writetoaaron, I'm not really sure. As I said I never really had much success with the darn thing. I just know that the day I did fly it, it was windier than the book suggested that it be flown in. Then everytime after that with no wind to speak of I couldn't get it to climb out, it just glided right back to the ground. It felt to me like yes it needed some wind in it's face to create lift. From reading numerous threads of other ppl having pretty much the same problem with that plane since then, it also sounds like one of my harder landings may have knocked the fuse loose or something like that but I'm not really sure. By the time I had read different things to check on it I had already given up on it & gave it away. I hope you will have better luck with it than I did. Check old threads about this thing too. I know there have been a few that list exactly what to check & how to make sure everything is lined up & adjusted correctly. Apparently once these things are done right it is supposed to fly pretty well. I just never got mine too. Hope this helps in some way.

I would read thru the stuff aeajr put up for you too. He seems to be pretty knowledgable when it comes to electrics. Much more so than I am.