On holidays, in the boonies, only have 5 g servos for a Bushwacker, 9 g is recommended

[LundiThembi]

Is this a bad idea, I'm a novice flyer, going for slow, easy flying?

 

[Merv]

Those might be a bit small for a bushwhacker.
You might consider a tiny trainer, an excellent choice for a beginner.

I get my 9g servos from eBay, Amazon and many other online sources.

 

[LundiThembi]

I built and flew the Tiny Trainer and currently flying the Simple Cub. I had the left overs (5 gram servos) from the Tiny Trainer and thought about putting them into something more advanced.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

I built and flew the Tiny Trainer and currently flying the Simple Cub. I had the left overs (5 gram servos) from the Tiny Trainer and thought about putting them into something more advanced.

they should be fine... if you fly slowly they would be fine.....
but i would rather highly suggest the ft scout.. or a 170% ft commuter...
commuter 170%
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/power-pack-c-commuter.68014/

scout
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/sp0nz-plans-index.17136/

 

[Merv]

I built and flew the Tiny Trainer and currently flying the Simple Cub. I had the left overs (5 gram servos) from the Tiny Trainer and thought about putting them into something more advanced.

Sounds like you are making good progress learning to fly if you are moving on to your 3rd plane.

The simple cub Is a lot of fun, try increasing the throws and move the CG aft slightly.

 

[Taildragger]

they should be fine... if you fly slowly they would be fine.....
but i would rather highly suggest the ft scout.. or a 170% ft commuter...
commuter 170%
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/power-pack-c-commuter.68014/

scout
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/sp0nz-plans-index.17136/

have you seen the size of 5g servos? I got some today and I wouldn't trust these to anything bigger that 35in

 

[Matthewdupreez]

have you seen the size of 5g servos? I got some today and I wouldn't trust these to anything bigger that 35in
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oh..... maybe then build a ft mini warbird..... @LundiThembi

 

[Paracodespoder]

In my honest opinion, I wouldn’t build anything larger than the bushwhacker for the same style of flying with the regular 9 grams servos. I think they are near their limit on the bushwhacker.

With 5-gram servos I would not even use them on any plane with a motor larger than the f-pack. They just don’t have enough torque and would strip out.
However you can build the bushwacker now to kill some time and put electronics in it later or build something designed to use 5-gram servos.

 

[OliverW]

You should try building a shrubsmacker designed by @Grifflyer . Its like a mini bushwacker

 

[Taildragger]

You should try building a shrubsmacker designed by @Grifflyer . Its like a mini bushwacker

oh yeah I forgot about that one. it would probably be perfect for you @LundiThembi

 

[LundiThembi]

Thanks for of all of the suggestions. The Bushwacker is built, I'll wait to put in the 9g servos, just checked out the Shrubmaster, going to build in the meanwhile.

Thank you all!