just installed the New CNC Blade grips and had that issue will have to take a look at the washer crossing fingers.

It has to be something with the way the head is put back together becuase I have the same problem with mine after putting it back together and it work fine before I took it apart even with a stripped out main gear.

I guess it's always possible that there is a component in the rotor head assembly that is generating some noise after the you disassembled it and replaced a part or two.

Keep this in mind tho, electric heli's are notorious for generating RFI signals. If you haven't noticed there are capacitors soldered across the poles of both motors on this ship. The idea is that the capacitors filter out the A/C RF noise before it reaches the motors, and in a servo, keep the controls from glitching all over the place. This problem is also common on gasoline powered heli's, and other than using a a PCM receiver (FM- like the AXE- is more susceptible to the RFI), the larger choppers will also solder a capacitor acroos the Hot and Ground leads of each servo as close to the servo as possible (or even inside it, like I did on my gas x-cell).

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Anyway, I'm having the same problem that you guys are, after replacing a blade grip and set of main blades. The chopper will lift off and then violently want to drop out of the hover, and you can hear the change in either pitch or headspeed (i'm suspecting pitch) when this is going on.

One problem that I found a few days ago was a bad solder on the hot wire leading from the speed control board to the motor at the disconnect plug.. it was concealed by the heat-shrink tubing.. the thing pulled apart with no effort when I was trying to trouble shoot a complete shut down of the main motor without any warning. Easy fix.

I'm going to give this thing a few more hours of troubleshooting, but if that doesn't fix it it's going right back to Great Planes to see if they are able to figure this one out.

found today that part #36 had a crack in it Slide Block hmxe9058

I had same problem as you with heli droping. Motor connector on negative side just fell off when I removed shrink tubing. I replaced all connectors that fit more snug and made sure my solder job was good and the heli performs much better. I also re-routed all of my wires. All radio/servo wires run on the right side of frame and all battery/motor wires run on left side of frame. Kept radio and power wires as far apart as possible. With the Hitec HS-55 servos and Blade CP paddles with 1/16" wheel collars halfway out on flybar and putting rotor head on high point balancer to get as perfect a balance as I can, the machine flys best it ever has. My next step is a GY240 gyro.

found that the issues with the heli is the negative lead to the moter is loss and not connecting well moving wire when on workbench would go so far as to cut the moter all the way.

I've said it before. Everyone who buys an Axe CP should peel off the shrink tubing and check those connections. My Axe connectors just had a little solder at the tip of the wire. Not good. I guess solder is costly where these things are built