Lightweight Servo Report
Just took my new 155 gram Skulboy Servo out to the field up against my 171 gram stock stamp. PLH appears to be the same, or at least too close to discern any difference. The 155 has a little more flex to the flight plate than the 171, for obvious reasons.
Right out of the box, the 155 is a different animal than the 171. While the heavy turns a hair and then has a healthy fade when thrown flat, the 155 had a nice gradual S-curve to it and landed relatively straight in line with my release point. Beautiful flight. Much more wiggle to its flight than the heavier one.
There were a couple other noticeable differences, as well. I could flip the light one up to flat from a hyzer, whereas the heavy holds the hyzer the whole way. On an anhyzer, I can barely get the heavy one to turn very much, and it always flexes out. I was able to get the light one to hold an anny all the way to the ground, and it was a thing of beauty.
I don't have a big arm by any stretch of the imagination, but I was getting more of the flight lines that I have seen in Mike C's Servo videos out of this light one (just without the distance of Mike C). For me, the light Servo/heavy Servo combo is very similar to an S-FD/C-FD pairing.
In MVP language, if some are calling the Servo a mini first run Volt - which I agree with for the heavy one - then a light Servo is more akin to a mini Amp. It's a great one-two punch that I would recommend to anyone who doesn't have a lot of power or is looking to minimize the number of fairway molds they carry.
