Question re: Servo for SC

[coupe1942]

I stopped by my local HobbyTown store today to see if they had anything at all for the SC. They have a nasty habit of not ordering much to stock and it always seems to be the one part I want that they do not have. Sometimes they can surprise me though, so it is worth going over there every now and again.  I have a spare fuselage and I was piddling around in thinking that it would be nice to build it and see what i could do with it. I am wanting to keep it pretty much stock though and no motor upgrades or such. This plane would be built just for lazy day flying.

Any rate, I asked the one guy there about the stock servos for the SC. He gave me a pair of PKZ1061 servos. He claimed they are the replacement ones for the SC.  I have no clue and I am asking is that correct or not? When I go online though, the part # for the servo is PKZ1060 and not PKZ1061. I really hate to have to go online and pay the shipping fee for stuff they may have here, but I never know if the sales guys know what they are selling or not. Does anyone know for sure if this servo will work just fine or not?

Thanks...

On a side note about unexpected frustrations, I have my other Bixler ARF plane just about ready to fly, but they too are out of stock of the plugs for my battery and the connectors I'll be using. I can order them from Europe, but that is a heafty shipping fee for such a low cost part. Looks like both my current builds will take some time that I had not expected. No, I am not wanting to replace the current plugs with Deans on the Bix planes. Oh, well, life goes on....  :-)

[hghost]

I am no expert by no means but looking at the Servo PKZ1060 and 61 there seems to be no difference other than the number.
I only have a small place here in my town who sales RC products and most everything has to be ordered. He does sale the Cub and Champ and things like that and has many cars and trucks, but has little knowledge of what they sale.
So unless I want another Champ or something like that, i just order everything over the internet

[kenninny]

The pkz1060 & 61 are mainly the same servo the 61 could have a longer wire, or metal gears, but mainly
the same

[coupe1942]

I opened up both packages last night to install the servos. I was just positioning them into the recessed areas they are to be mounted into, when I noticed something was not right with the control arm on one of the servos. I started looking closer at the servo itself and noticed it was not a PKZ1061 at all, but was a PKZ1081. Grrrr, I didn't notice this when I was handed the servos in the hobby shop. The arm snags the foam sides and just does not work correctly. To add to my frustration is that the weather is so bad with ice today that I can't return the servo. Since I cut it out of the package, I am not sure they would take it back, anyway. Grrrrrr. So far, it looks like I have better luck with just paying the shipping and ordering from HobbyZone than dealing with the local hobby store. My own fault for not checking the parts more carefully before leaving the store though.

Oh, well, I guess there are some other mods I can play with on the spare SC while the weather is so bad here. I now have one PKZ1061 and one PKZ1081. I can likely change out the arm to the '81 or even trim the arm down, but the servo body is actually just a tad bit bigger than the body to the '61. Unexpected problems are always head scratchers, for sure. :-)

[hghost]

Hobbies Stores hire people who need a job or a family members who need a job, most have no experience and knowledge of the products they sell....most do not care , they are there to sell to make a buck..sad but true. I watch them punch buttons on a computer and than hand you a part and say this will work and unless you know to double check and do it...it can sometimes be a part that fits nothing you asked for.Be thankful you asked for a servo and they handed you a servo and not something totally different, maybe a motor or wheels in a box. To later see after driving home it is not a servo in the box, but wheels or a motor and does not fit anything you own.

And I must add sometimes the suggested replacement or numbers are right on the screen ,right on the box, But wrong in box . I worked in the Automotive Industry for many years and have sold parts and bought parts that was correct in every way, except what was "IN" the box was not what it said "ON" the Box. I was a Parts and Service manager for along time. That happened more often than people would imagine.