Futaba Fasst and Compro controller

MetalMan,

I just got the Futaba radio. I'm actually running two Compros now. One is the first that I had that was giving me all of the trouble. Since I've gotten it back from MGM, it's been running perfectly. It's the one that we are running in the XT8 with a Neu 1512 1900kv motor on 5S lipo that is giving all of the nitros in truck class all of the heartache at the Saturday night drag races.

My other Compro is a 22418 that I just got in yesterday, which I couldn't get the Futaba to work with. I just set the throttle reverse and all is well with the radio. This new 22428 is running as it should. I'm running it in a Turmoil buggy that has been converted to sit low and sport a truck body. I'm running this one with a 1515 1700kv motor on 6S with GRP Rally tires (3.9" tall). Geared 44/18 it only does about 52 mph, but it gets there in the blink of an eye.

The newer 22428 that I got in hasn't given me any trouble at all. I'm thinking that the first 22418 was defective and probably why it smoked. It's on its way back to MGM right now. Since I have a new 22418, I have to find a project to put the other one in, when it gets back.

I got the Futaba just to try it out. I saw it at my LHS and it was an impulse buy. So far, I like it a lot. It is much more programmable than the Spektrum. When the Spektrum "R" gets to my LHS, I'm going to try one of those out too.

I guess I'm just running out of things to buy.