Allright guys... we've hijacked the thread enough... Let's let Chris do his thing... and ask specific questins about THIS setup... so the thread doesn't become umpteen pages long with pages of "stuff" between his posts...
For those not aware... there's a good "clubhouse type" thread on the 88" Yak here:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5204367