No big deal, it takes more then the internet to upset me.

Turns out the channel was reversed on the autopilot switch. I thought that it was inverted so I kept trying to find other things wrong with it. There is a menu where there are six box icons and the AP switch has to be opposite all the others. I did look at this when I was trouble shooting but seemed counter intuitive to make just one backwards. The plane was constantly being told to land or hold. I'm surprised I managed to fly around on three battery charges with the plane constantly trying to take over and not one damaging crash.

If you really want to learn how to fly, invert that switch and fight with the airplane as it does all kinds of crazy shuft and you're constantly trying to stall out the plane then recover then lose control then get them back. Only control was with stick pulled to one corner and you could spiral it down. Imagine fighting the radio out of someones hands while at the same time trying to keep from crashing.This now feels like the easiest to fly airplane in the world. Amazing what you can do with a proper set of controls.