first off let me say thank you all for your trouble shooting tips. they will come in handy for future fixes. i took my psyco bird out of the "things to fix" box and tore it completely down and rebuilt it from the skids up.....same thing, grrrrr! as i was about to put it in the "its broke so i need a new one" box, i saw my other cx2 laying on its side on the bench and ( i still dont understand why this is a big deal) saw something that i realized was backwards to what i had just put together, i had the motors (A and B) on the opposite sides of the frame. i flipped them to match the cx that flies and guess what.......IT FLIES!!!!!!!!! steady as a rock. my only question ( as i dont want to sound too slow[&:]) is why did having the motors on the wrong sides make it go into the DEATH SPIN, as i have come to call it? if they are turning the rotors the correct direction why would this matter?

The same thing will happen if you have the motors installed correctly, but plug in the motor leads to the wrong terminals. Found that out the hard way after upgrading to X180 motors back when I was still new to the CX2. It, too, did a "death spin"! Figured out my problem and it worked like a champ.