RE: Servos
Standard and heavy duty servos will do the job, but each increase in the performance level of the servo equals a proportional or greater increase in the planes performance. You can and will "Feel the Difference" by investing the money for the best available with the most reliability. Shaving nickles and pennies in giant scale is well documented for crashing airplanes.
Tha pretty much covers my opinion of who makes the best product as well.