Giggles on the Hitec thing. Neither of the sevos on the LD3 were Hitec. I blew a Bluebird (cracked case, bent an internal shaft on one of the servo gears) and a Futaba digital (I'll take it apart at some point to see if the same thing happened). Endpoints set so they don't overextend. Then again, trying to nurse a broken car around a track could cause some strain.