first off let me say thank you all for your trouble shooting tips. they will come in handy for future fixes. i took my psyco bird out of the "things to fix" box and tore it completely down and rebuilt it from the skids up.....same thing, grrrrr! as i was about to put it in the "its broke so i need a new one" box, i saw my other cx2 laying on its side on the bench and ( i still dont understand why this is a big deal) saw something that i realized was backwards to what i had just put together, i had the motors (A and B) on the opposite sides of the frame. i flipped them to match the cx that flies and guess what.......IT FLIES!!!!!!!!! steady as a rock. my only question ( as i dont want to sound too slow[&:]) is why did having the motors on the wrong sides make it go into the DEATH SPIN, as i have come to call it? if they are turning the rotors the correct direction why would this matter?