Alan,
I didn't have any trouble with Barracuda controllers at all during the Valdosta SAWs. I ran 10 boats in17 classes, all the way from 4-cell Sport Hydro up to T-Hydro. I did have a Hacker 77 explode and burn very convincingly in my 31" Dark Horse mono. That happened after the run was over, and the boat had stopped on its own. I also had my Q-Sport entry run away due to a loss of receiver battery and my failure to program the fail-safe feature. The only other calamity in my fleet was when the little 4-cell Forrester sport hydro decided to submerge and head for the bottom of Blue Lake during the turn-around. It amazingly popped back to the surface about 3 minutes after it disappeared. It was full of water and had mud on its nose. After replacing all of the electronics.........she worked just fine and set the record at 36.7mph. I really pushed a variety of 4 to 32 cell packs of GP3700, IB3800, and IB4200 cells during the event, and didn't suffer a single failure. I can only fault the driver for not making the boats go faster, all of the equipment I used was EXCELLENT!