I agree, but I just had a plastic Futaba 1st gear fail after a decade of service. I replaced it and the new one went on the 4th run! What'r the odds... I have a couple of alternate gear options on their way to try. I may see if I can get a servo saver to fit, too. It's a bummer to dnf over a little gear..

BTW Xpress, do you know of a hitec cross reference? I have a 5975HB, with "karbonite" gears that I no longer use, but I would if I could swap to metal gears.