Thanks John,  

I guess I expect you fellas to be physic and know all what I am talking about,,,,apologize.     What this craft is, is a trainer, Avastar, which I converted to a tail drager because I had made a yard dart out of it so many times the firewall was trashed and I did not want to do all that cutting out.   So took off the wire gear and put a a Sullivan tail wheel and a Dubro gear up front, sort of a plastic fiberglass looking wide spread gear and used the wheels off the orginal plane.  I followed all comments here and other places off t he net, bought a balancer and did her up right.  Oh and changed out the engine to a OS .46.    Once the plane gets into the air , flies beautifully with no need to use any more that hallf throttle.  Here again the old plane went forever on the ground and not fast therefore the larger engine.  It was real heavy in the nose so moved weight to the tail.  As mentioned, flies great and looks great.  I am a beginner in this and maybe have only ten solo's under my belt.  Attempting a build now on a Stick 60 which is going to be a gasser.  Keeps me out of trouble and keeps you guys gessing.   Thanks for all the info .  Going to keep stabbing at this through the winter here,,,,, Georgia,,,,, which we can.  So once more thanks and I am sure more questions are coming.   Thanks to you and this forum and Youtube.   gphil