I do believe BV is a bit skimpy on his setup, but he and his men are so meticulous with their pre-flights even before they leave the shop....works for them......

Actually, I have no doubts my straight wire system will work on the UB as I have the identical system on my KingCat #2, as well as KingCat #1 which I sold to my flying buddy, Dave Elsinger, here in Fond du Lac, both with (8) 8411's on #1 and (8) 8611's on my current #2..........between the 2 planes, have over 200 flights without a single glitch.....using 3500maH 5-cell packs without regulators on RX and 4000 ECU Duralite on #1 and a 10 cell 600maH Nicad for #2 with the Pegasus NL AS on board....

As far as Erik's problem with his Bandit with the Duralite......might have been the Duralite.....I just received a pack from one of the vendors that was assembled 8/05........upon the first load test out of the bag at 1 amp, voltage was 4.55v...[].......capacity check was 1200 maH and wouldn't charge right......called up Duralite and got a replacement warranty pack....great service....but even Duralites fail......while you don't have to cycle Lith-Ions, you still have to regularly load check them......David Reid almost lost his Phantom at MAB couple of years ago when his XMTR Duralite took a dump....zero volts while he was just getting ready to shut down.......


Tom