Technically yes, but my reference to 90* was more rhetorical; this is not really the point of this discussion. Remember, I am a self-admitted noob so I could have easily crashed on a sunny day with no wind at all .

For those who are interested in the outcome of the motor problem, I changed two of the wires (again) to no avail. I then changed the third wire with one of the two other wires and bingo, it started working fine - at least for now. Let's hope this time it is permanent.