ok back to being confused again 
I’m just working on a number of different things, all working a little different.
so the model that i had working (while flipping it on import). was from a heli run that didn’t have any gps points on it.
all the ones i have with gps, I’m getting a model with a different rotation than what i see in rc.
I think some how its just using the wgs-84 world co-ordinates rotation. (still moved to 0,0,0). and since i’m in australia, i’m getting an upside down model.