thanks alot guy for all the help. in response to the cb radio suggestion for my interference there is 2 cab companies less than a mile from where i live so i think that might be it. im a little bummed out though because the day my heli went nuts on me and hit the ceiling it bent the main shaft so im unable to fly it now. hopefully the new shaft is'nt to expensive. does anyone know of a good upgraded shaft if any exists? id like to get something stronger than the stock one if such a part exists. im actually using a antenna from my firebird xl that i moddified to work in the cp+'s controller, because i got my heli used without the stock antenna, im wondering if this might be the issue? again thanks for the input, its nice being able to turn to these forums for tech support from the collective knowledge of everybody here. later, chris