ORIGINAL: Moerig
Agreed you want control, but digital servos have the ability to be intelligent (pending the designer) It will know that it cannot reach its final position at full power if it does not happen within a few seconds. It knows this from the feedback pot position! So it can back off enough to prevent stall and burnout. Pointless for it to zap full power when its obviously going nowhere, like on flaps in the OP's case. Could save a model instead of just burning out for no good reason altogether. Not much of a mental challenge now is it. Sort of like a rev limiter on a car.
There is a heck of a lot more intellegence in Hitec digital servos compared to most other brands. Including, in the latest generation, overload protection. Default is off, but it is there, and can be turned on if you wish. Naturally, this requires the Hitec servo programmer, a worthwhile investment if you use a lot of their servos. I use Hitec servos extensively and have the programmer. No problems in over six years that were not of my own doing.
...jim