Hitec 31055S HS-55 Economy Sub Micro Universal Servo

This is a light weight replacement for my ailerons and so far it has been performing as advertised (about 8-9 flights at about 10 minutes a piece) and so far the only problem I have had is the constant buzzing coming from the servo. As far as I know I have it set a factory center but it continues to buzz as though it is under a load. It hasn't gotten hot yet or even warm so I'm assuming it is OK but the noise leads me to believe it is receiving I signal from something and may be receiving an input signal from something as well. I am using an AS3X stabilizer receiver so it may be telling it something it shouldn't while the plane is sitting still. Anyway, 3 stars because its doing its job so far and I will update review if I figure out the buzzing noise is not the servos fault! UPDATE as of 21 Jan 2015. I received a comment from another user of this product that said the reason for the buzz is the fact that I am using an analog servo with an AS3X receiver and I should be using a digital servo instead. This should explain the buzzing noise. I am also upgrading rating to 5 stars since I now have an additional 20 flights (all successful) with this servo and no problems. I hope this helps out. If something should go wrong I will update with any info as to why and what happened. Until then, if anyone has any warnings about using analog vs. digital with my particular receiver pleas chime in and let me know!

I use a lot of the HS-55 Hitec servo's as well as a bunch of other models and brands. I have had a lot of good luck with these servos,and they are very reliable for me and they are reasonably priced. I don't care much for the HS-81 as I have had to replace the gear train in two of them recently. (they were new)I have never had to do so with the HS-55's. I started RC in 1960 and have used lots of radio's and servos in my time so I recon I can gripe once in awhile huh? Over all, this is a great hobby and the equipment is better than ever, and more reliable then ever before. Hitec is a good outfit over all in my book. Good luck to you all, HALF FLAPS.

The servo itself deserves 5 starts, excellent quality, durability and reliability at a fair price. Used to be sold by Horizon Hobby through Amazon. Free delivery and I'd get the servo within 24 hours. Now it's a different vendor, takes days to even ship. Order to delivery is about 10 days. Hence 4 out of 5 stars.

I bought this servo for a project I am working on. I needed a small servo and this one fit the bill just right. I am not using it in an airplane but I do RC airplanes also so I have an idea of how they do. This one works well, has good strength and responds well. One of the tests of a servo is how many thousands of cycles it will run before problems or failure and I don't know how many cycles this will run but it looks to me like a solid little unit at a good price. I bought a driver to drive this servo and the two work well together EMO1003 Servo Driver

Real or fake? Pictures attached for what I received. It did work, has that trademark HS-55 chatter at center and has flown once so far. However it does NOT match the item photos shown in Blue and does not match any other HS-55 servo I have on hand. My old servo arm did fit on this new black servo but I'm not sure its actually real. The servo and the servo arms are both different than my legacy HS-55's so did these change color or are they knock offs?

Hitec always makes a good product

good servo. bought it to replace the servo in a micro SCT and it wasnt an exact fit and you have to trim some things on the servo and on the vehicle to make this fit but its a much better servo than the stock one. definitely worth the work

Both servos were junk! I bought two of these to control the throttle and choke on a gas engine. the first one i discovered was junk when i put the servo horn on the splined shaft and the servo started to jitter. i found that the type of potentiometer they use in these is very cheep and when you push on the output shaft it actually creates a short across the potentiometer. the second one could not handle vibration. works fine if there is no vibration but as soon as the engine starts, the servo starts to jitter. same problem, bad potentiometer.

Excellent, good price and quality Hitec.

Bon matériel

Habe etwa 12 Stück von diesen Servos für meine kleinen Fugzeuge bis etwa 1m Spannweite im Einsatz. Haben alle Jahrelang durchgehalten, jetzt das erste Mal einer kaputt. Bin sehr zufrieden und werde diese Servos so lange wie möglich nutzen.

Habe mehrere gekauft. Einer davon dreht sich nur endlos im Kreis. Rückgabe jetzt wohl nicht mehr möglich, hatte zulange gewartet mit dem prüfen. An der Software kann es nicht liegen, denn Servos drehen sich nicht endlos im 360 - Kreis.

These are great small RC airplane servos, I have been using them for years. They are becoming pricey though.