Didn't mean to come across the wrong way. I'm simply irritable.

As an idea I took the heatsink off the main motor thinking it might be rubbing and causing some metal-to-metal deal.

NOW the heli won't even lift off. I've got way more negative than positive collective pitch.

I don't get it, I never touched the radio or turned it on through the whole dis-assembly and assembly process. I checked e-flites website fof a picture of the head and everything is together correctly.

Sigh.