Hi there, I went the other way and am using a GY401 with an S148 servo. I had to as the original servo got damaged in a crash, I would be grounded otherwise.
The S148 does work ok, though there are times that you see it struggle to hold the tail still. I have ordered a replacement digital servo...not as high end as the 9254 but if the S148 does the job ok...then why not. I dont do full on stunt flying as such.
I am going to get my Sceadu Evo 30 into the air soon...I bought it when I started out in RC helis quite a while back...never ever got around to flying it.
I have been thinking a lot about the route I want to take. I have a Trex 450 XL HDE...its a good heli but needs a new radio system...2,4 ghz to get rid of the glitches...I crashed it a while back and am just sick and tired of glitches. So I am going to order a load of nitro fuel and am going to stick with that for my 'small' heli operations...I will keep flying the Predator gasser of course

but I just want a small 30 size heli for messing about.
Rob