Also I have to fly it the entire time, no hands off for me
http://www.heli-wiki.com/mediawiki/i..._and_CX2_Setup
Here is soloboss`s guide to hands off hovering
Once you have been through this and dialed her in hands off is indeed possible
As for spins being fast i would say 3 in 1 fault, did you change / swap / fix anything before this happened ?