Servos in Bulk?

Circuitbuilder9

Hello, everybody,

I was wondering, since my robotics project will involve a few more servos, are there any sites that you can buy servos in bulk and cheap?
Thanks.

Duane Degn

It's tough to beat HobbyKing's prices on servos. Post #10 of my index (see signature) lists (with links) a few of my favorite HK servos.

erco

Great servos, as long as you can wait 3+ weeks for Hobby King. Incredibly slow shipping.

I get many items from Ebay China in 7-9 days.

Duane Degn

erco wrote: »

Incredibly slow shipping.

Yesterday I received the last order I placed with them. I ordered one of the $99 quadcopters you told us about on June 27.

BTW, I haven't flown the quadcopter yet, but it sure seems like a really good item for the price. I just need to change some connectors so I can use my batteries with it.

prof_braino

An exhibitor from the Sensors Expo says they supply micro servo (similar to HiTec HS-55) for $1.90
I'm still waiting for the qualities and shipping time. For two bucks, I might just get a dozen and see how consistent they are.

What servo are you looking for? If you have a specific model, I could ask, I think they can get anything that can be gotten, and are desperate to get a bunch of business going.

Duane Degn

Prof, I hope you let us know what you think of the $1.90 servos.

It's hard to beat the HXT900 at $3.69 for a small servo. The have over a full 180 degrees of travel. They do burn up pretty fast if you apply 8V of power to them (guess how I know).

Erco has even turned a HXT900 into a CR servo.

erco

I got a smoking deal on Ebay China servos, the price was a buck each. I ordered 20 servos. I think it was a listing error, but the seller honored it. Otherwise I couldn't do ridiculous experiments like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxhki1zi_k

Just do an Ebay search on 9 gram servos and be ready to pounce when you find the right deal. That said, the Hobby King HXT900 servos are much higher quality & durability.

prof_braino

I turned a HiTec HS-55 into CR by blasting through the stops, now I no longer assume 180 rotation is 90 degrees both directions.

ebay is listing 9 gram servos for $6.49 cheapest for 1. $26.70 for 10. Don't know how these compare to HXT900

Just got an email from the vendor that they are asking $1.76 each for quantity of 500
$1.90 is for ten.
Also, same with metal gears is $4 each in quantity 500
$4.26 each when buying 10

erco

Here are 4 for under $10 :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4X-GENUINE-SG90-Micro-9g-RC-Servo-Futaba-Hitec-HS-55-/300702881542?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item460349d706

or make a bid: http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-x-S0009N-9g-Servo-for-airplane-RC-model-T-rex-450-helicopter-/230829788256?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35be870c60

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-x-S0009N-9g-Servo-for-airplane-RC-model-T-rex-450-helicopter-/120955822314?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c298760ea

ajward

Don't know how many more you're looking for... 10 for $21.23.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-PC-Micro-9g-Servo-for-Futaba-Hitec-HS-55-GWS-walkera-/270965889938?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3f16d35b92#ht_2881wt_1398

erco

XLNT find, my young Padawan! The eBay Force is strong with you...

erco

TTYTT, I do use those cheap Chinese servos for light-duty, non-critical applications:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxhki1zi_k

But when precision motion control is required and I'm building the servos into something permanently (CA'ing them directly together, as I am wont to do) I stick with a name brand, HiTec or Futaba. I used two of their cheapest standard servos ($10 retail at the hobby shop for HiTec 311) on my robot arm and I am extremely pleased with their strength and accuracy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF6TwbIT384

Those are just $8 at http://www.servocity.com/html/hs-311_standard.html , if you order a lot to offset shipping it's worth it.