Try running it on NiMH mode, just to see if that works?
But, I also think it might be your radio... I was using stock radio and i had the weirdest glitches ever, and like you said, I could recreate them.
“The modern astrophysical concept that ascribes the sun’s energy to thermonuclear reactions deep in the solar interior is contradicted by nearly every observable aspect of the sun.” —Ralph E. Juergens
Try to use race mode without safe mode.
I solve the same kind of problem with this setup.
It could be some kind of glitch to cause the problem.
However, I burn my esc with wrong polarity after I found the solution.
Pretty sad.