yes the antenna on my plane was running through the tube also .just exited it out the fuse behind the wing and ran it to the tail and havn't had any problems since ,did you range check your plane with the engine running? mine started glitching only after it was running . also for some reason my reciever battery went bad on me after about 40 flights dont know if I over charged it or what after 2 flts. it would be drained replaced it and after a days flying the new one has still alot of power left something to check for sure. I just use one of the HOBICO volt watch plug in jobs they are cheap never hurts to make sure your battery is good to go