budgio - thanks buddy i gave it a go and there seems to be no stuttering going forward but reverse is whole new story :confused: will keep trying to recalibrate it and see if i can get it right in the end, thanks for all your help

fast eddie - dont worrie about it buddy, i am sure it will get fixwd in the end, i guess i must of hit the trigger before the beep (stupid way of setting up the esc if you ask me)

cheers for all your help guys i will let you know how i get on

i had a play with the esc setup and i got it working :thumbsup:

took it out on the road to test it, let my friend have a go who then crashed it into a parked cars tyre and snapped the front chassis mount, chassis and one of the front shocks :(

good job there are loads of spares out there

cheers again for all your help

be sure to send your mate the repair bill :D