The TC3 is a bit rough on servos. You can get a Kimborough small servo saver and use that instead of the associated servo arm, this will help quite a bit. You might have to do a little trimming but it isnt a big deal. The hitec 525MG is a great low cost metal gear servo, yea its not as good as the expensive ones but hey it costs less than half their prices. Servos can fail because of several reasons, if you don't have the end point adjustments of your radio set and the servo will continue to try to turn your wheels farther even though they have reached lock this will damage your servo and it is the number one reason for throttle servo failure in nitro vehicles and I suspect a very common reason for failure for steering servos too. The big problem is that people that wouldnt know this are more likely to be fairly new and the lower end radios dont have seperate right and left EPA adjustments.