1. Battery was new at same time radio was and yes I charged it the night before.

2. TX was not perfectly vertical. It was tilted forward a bit.

3. I will check the battery type tonight and let you know on it.

4. RX has a long antenna that I have laying on top of fuel tank and a short antenna (1") coming out top of RX.

5. Linkage on throttle does go past wot but was only running it at 1/2 to 5/8 at time on crash.

The TX does have the black rubber protector missing from it exposing the wire antenna. This was not missing when the first plane went down. I don't get to fly very often since I also have a rc boat. Remember I have used this radio maybe 5 times without any issues until the last 2 outings. As of right now no way would I put this in another plane.