I think i have the sticky collective - but i'm getting used to this thing (long ways to go mind you...). If i'm not up to reversing the washers, will the collective eventually loosen up?

I also seem to be having some receiver issues...a couple of times my blade would spin up to full throttle no matter what I was doing - or so i thought. Eventually I realized that for some reason it was taking my L/R collective input as throttle inputs. Fiddled with the 4-in-1 a bit (checking the connections etc) and it seemed to behave after that.

Also I got a new set of main blades (flats) - they are already showing the first tiny cracks at the edges (from the grass or whatever) - should I be repairing these cracks with tiny bits of tape or glue before they get worse and the covering starts to peel..any suggestions in this matter?

I've got my training gear back on but had some issues there too - kept flying apart. I took the tubing pieces on the inside of the poles and moved them up past the brackets so that the stilts couldn't pop out of the that center thing. Then to keep the balls from sliding inside I wrapped small bits of tape an inch or so on the inside of the stilt. Seems to work okay - it's still flexible, but doesn't fly apart instantly upon hitting the ground.