hi,i bought the coastguard today my self,had the same prob but managed to tweak it up.I havnt bought one chopper yet that flys straight out of the box.This seems to be a simple one to fly, not really supprising i find that as someone told me to buy a blade 400 as my first machine !!!, two flights of 10 seconds and two rebuilds later it is back in the box doh !.If you fancy a blade of any sort get the cx2.