I'm going to try the recharge method you recommended. The plane sat for about 2 weeks between charges and I didn't discharge it completely. I'll let you know how this works out. The prop never came off and can only go on one way, push-on. I purchased a Sky Pilot electric and it doesn't exhibit these problems, and glides beautifully even with power off in flight. Another problem might be my throwing technique, I have much better luck with taxied take offs.

After reading about the SkyFly this forum, I was surprised to hear about the 500 ft. radio restriction since this plane is capable of getting out of this area quickly. In fact I lost control of the plane about this distance from the radio when I crashed the first time. What would you consider an acceptable distance for electric park flyers? 1,000 ft., 1,500 ft. etc. Eventually I would like to get into powered soaring, but the first thing I thought about was the radio distance being a limiting factor. I guess it pretty hard to see a small plane at a quarter of a mile though isn't it?