It is a bad departure to write this review in comparison to all the other good reviews that you see about this servo. I however have had 2 bad experiences with this servo. First, I have had ProTek servos in the past that have been excellent, were very strong torque power, and these servos would have lasted a long time. For some reason I got a bad batch with these two. When I got the first 160 TBL I installed it and it gave normal operation of a ProTek servo. But I learned that I could hear servo noise that was out of spec because these servos make no noise whatsoever and neither do any other servos I have used. There was a light twitching sound in the servo that was noticeable that sounded like some type of electronic interference. I tested it on another receiver and the same noise was still evident. I didn't know whether this servo would malfunction fully so I returned it to A-Main. I received my second servo and didn't even install it and immediately plugged it in expecting to hear a quiet servo. To my shock I heard the exact same twitching sound however this time it was even louder. I had to return this one as well. If you go to page 2 of these reviews Clifford Flores said the same thing. I don't know if it is possible that there are whole batches of electronics that are defective in a lot, but this may have been the case here. Lately, I have noticed that the quality from China, Taiwan, Korea, or other Asian countries just isn't what it used to be. If you read my review of the Tekin Gen4 Spec-R 13.5T, the same thing happened with this motor. In comparison, my Motive MC4 was hand checked, assembled, and packaged by a professional at the Wisconsin office. For this motor there was an 18 part Analysis and Quality Control Spec Sheet, including a visual inspection, machine test and motor temp, and the timing was optimized and pre-set. Upon installation, this Motiv MC4 17.5T motor could power my Team Associated B74.1 4WD with a near power level as the Tekin Gen4 Spec-R 13.5T. In this comparison, poor quality control standards should be a justification that electronics should be produced here in the USA like they used to be. Corporations just will not have it this way though because of their profit margin of executive greed. Much of our electronics must be produced at FOXCONN and abroad in order to justify that unheard of profit margin and eliminate good paying American jobs. What do you think?
***AS ALWAYS, AMAIN HAS ABSOLUTELY SUPERIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE WHICH IS THE UTMOST HIGHEST
IN THE INDUSTRY. SO THEREFORE THE RETURN WAS NOT EVEN QUESTIONED***
I use protek black label servos in everything i race. 170bl in 1/8 scale and 160 in 10th scale.i use to use mks or futaba and one day tried the older protek chad Bradley servo and since then never looked back protek bl servos are very good quality and wont let u down. Speed is great and the torque is amazing. They are very strong servos will last u long
Excellent servo highly recommended, using it in my 1/10 off-road with great success has a very nice response and tight feeling.
This is my standard steering servo for my 1/10th scale off-road buggies and stadium truck. I really like the speed an torque this servo delivers when I'm racing (though i'm a slow guy :-)).
One of the best servos out. Strong and fast! Plenty of torque for the 4wd 1/10 buggy.
After additional research on Spektrum 150A ESCs, I had found that their ESCs pushing 7.4v could sometime be a bit harsh on servos even if the servo can handle 7.4v. I reduced the ESC BEC output to 6.0v for this servo and it is nothing short of outstanding. Would recommend to others but suggest you research optimal performance output of specific ESCs for specific servos.
I am using these servos on a Tron Dnamic helicopter. Due to the design of the Tron Dnamic helicopter airframe, "low profile" cyclic servos are ideal for this helicopter. I was originally using Theta DH1 "low profile" cyclic servos on this helicopter, but I was not entirely happy with the performance. As I searched for other "low profile" servo options, I stumbled onto these ProTek RC 160TBL "Black Label" servos. I had two initial reservations. The first reservation is that these servos are "officially" recommended for 1/10 to 1/8 Scale Surface applications. The second reservation is that the advertised maximum operating voltage is 7.4V even though these are "High Voltage" servos. I dug into more research, and it turns out these servos can be powered by a 2S LiPo which has a maximum of 8.4V. Why is the maximum operating voltage advertised as only 7.4V? The answer is because 7.4V is the "nominal voltage" of a 2S LiPo.
I have been powering these servos with 8.0V via the YGE ESC's internal BEC. I am using the Mikado VBar EVO as the flight controller. Overall performance has been superb. These servos are super quiet, even when encountering "binding" from reaching mechanical limits. Even at 8.0V and 85°F ambient temperature, these servos remain cool to the touch after a flight beating the helicopter pretty good.
These servos come with an aluminum servo arm (M3 threaded holes at 17mm and 21mm distance from center positions) and 4 self-aligning aluminum servo mounting grommets along with the usual 4 rubber grommets and 4 brass eyelets.
Moving forward, I plan to use these servos as cyclic servos on future 550-600 size helicopter builds as well as for ultra light weight 700 size helicopters like the Tron Dnamic I am currently using these servo on.
The servo I had ordered works great on the axial scx10 ii trail honcho and deadbolt I have, both are running 128mm and 130mm tires and 2.2 wheels with capra portal axles. Took them out over the weekend and was very happy with how well the steering was working out.
Amazing servo using on a 22X4 elite. Just got back into the hobby and using plastic servo horns as a (servo saver). Cheap solution for me that is relearning and occasionally taking hard hits, so it strips the cheap plastic without toasting the servo.
Great servo! Use it for indoor carpet and clay, won't buy any other type of servo.
Beautifully machined and impressive. Very smooth and quick. I'm running the black label in a ET410.2 truggy and a B6.2d buggy, both have performed flawlessly. I've also heard great reviews from other friends that run only protek servos at this point. 5 stars!
Nice low profile, very short plug wire though, so needs to be close to Rx or you may need an extension.
Very impressed with this servo, it's quiet and fast. Quality of the case is excellent. Hopefully it stands the test of time.
so far first impressions are good, 5 stars.
This is my second Protek 160TBL servo. I was so impressed by my first purchase I had to get another for one of my other vehicles, and will be getting 3 more over time to replace the others in my vehicles.
It's a nice, fast, servo, however mine failed in ~2 months. It lost it's center and started spasming at full steering lock.
That said, A-Main was amazing with the warranty and replaced the servo under warranty. The only downside was that it happened so quickly (after extremely limited use - I wasn't practicing daily or anything (I was racing one 1/10th buggy class once a week) - and then took ~2 weeks to get back up and running.
Pros:
A-Main's support
Warranty
Performance
Cons:
Not as durable as one might hope
The servo I bought fits in my new associated pro4 sc10. This product make the stock servo weak and works on point. I recommend this product.
ProTek RC 160TBL "Black Label" Low Profile High Torque Brushless Servo. Great Servo for On road car, I tested on my On Road Mugen MTC2. Further my Team members bought several one.
These are in all my low profile servo set ups. Amazing. I cannot believe how quiet they are with my futaba reciever. Blows the Savox SB-2265MG Black Edition Low Profile Brushless Metal Gear Servoout of that water. (To be fair, it has noise with the Futaba reciever).
They have plenty of torque, the speed is amazing. Just buy it.
WOW - I am super impressed with this servo. The speed at 7.4 vdc and torque are great - installed as the steering servo in my AE RC10B7D. The cable is fairly long so placement relative to the rcvr is really a moot point. I have another servo with a 3" cable. The servo end does not have the JR/Futaba rib - pay attention to the sensor wire selection when plugging in as the servo may not work otherwise. Metal case - looks great, powerful and fast, runs at 7.4 vdc, winner winner...
Protek 160 servo is in buggy b7 is awesome thank you very much?
