I was reading on another forum some methods that were used to boost the range on these little guys. I was getting about 80 feet out by 20 feet high prior to tonights mod before losing control. I went to Radio Shack and bought a spool of 30 guage solid wrapping wire that was insulated in a white coating. By soldering on a length equal to the stock antannae, I am now able to get over 120 feet out by 50+ feet in altitude. I was limited by trees, street lamps, and the fear of hitting neighbors roofs and getting lost in an unfriendly back yard. I had no intermitant glitches and all was smoothe. I have the 27 mghz model and was flying around street lamps so i guess either the extension works, or I had a great 3 test flights. I hope this works as it was a painless, 5 minute fix.