popping off the ground could be the begining of the "sticky collective" issue. Mine flew fine for about three weeks and then the "sticky collective" started with slight "popping off the ground" action (about 1 - 1 1/2 feet off the ground). Not the drastic 6 feet leap some experience.....but you probably took care of that after a long thread like this singling out this unfortunate feature.



the heli should actually get light on the training gear and be able to move around close to the ground. not popping into the air. I could be the difference between notches in the TX throttle stick and how you have the collective trimmed. Heli TX's shouldn't have ratcheted throttles but the stock TX with the blade comes this way. the ratchet can be removed and probably should be when you get a moment when charging those batteries.