I have the Clark Board, and it is plug and play if you want it to be. Only thing you need to get your soldering iron out for is if you want to make use of the boards ability to give you up and down on the Barrel elevation.

Clark has done a lot of work tweaking this to the needs of tankers, and it is plug and play with Darn good sound, and Tamiya compatible battle system for less then $70. You can plug in a Tamiya apple as well

Todd You just need to experiment with the servo connections. I have mine set up to run like a Heng Long. Throttle on the Right, turret and cannon on the left. Because the Clark is fully functional wihtout starting the motor, it allows you to add your Benedini if you want to add custom engine sounds. You still have to use the Clark sound for Cannon and everything else though.