Hi Gordon,
I have no first hand experience with the Hitec system but from a tech point of view the servo failsafe will only come into play when there is a loss of signal from the RX itself, like with RX failure, PPM RX's or some other condition. (PCM RX's will maintain signal output regardless of failsafe setting, either pre-set or last position "hold") So it may not be of such significance if not set as disaster would have been imminent anyway. To be able to do this the Hitec servo must be able to detect between good and bad signals from the RX. This is a real mayor step forward in my opineon and will minimise some installation "interference problems" due to long extension leads. (Another subject on its own) JR is my choice but they would have to seriously look at this sort of technology to keep up. After all its just a little bit of original software....
Cheers
Andre
PS. Your Bandit review rocks!