Chad,
Unfortunately, I already have the generator and power supplies which is why I'm steering away from the other chargers. No doubt they're good, but the 59.00 each I paid for my two power supplies is part of the over-strapped budget already spent. Even if I didn't have them, I suspect the price of two good 45 amp power supplies might well be the proverbial straw. The controller was too good a deal to pass up. A friend had two brand new Acro 90's that he got via miscommunication with a vendor and only needed one. I bought the un-needed one at a very good price.

I didn't have a chance to see or judge you, but both judged Adam and talked to him at length later about his setup. I was very impressed on both accounts. Nice guy and one of the best pilots I judged on !QUOT!howling Monday!QUOT!.

I'm aware of the new F3a Hacker coming out and will wait and see how the price and motor looks when released. I'm not ignoring the other motors out there either, but I'll have to decide on something this fall when I start building.

The whole purpose of me writing what I did was to give other guys considering electric an idea of what to expect and what I've witnessed so far. This stuff is still a bit of black magic for many of us and I'd still be totally in the dark if it weren't for my practice time with Andrew and Peter. I think we'd all agree is that for the short term, these things are gonna be like computers. Anything you buy now will likely be obsolete 6 months from now. In the interim, I'm gathering up things that will work within my budget and holding out as long as I can on the motor and batteries. My shopping list already has lots of changes in it.

Verne Koester