I still had the balance set slightly nose heavy so I am sure this played a role. Even so I could knife edge circle using only rudder input

. i am sur ethat with a more rearward CG that the belly tuck will be less pronouced. In AdrianM's thread on this model he reflects on being able to virtually knife edge loop - only inhibited by the piolt aprehension.
Go ahead and get the kit while you can - it will be good to compare to your Goldberg one anyway

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Here is the link to the rebuild (I hope).
[link]http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10621901/tm.htm[/link]