303691&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027973&hvtargid=pla-1635524971348&psc=1
20220707_190020 by Burkeomatic, on FlickrSo, it was pointed out to me that the trusty MG90s servos are infact a lie. I think it was oliverw who pointed it out to me, that they aren't truly metal gear servos, and the bottom gears are infact plastic.
Now without looking and in all fairness, they do "feel better" and I have put them on planes that have stripped out the cheapo blue ones like the s800 which killed about 4 cheapie blue ones before I "upgraded", and not had them go out on me, so it took me as kind of a shock. So within 5 minutes I strolled out to my building area and promptly disassembled the servo and this is what I found.
20220705_152334 by Burkeomatic, on FlickrYep, the bottom gear, and the gear on the motor are actually plastic.... What a rip. That saved me from putting these on my dragon! I bought emax metal gear servos for that, but then through some e sleuthing, I found this, "ADEEPT" brand servo. They look like the MG90S, are the same color, and are even cheaper, but the picture shown on amazon didn't have any spurious looking gears on it, and the ad promised they are full metal gear servos. I needed more servos to replace the never ending chain of breaking cheap blue ones i have (in case you haven't figured out, i have lost enough planes and went through hell with the cheap blue ones, you knew this day was coming, I won't trust them on anything unless it is a DTFB mini that goes 30mph at this point) so I took the chance and paid the $23 for 8 of these bad boys. The package gets here, and I open them up, and VIOLA! Full metal gear servos. What do you know? I wonder why. The only QC issue I ran into with them is that one of the servo tops wasn't threaded, so got a tap and put some threads in it.
20220707_174644 by Burkeomatic, on FlickrAnyways, they can be found here. In all fairness, the MG90S are not listed as full metal gear servos, although I see no point in having half metal gear servos. Although, when the blue ones fail, it is usually the top gear that goes out, probably due to flex. Anyway, be ADEEPT!
www.amazon.com/Adeept-Compatible-Helicopter-Airplane-Raspberry/dp/B09GB1P51Y/ref=asc_df_B09GB1P51Y/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=563656019509&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12973409093125303691&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027973&hvtargid=pla-1635524971348&psc=1
