i am gonna give ya an "amen brother" on the elevator! i found that mine does everything,climb,bank, and flare on landing,just fine with 5/16" up-down on low rates and 1/2" maximum on high rates on the elevator. mine flies great,and actually pretty damn fast with fixed gear and powered with a GMS .47BB. 2-stroke. only thing i didn't like was the drab grey. i stripped all but the very bottom of the fuse,and recovered with flat OD green monokote and addes stars and bars,and invasion stripes under the bars. also used KRYLON camo paint to paint the cowl,in green with tan nose ring. enjoy,later.