Well, had a small bump in the road, Went to test the gear, and plugged the included battery wire harness into the controller, hooked up the gear and rx, plugged in the battery, and smelled the magic smoke.... upon closer inspection, the socket to install the battery wire harness was installed backwards.... so polarity reversed.... I did not think to check this as its designed so you cant plug it in backwards.... or not, so it seems...

Well I have some dreamworks controllers for temporary testing, and sent a note to Tony to see if he will help me out with a new controller...