Twisted servo leads versus the flat ribbon kind

[SteveK]

I got a couple new Hitec servos a while back and I'm installing the in some cars (and I LOVE spending time routing the wires so everything is neat and clean and tidy) and I forgot what a pain those twisted servo leads are to work with. The flat ones are great, they fold up on themselves to be tiewrapped, you can coil them around a screwdriver shaft and they stay nice and springy. The twisted kind can loosed up if you fold them up to tie them. One thing I do like about them is that they run nicely through the little Radio Shack wire guides I like to use.

They actually aren't hard to change over, if you have a tiny soldering iron tip and some skill. And if the wires are accessible; on an older Novak ESC I just got they are in between the circuit boards, so I'm not messing with it. Actually if you do have the ability to swap the leads, you can make them longer or shorter, depending on your requirements.

[call-911]

Yep, I've done the same with ESCs too. It's amazing how much better an old servo or ESC look with a new harness!!