Ray,
Thanks for the advice, Yeah I know right now converting gas to elec will be tough,we'll see what the future holds for new equipment to do this. I do have an elec Cub, Stryker, and a home built "Ugly Stick", built by trial and error method you spoke of, lots of left over parts from prior trial and error builds as I first stared. What I'm looking for are some books on the electronics, specs, diagnostics etc. to help in determining problems and setups. For example, just bought a Hitec 555 receiver and crystal, 3 s55 servos, electrifly 20 esc. Did a bench check with an 8.4 900 mah battery, no motor. Esc lights up, servos twitch, when power switch is turned on. Nothing else happens. Tried a receiver battery pack in place of other battery and esc, no change. Hooked back up no motor operation. Tried crystal in another receiver, and transmitter on same, all work. Also tried esc listed troble shooting. I'm guessing esc was bad and fried receiver? Any way of doing more intense diagnostics? Or do I just get another esc and receiver and try again?
again thanks for your help.
BJ