Todd

There is something obviously wrong. My first reaction would be for you to check the battery to make sure it is fully charged.

If I remember correctly you had wired this all up into larger bigger board with multiple wiring and soldered connections. The DBC is sensitive to voltage flucuations as that is how the internal signaling is carried out.

As the delay on the reload isn't working I would suspect there is something going on in your Apple wiring. The DBC has no delay when there is no apple connected. The fact you have no delay could be an indication that something is up with that part of the circuit. Also because you say this seems to come and go, it points to some cold soldered joint somewhere that is opening and closing.(?)

Try removing the DBC3 from your ciruit board, and test it on its own to remove as much of the external wiring you have done. If I remember that was a very ambitious looking board you built.

If you have fully charged batteries, Try removing the apple in the circuit and see what happens.

THe Clark board is fully functional. The only remaining issue seems to be that the Clark board willl not take hits from the Tamiya Leo so there still is some concern on its compatibility .

Cheers