HobbyKing Online R/C Hobby Store : HXT500 5g / .8kg / 10sec Micro Servo $3.49

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MegaTesla (165 points) 8/9/2009
The ones that I received last week says TowerPro inside the casing. Is this good or bad?

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Muza (0 points);
Same hardware, different label

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vinscg (0 points);
this servo is ****! plastic is REALLLY CHEAP!

hgess (1 points) 6/10/2009
super petits servos qui fonctionnent superbement bon

-boot (100 points)
I notice there are no rubber shock isolators/grommets in the picture and none are mentioned as included. Do they not come with the servo?

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pastoreli (125 points);
Rubber shock isolator not included. This servos is for small electric model.

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-boot (100 points);
Yes I know what it's for but all servos should have rubber isolators. All flying models experience vibration even gliders.

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Burnaby (203 points);
Neither the HK450 nor my TREX 500 ESP used rubber isolators. Do helis used them? or just for planes?

highace10 (1 points)
I was wondering where i can buy some replacement servo arms for this gem?

Cheers

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vasikn (22 points);
There are many types of arms from other servos fitting to these. If you have other micro-servos at home so try arms from them*-)

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highace10 (1 points);
I was hoping to buy some more as i have run out completely. Anywhere i can buy some more?

Cheers

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Alwin (25 points);
Every servo comes with several different arms. Did you use all of those? The cross-shaped ones could be clipped off and used as standard arms. I do it all the time.. Stil have dozens of them lying around.. Could send you some if you're from Holland? (would be too expensive for international)

nick (7 points)
Do you think this servo would work to open and close the canopy on the T-28 Trojan from parkzone? I'm looking to build a canopy that opens and closes but I'm not sure if it is powerful enough. Any help would be great! Thanks!

nick

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Kevin (3 points);
why not use hxt900s

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nick (7 points);
IDK, less expensive when you buy in gross. Why? - does the hxt500s not work well?

Kristian (1 points)
Hi,

Is this servo digital? (I have to use it with my 3PK on HRS). Or shut I look for another? And what shoud it be?

Hobe for help - Kristian

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Beaufighter (707 points);
This is not a digital servo! All digital servos are described as digital in the descr1ption (search for "digital" in the quick search).

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Kristian (1 points);
Thanks a lot. Then I don't brook my 2.4 GHz futaba *)

David (2 points)
I notice that the wires are color coded differently from a futaba servo. I assume that the red wire is the same as the red for futaba. Does the yellow wire relate to white and brown wire relate to black on the futaba servo? It looks like with the universal connector, it would be easy to plug them in upside down and get the polarity wrong.

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David (2 points);
I will answer my own question in case someone else needs to know. I got the correct answer on another RC forum.
Brown relates to the black wire on a Futaba servo and is ground. The orange (or yellow) wire is signal and relates to the white wire on a Futaba servo.

Lucas (3 points)
No, the servo was not overload, the model has only 1m(40inch)wingspan and weights only 500g(15,3Oz). It was powerede by an e-max 2822, 8x6APC and Zippy3S2200. I flew these servo on this model for more than 2 motnhs without any problem, but today I have this, lost my model... :(

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Michael (12 points);
Yes, the servo was overloaded. These are way too small for anything but small foamies, I'm surprised they worked at all. You should use at least a 9g HXT900 servo or equivalent for a plane of that size. Like it or not, that is why you lost your plane.

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Alwin (25 points);
I fly fullsize DLG's with the HTX500* of course these only weight 250-300 grams but forces can be severe. Still, none of them ever failed me - and I used 30+ of them in planes. Sounds like just bad luck to me. Too bad for your plane though.

Kevin (102 points)
You don't say what size the aircraft was... Are you sure that this would be the right type of servo for the aircraft?
It sounds like the servos were overloaded.

Lucas (3 points)
Guys, be carefull with these servos,
I don�t like them, I bought two here on hobbycity and put on my electric Cherokee, on the Rudder and on the elevator, the servo of the elevator burn and lock the models fly direct to the ground ! I lost my Cherokee because these servos ! I�ll never use these servos anymore.

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webber (1531 points);
Don't say such things ) These servos are perferct in the cost/quality ratio. I thing your problem was you used HXT 500 in your model instead of HXT 900. For the plane above 400 grams HXT 900 are prefered.

P.S. Always check the "crispy" sound in the servo before flight - if it crisps just fit a new one - they ARE really cheap!

Felar Furlong (374 points)
the sizes are incorrect. hxt500 and hxt900 both have similar sizes in their descrlption, but in fact hxt500 is much smaller.
btw, hxt500 and hxt900 are the best of the best.

fnation (1 points)
I have a E-flite Taylorcraft ARF. Do I need the HXT500 or would the HXT900 be a better servo?

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webber (1531 points);
Being an expert in the HXT servos, I would advice to use HXT 900 if the flying weight of your model is 350gr and above. HXT are also nice, but would mostly suit lighter airplanes and preferably not 3D

N.Master (74 points)
Yes, this is standard connectors. (Futaba and JR type compatible)

wctsh (1 points)
Do these have universal servo connectors or are they for one brand of receiver?

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minitel (78 points);
universal

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Customer Rated

Cunilinguini

*Cheap
*Hxt 500
*Extremely small
*About 6.4 grams
*Powerful

*Servo horns are pretty
*Highly tiny
*Incredibly micro
*Tiny

60 people like this review.

Certified Buyer Rated

FlyingMonkey

REALLY GREAT SERVO!
I think it is the best servo in this price and weight range! They are really fast and without problems to use!
Recommended!!

Super Servo! Sehr schnell und eine super R�ckstellgenauigkeit! Benutze f�r Servos in dieser Gr��e nur noch die HXT500 und bis jetzt ohne Ausfall oder irgendwelche Probleme!
Sehr zu empfehlen!!

56 people like this review.

Review: pros+cons

Jan Rafaj

These are basically TowerPro SG50 servos.
Their characteristics is quite good.

Pros:
+ no play (dead band). Not even mechanical (teeth wag) nor electrical (by off-tolerance el. components in AA51880 ref. design)
+ highly accurate (results from the above)
+ fine-stepping (highly suitable for micro helis)
+ fast movement (.10 sec/60deg/4.8V), which makes them perfectly suitable even for heli rudder servo applications
+ weight. It is a bit above the spec about 6.5g incl. the connector wire
+ durability
+ withstands quite high load compared to its size

Cons:
- their servo horn shafts are placed somewhat more to the middle of the servo face, which means that slight collective non-linearity may result with heli's eCCPM heads, as most designs need the horn shaft positioned closer to the servo upper bottom. However this is becouse of larger horn shaft gear diameter, which results in higher load handling (that outweights this flaw very well).

Money very well spent.
These are by far the servos with the best price/performance ratio I know to date.

46 people like this review.

Cheap, Strong, Small = BEST

Alexander Vasilev

Perhaps the best server ever for models with weight below 500 grams:
1) Very light (it may weight a bit hevier but you can handle it by replaycing the wires and drilling holes in it)
2) Very cheap (please show me a server on the market with the same parameters and with a less price - unreal)
3) Very good quality (it IS precise, smooth and well centered, best if used in foamies under 300gr. weight
4) Need more? I once was out of servos and given an HXT 500 by a friend - from that time I order only them and HXT 900 for my hevier models. Oh, by the way, in Russia this servo would cost 10 times more!

44 people like this review.

Recommended!

John Litva

I use these in all my small models now. No more Hitxx servos for me.

- Center well
- No bad geartrain noises
- small size
- fairly long servo lead

My favorites in this size.

Thanks

20 people like this review.

HXT500 5g / .8kg / 10sec Micro

Davor Mikola

Just received 4 of them from friend who got them through United Hobbies.

I was little sceptic with pricing bellow 4$ and installed them on low wing
30's racer on OS 25 egine. With wing span of 40" I could install 2 of them for wings and still have total weight for all servos at fraction over 1 oz !
Response is very positive and no usual "dead band" around center as found on other "cheaper" servo models.

They definitely get my vote.

Next order I am getting some more.

18 people like this review.

great bargain

Vasikn

These servos are really great. I've replaced former hs-55 in my 80cm fun-fly shockflyer with them and strenght is fine and much higher speed is really great.
I ordered 15 of them for all my parkflyers :-)

No better servo for this price!

16 people like this review.

HXT500 5 gm Servo

Peter Richiuso

Don't waste your money buying more expensive servos. These are the best in their class. Have used them for aileron servos in gliders with one for each aileron (Flaperon)and one each for elevator and rudder. They're tight, precise, fast and strong. I have a dozen and I'm buying more.

16 people like this review.

Nice,low torque,bad in low tem

Roman Huber

Nice little servo with good centering and very fast, has significantly less torque than the hxt900! Tried a HXT900 and a HXT500 during winter (Temp about 5�C below zero), HXT900 worked well but HXT500 started to jitter and stopped...

13 people like this review.

NICE servos

Max Surguy

Have two of these in Goliath micro wing, so far after about 20 bad landings and over 100 flights the servos perform very well and strong.

Recommended !

13 people like this review.

Good for slowy

Andreas Rohe

Nice Servo. Good centering. I Ordered 4 of them for a 3D Shockflyer for outdoor use. The servo can be stripped down to 3.5g by cutting of the cable and using copperwire plus removing the ground plate. The screw for the servo arm can be left away aswell. And the price talks his own language

13 people like this review.

HXT500 is good value

Timothy Tait

I've only had tried it for a few flights, but they work well. Close to the same size as a HS-50 or HS-55 but not quite, unfortunate if you have molded servo mountings. Also leads are shorter. The horns are quite a bit thicker too. Sometimes the servo seems to settle very slowly, last bit of travel seems to go very slow. But not every time? Less jittery than the HS-55.

10 people like this review.

Works great on my DLG

Hyok Lee

Wow, what a great value! I have not had any problems with it. I flew my DLG for an hour and a half, powered by a single cell Lipo, and when I recharged, only 50 mAh was used.

10 people like this review.

Very good fast servo for Shock

Axel Hartmann

Ich habe 3 dieser Servos f�r meine Hallenflieger gekauft. Optisch sehen Sie wie alle anderen HS50 Nachbauten aus. Dann habe ich die Servos an einem GWS 4 Kanal Empf�nger getestet. Die Aufl�sung ist sehr gut. Deutlich besser als viele andere Servos. Bei einer gro�en Auslenkung f�hrt das Servo schnell auf die Zielposition ohne �berschwingen und bleib stehen.

Bis auf Dymond D47 oder Robbe FS31 und evtl. die orignalen Hitec ist das Servo bisher das beste was ich in dieser Gewichtsklasse gefunden habe. Und das zu einem so g�nstigen Preis!

10 people like this review.

Excellent value

J Russell

At under $4, this little servo is a real steal. Heck, it costs less than replacement gears for many other servos in its class. The HXT500s I own are quiet, smooth, they don't chatter and have amazingly good centering. At this price, you really can't go wrong, unless you need a highly-accurate, ultra-fast, super-strong micro servo. Overall, the HXT500 is a smart, economical choice for many applications.

9 people like this review.

servo

CANER AKSU

mikro servo ihtiyac� i�in en kullan��l� se�enek. Servolar �al��rken titreme ve v�z�ldama yapm�yor. �ndoor modeller ve k��k k�p�k modeller i�in ideal. Ar�zaland��nda di�li tak�m�n� da temin edebiliyorsunuz. Fiyat�n� uygunlu�u da cabas�. te�ekk�rler Hobbycity.

8 people like this review.

hxt900

Skandinavian

Cant beat the price, be sure to checkout bigbro too here: [url]http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=662&cda=17549[/url]

7 people like this review.

HXT500 5g

Bernhard Biebl

very nice little servo.

i use one of them in my katana mini (precision aerobatics, 800g, Axi2808/24, HXT 3s 1700) on the rudder and
it works great!! no fault till now.
(although i think this servos were not developed for such high load)

7 people like this review.

HXT500 5g / .8kg / 10sec Micro

Bugnon Sylvere

I have bought several HXT500 for rudder tail of micro heli, 2 TRex and one SJM400 for the first time it has been possible to put the maximum gain on gyros (Align500 and GY401)without oscillations because these servo have a very low inertia due to the coreless motor. It is an amazing potential for the price. On an other side torque and precision are not very good, but enough for rudder tail.

7 people like this review.

Good servo

Michael Nakamura

After changing to the 5 gram hxt500 servo, my 3D foamy gained a lot of performance. I had been running the hxt900 which was really good, but the weight savings really showed with the change. It is faster too.

3 people like this review.

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