ORIGINAL: cfircav8r
One thing to try before you ever go past the recomended CG range is throttle to idle (at a safe altitude) slowly feed in elevator until you either stall or you reach the max elevator throw. If you reach full throw and it just starts to descend then you have one of two problems or both.
Or, you may be flying a high wing trainer with significant dihedral, dihedral that self-rights itself rather than stalling off to the left or right.
Just sayin' ...