I'm sorry I don't know why the formatting of my email was wonky.

I wasn't planning a tuned intake mainly because I don't need a lot of power

 (100hp for 1200lbs gross). I'm planning to have a red-line around 4000rpm/120hp
 with around 3300rpm/100hp static. One of the reasons for the low rpm is to keep
 the motorcycle chains happier.

Okay I now understand it is better to have a backup controller as opposed to two
 different controllers for each rotor. I suppose it would be pretty unlikely that
 one rotor would ever need to be shut down and if I have multiple throttles I
 could just throttle it back.

Okay I'll go with peripheral porting and not do some experimenting and "reinvent"
 the wheel. :)

Brock