If you are
RC Helis Pilots, especially flying Align T-rex 500, must have to pay attention to this piece. We may always search for cheaper parts to lower the cost on this hobby, but there are counterfeit
Futaba Servos being spotted on eBay and other sites, they are
GY401,
S9254 and
S9257. Though this was happened in last year, it is enough for us to learn from history.
In July 2009,
Futaba Japan published the news about inflow of counterfeit goods to market officially. www.rc.futaba.co.jp/hobby/info_090717.pdf
This document stated that the imitation parts are function well, and will make your remote control helicopter crash easily.
Distinguish the counterfeit
The easiest way to distinguish it is from the color of metal connections of plug, counterfeits are silver, genuine are gold.
And for the servo
S9254, it has longer rubber boots on servo than the counterfeit products.
Also, the font of “
GY401” on the package is different.
Disadvantages of counterfeit
Quality may vary
Some parts may feature themselves “compatible with xxx”, however few are generic, while most of them screw you up. It’ s unwise to test your luck
Lower Price, Higher Cost
Since if the products you bought is of bad quality, you have to buy one more time. And the worst case is crashing your helicopter.
Exaggerated Specifications
Counterfeit is always lack of business moral, otherwise there will be no counterfeit products. As they do not ever think of build up their own brand names and reputation. They never care about customers feeling.
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