ORIGINAL: XJet
ORIGINAL: modeltronics
If the grears didn't fail in your servo then the electronics in the servo amp would fail as it tried to go where it was told to go. The servo will draw a lot of current if it is stalled and burn up if the gears didnt fail. I would want the gears to fail before the servo amp failed. Gears are much easier to replace.
But how would you feel if your car was designed so that flooring the gas would strip the gears in the transmission?
I guess it could be said that it's not a problem because you shouldn't floor the gas :-)
Did you ever think for second that this was a one off gear breakage. You seem to make a big deal out of a situation that might have some other reason to have happened.
When I was trouble shooting Robots in industry, first time problem meant raising the red flag, second time around, meant action to be taken.
Roger