Ok. opjose, thanks. I figured it out. there is nothing wrong with the plane except none of us know what we are doing...sigh...

It is working fine- all channels on "normal". The propeller is running smoothly. We keep crashing but all thst can be remedied with more practice time on the simulator and more favorable flying conditions. Maybe then we can keep this baby from crashing and keep it off the ROOF! Good thing is made to come apart in a certain manner, else we'd be up a creek.

Thanks for responding.

mejaydu