 Another important part of your touring car electronics package is your steering servo. You're going to need a decent quality, low profile servo. I say decent quality as you'll need it to be relatively fast and responsive in order for you to have proper control over your car
You also want to ensure you are running a brand that is popular at your track to ensure you can get help from your fellow racers with setting up your servo and also for parts support should you ever need it (gear sets, replacement case etc) Here are my top picks for touring car steering servos as well as some honourable mentions: Top Suggestions Premium: Sanwa PGS LH2 Middle: PowerHD S15 Entry Level: PowerHD R12s Why I Suggest These Servos: The Sanwa PGS LH2 is among the most popular high-end servos used in electric touring cars. It comes at a premium price but is ultra fast, fully programmable, durable and reliable. I sell these servos along with replacement parts should you ever need them. This servo is also fully compatible with the Sanwa transmitters that I recommend The PowerHD servos are also a great servo at an affordable price. To me, PowerHD is to servos as FlySky is to transmitters...these used to be cheap junk but they now have some very high quality products. The S15 features a durable aluminum case, metal gears, a fast transit speed and more than enough torque for a touring car. The R12s has similar speed to the S15 but features a plastic case and slightly lower torque to help keep the cost down. I also offer PowerHD R12s and S15 servos, and parts for sale Honourable Mentions: Premium: MKS HBL Series Middle: Mibo MB2311 Entry Level: Mibo MB2312 MKS is another popular, high-end servo to consider. Have a look at the HBL series of low profile servos if you want a premium quality, high performance servo at similar pricing (possibly a little less) when compared to the Sanwa PGS LH2. I don't stock MKS servos or parts but can order them if required. MKS is also relatively easy to find online if you'd like to go that route Mibo is a brand that I don't usually stock but can order. Pricing is slightly lower than the PowerHD S15 and R12s with similar performance but the trade-off is the potential delay in getting replacement gear sets and cases should you ever need one as these come from Europe Avoid - Savox: Savox servos are a popular servo in the off-road/crawler/basher area of RC but I suggest you avoid them for your touring car simply because they tend not to fit very well Where to buy: I primarily sell Sanwa and PowerHD and I can also get most of the other recommended brands mentioned above. Your local hobby store may be able to get some of these brands as well. Please try to support those that support our hobby whenever possible If you're not able to buy from me or one of our local hobby stores, you can use this referral link to buy online from Amain Hobbies (I'll earn a small referral fee if you use that link) so you'll still be supporting McLeanRC Used Equipment: You can save some money by purchasing a used servo. Just be careful as servos do wear out. If you buy used, try to determine how old the servo is and what it was used for. A servo used in an off-road vehicle, crawler or basher may have more wear-and-tear than one used strickly for electric on-road so should be priced accordingly. To find a used servo, try posting a "wanted" ad on one of our local Facebook buy and sell pages: Back to Getting Started Series > Comments are closed.
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