heya thanks Tim, my next post was going to be there heh.

Yeah, i know what you mean by engaging the controller at full and then bringing it down to 0 throttle, i did that in my case but if i engage the throttle up from the 0 (or bottom) position, it still doesn't start my motors.

I KNOW my wires from the ESC to the motor are ONE color though, so maybe i need to swap them around a bit to get the right mix?