Hey, thanks to everyone for the great comments and suggestions. I really had a laugh on some of them especially the uglier the better! That Kavalier I mentioned was put together and in various attics over the years I wasn't flying. I finished it in silk and dope and have been flying that and a trainer. I've wrecked and glued that Kav so much that I refer to it as the Ugalier. I'm really not tore up about smacking the SSE, it can be rebuilt fairly easily. Maybe if I wreck it enough I'll call it the Something Extra Ugly! I'm really trying to understand why the receiver crapped out on this one ( I know, Murphy's Law). All of your suggestions are really good ones. I had a friend there with a variable load battery tester and we checked it right after the crash . I over loaded the battery and it never got below 4.5v on a 4.8v 1500Mah battery. John from Futaba called me yesterday and suggested that I not only keep the antennas at 90 degrees but also run them 90 degrees on different planes, ex. one horiz and the other vertical. That will keep an antenna oriented to the transmitter at all times. I believe that there may be something to Chemie's worries on the wing tube. The plane was headed away from me when it started to go wild. The only other clues I have is that the receiver never went to the signal loss throttle of 20% and I was using channel 6 for the left aileron. I plan to take the trainer out tomorrow with the antennas as John suggested and the ailerons on channel 6. One other thing I want to let y'all know but not to rile anyone up. I'm and industrial drive electrician. In the paper mill I work at the company is installing new process transmitters that are wireless (flow, pressure, etc). You guessed it 2.4 GHz. I quizzed them on their range and they say less than a half mile. This should not be a problem as our transmitters and receivers rely on an unique access code before they link up but you never know. We fly about 6 miles from the mill. If anyone else has trouble around an industrial complex it would be good to know. Thanks again for all of the great comments.