Monkey Boy

when you say "it strafes left", do you mean the nose continues to point in the same direction and the whole heli moves leftward?

if this is the case, this is what helis do as that tail rotor, whilst in proximity to ground, acts as a lovely big fan and it will push the heli left! the way you learn to overcome this is by applying a small amount of right cyclic (the right hand stick on the controller to the right)!

you've made your learning curve pretty darn steep by going for that particular heli as a starter but stranger things have happened! the main thing to remember is to be patient! if it was easy everybody would be doing it!!

check out [link=http://www.dream-models.com/eco/flying-index.html]RADD's School of Rotary Flight[/link] as a beginning! there are other sites out there so have a look around on t'web!

be patient oh padwan and take it slowly!

Matty )<+}}}}}]@>