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Stuff on Ebay for Coolwings..

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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    GWS ! ! No thanks ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


    what does GWS mean?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Cheap

    (GWS = Grand Wing Servo)
    also sold as Tec, Supertec, Topaz and a million other names

    Not for my models. I already learned the hard way with them.
    May be for indoor use, but I wouldnt.

    The radio link with my models is not to be messed about with. I tried cost cutting in the past, and found it doesn't pay if the models are good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,669 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    OK,
    Now for the GWS,,,,, :rolleyes:
    It is a GWS failsafe i have in my revo and T-maxx :eek: :o


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Their failsafes (and gyros) work fine. I've used quite a few. Not a problem.
    Their servos are below the standard of several other makes . Not up to the stress and workload I give my servos in my models.
    The receivers .... I'm not sure ... I have heard mixed reports, some good, some not so good. I would not recommend that they be used in a model that could be capable of serious injury. Don't want to overdo it here ... but I think it's fair to say the servos & receivers are budget gear, and belong in budget models.

    2 personal experiences...I plugged a GWS servo (top of range hi torque BB MG) into an IR£80 receiver and a short in the servo burned the receiver out....a personal friend flying an aerobatic plane (with Tec / Supertec) had a crash due to servo failure - when he complained to his supplier (not me) he was told "what do you expect for that price?"


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


    haha that just mean from the supplier
    would these be any good in a leccie car?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Now (for servos) I use Hitec and JR as my personal preference.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,669 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Radion gear in my leccie car.
    Sanwa Gemini 2 trannie
    Futaba FUTABA,,,,,R123FA,,micro reciver 40fm
    Mtroniks Cirrus Pro esc.
    Ko-Propo 712 servo :D
    MVP 27turn motor.;)


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