....and my luck just aint getting any better

[Nutz]

I have managed to get Horizon Hobbies to replace crash damaged Spektrum RX's before, but I did not tell you this

The noise it made, was it like a drumming flutter sound?
As I have had blade flutter (woof & poof) on the Raptor before and this was resolved by having leading edge grips instead of trailing edge, it normally happens on flips and rolls and can escalate into an explosion of the head!

[raptor-flyer]

what happened to the bolt and nut securing the head to the shaft.could the problem have anything to do with that{bolt loosened off and came out when stressed}
Not the most pleasant thing to occur but as you siad only damage to model not to yourself or any others around at the time.