I am still a newbie” with racing rc boats, I have owned multiple rc cars and other radio controlled vehicles over the years and was always told to avoid cheap, no-named, and underpowered electronics by many experienced hobbyists. So when I built my first JAE 12 rigger to start racing nitro boats, I researched and bought the best mini and micro servos available. And i followed the build sheet that comes with this kit that has the servos completely held in place with wooden servo mounts. I have yet to experience a single servo failure or damage to either servo using the wooden servo mounts included in my kit, and my 12 rigger has been through multiple seasons of racing and testing, several minor crashes without any issues from the servos being mounted to wood. But adding some sort of dampening to any of the electronics can’t hurt. As long as it is not allowing the servo to shift around at all. I use Kyosho Zeal which was designed for drones to keep videos or camera images smooth and not blurry. that stuff works great for me. So far my wood mounted servos have lasted just fine. I personally think using quality radio gear and servos does help prevent servo damage and signal failures. To me it seems like cheap insurance to keep all of the beautiful and expensive rc boats I see at races under control and brought back to shore in one piece. I apologize for this long post. “can’t fall asleep tonight!”