no Brian, something is wrong somewhere. As you fly your heli on normal mode you said your helicopter flies really well right? but as you go idle 1 or 2, you have to trim your elevator? this should'nt happen since the only thing that changed is your rpm and your +- pitch. on normal mode how high is your throttle? give me your throttle curve in normal mode and idle 1 and 2 mode. This way we can figure out whats wrong with it. It could be your main blades if your using the regular blades, they can only sustain certain rpm. as you go idle 1 your trims should not change...