ah, ok....hope the guys at the lhs can help you...i think you have a simple rigging problem...if, on trying to pick up to a hover, it 'shoots left and back', you need to adjust the linkages so that the swashplate is tilted right and forward...in other words, shorten the right and forward links...or increase the right aileron and forward elevator trim on your transmitter...btw, you get the same effect on a full-scale helicopter...if the cyclic isn't centered, and you pull collective and try to jerk the heli off the ground, it can flip over in a millisecond...ken