I just got a Tornado BB brand new for christmas and it acts like kinda the same thing. It will go like 10to20 feet and then i will loose control and it took off on me like 3 times now. I made sure everthing was connected fine and everthing and i even took it to a neighbor that knows a lot about nitro cars. I checked for a warranty and told them about the problem hopefully i can get it swapped out w/ a new one. Apparently the Tornado BB's are bad about electrical problems.[>:]