Thanks for the advice everyone. We rechecked the tail and there was actually a negative angle of attack on the tail (about 3 degrees). This seems to be another large part of the problem! Once we fix the fuselage, tail angle and add a little more control surface to the tail - we should be ready to go for round two. Ill keep everyone updated.

I think it would be a good idea to stick to strip ailerons and see if we can get a performance boost in later stages with the barn doors.