hello tom, i already looked at that, the tail is completly together and tight, the tail is not slipping on the gear at all, i think that this may have just been a "bad" one from the factory and they messed sumthin up in it? im taking it to my hobby shop today so hopfuley they can fix it or will exchange it for a new one, ive only had it for 2 1\2 days now so i hope they can do sumthin about it! thanks for all the help....chris