I wanted to put my 2 cents in while i am here. So 1st thing is im somewhat relieved i wasent the only one that has or had this problem and i feeling somewhat relieved and a little anxious thinking that there is possibly a chance there could be a fix/repair/ procedure that will correct this issue(nightmare) and lift this curse ive been dealing with ever since ive owned this drone. I purchaced this drone from a friend. I thought i got a killer deal at that time and jumped on it without much thought that there was anything that was wrong with it that was very serious that was something i couldnt figure out since i have dealt with things much more complicated in the past . Not to say im bragging or any better than the next guy but i can honestly say theres not too many things ive dealylt with that will get the best of me to make me give up trying till i succeed and figure out wht or why something doesn't work right or operate how it was suppose to. So anyway after reading some of the replies and comments i feel that it sounds to me like chances are it has something to do with the distance that the drone is from the controller when i initiate and accelleate drone to take off. But with that said along with all i have read i at least have a starting point and can at least eliminate the distance that ive been trying when taking off is well enough away so to be able to either have fixed it or can say that the distance im at when lifting off has not have anything to do with how far or how close i am to it and move forward to step two whatever that maybe. And at this point i havent a clue what that step will be. I will end this at this time with the promise to you all that sometime somehow in the near future we will find out why and am confident that there will be one of us that will put all the data we all give and put it all together to reveal the culprit (?spelling?). Looking forward to figuring out what is the fix or at least will have something to try that will put us all one step closer to a resolution, later on people