I wish you lived closer to me. That jet should fly! One other thing....make sure the set screw is tight on the adaptor to the motor shaft. If it is slipping....not enough rpms to keep her in the air. Not much else to check on. The stock motor may be a lemon? Have you concidered replaceing the motor? Beleive me......we all want to hear that you got her in the air! It truly is a fun plane to fly! Don't give up....try to debug it. I would start at the battery. A friend of mine had the same problem with his Mega-junk Stelth bomber. He had a bad cell in his pack and he only had one pack for the plane. So he could never trouble shoot it. Until he got another GOOD pack did he realize I was right! But he never admitted it to me. Sometimes...even a new battery may have a dead cell int. Do you have more than one pack? Make sure the connection is a good one. When applying full power...does the plug get hot? If not....that is OK. If it heats up...you are loosing amperage thru a bad connection. May be dirty or corroded. Have you tried changing recievers just for the Hell of it? Do you have and exta 20 amp speed controler laying around to substitute for the stock one? Try to switch things to determine if they are good or not. If all else fails...I would return it with a long letter of explination. They are a very repitable company and will probaly will replace it. Good luck bro....wish there was more I could do for you.

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