What are the best Cheap Servos?

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Looking for some Cheap servos? It's not the best idea to use cheap servos in one of your favorite RC Airplanes that you've invested much time and money. To me, it's just not worth the risk of destroying your pride and joy just to save a few bucks.

However, it's really not necessary to drop good money for top-of-the line expensive servos to use in an expendable plane. You know, the type of plane that won't break your heart if it bites the dust.

I know, all of the planes in your hanger have a special place in your heart. But, it's probably OK to use less expensive servos in expendable planes such as small foamies, combat planes, or your beater planes.

Common issues with Servos

As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. You obviously can't expect a cheap RC servo to be the same quality of a Hitec servo when it's half the price! Here are some of the common issues experienced with some cheap RC servos.

The most common issue with cheap hobby servos are their ability to "center" properly. In other words, when you let off the sticks the control surface may not return to "perfect" neutral position. Obviously if your flying precision aerobatics you can't have this.

Some folks have experienced premature failure of the circuit boards, poor quality of gears, and "jittery" movement when using cheap RC servos.

Chances are, you will have little problems with relatively inexpensive servos. The issues above are just more common with less expensive RC servos, thus you are taking a risk.

Best Cheap Servos

It seems there are more and more cheap servos on the market each day. Obviously I haven't tested them all myself! Help others out by sharing your experiences with these cheap servos listed below. Use the comment form to let us know how they perform with your application.

Have you tried cheap servos that aren't listed below? Whether your experience was good or bad, we'd love to know about it. Please tell us about them by filling out the form below.

Brand of Servo

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I will be adding some examples of some less expensive brands of servos just as soon as I can. In the mean time, feel free to submit your own examples.