Back from the dead thread.... I agree that this is not as big of a deal as some make it out to be. The Hitec 555 reciever even comes with a loom on which to coil the wire and the manual says this can be done with little effect on the usable range of the aircraft. It IS, however, important to not cross the wire upon itself, or tie knots in the wire(may cause breaks). Most posters in this thread say they have done this and had no problem, and I have also done this myself with zero issues so I have to say "the proof is in the pudding"... It was also pounded into my training not to do this, but after buying a few of the 555's, reading the instructions, and trying the coiled length; I now know otherwise for myself. In any case I try to leave as much antenna straight and uncoiled as possible (atlest to the back of the fuse) just as a course of habbit and my training in RC.[8D]