To be honest, the aircraft should not even fly this way. When you get things set up and connect to the aircraft, check the status light on the RC. You should have a green light there once connected. If that remains red, you may need to re-link. We can go through that process later. As a note, the firmware versions must match between the RC and AC, and not necessarily number wise if it is older firmware. For example I fly with 1.8.8 on the aircraft and 1.6 on the RC. Those are matching firmware versions. Also, the latest for the P3 1.11.20, has known transmission issues but vary from aircraft to aircraft, so if your firmware is older, I would hold on to it.