I think the CG is where it needs to be. It still pitches some in the inverted 45 line, but at that setting it had no tendency to drop its nose on the landing, which caught me by suprise when it tip stalled during the approach. I don't want to go all the way back to a neutral CG, partly because of that little scare and partly because a stable plane is a big advantage in the Texas wind. I also figured this weird knife edge behavior was indicative that moving it farther back wouldn't help.
I was using the same amount of rudder both ways. I have the deflection set the same and was using full throws. I know there are several aerodynamic factors going on here between spiral slipstream, different p factor caused by down and right thrust, and any warps along with the quirks of this particular plane. So is this is a known quirk with some planes that has a common fix, I hope to find it. But if not, I'll mix it out and get to work perfecting the maneuvers.