Thanks for the info.

Is this your plane?
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXGVZ3&P=ML

Or this?

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=LXJKU3**&P=ML

I am assuming it is the ARF since you mention a JR receiver and the Select comes with a Futaba radio system.

Tip: You will find you will get a lot better info a lot faster if you provide a link that has info about your plane. Otherwise we are either guessing or are giving advice based on a plane that is different than the one you have.

Recommendations:

Get the CG to the center of the recommended range. This may be the key. You say you have the CG forward of the most forward recommended position. This is very bad. The plane may be starting to lift and it can't get the nose up because it is too nose heavy. Move the battery or other components back, or remove weight from the nose. Get it to the center of the range. Even a little off can be enough to have a major impact on the way the plane flies.


Since you are spinning left and right, not always the same direction, I will assume this is not a trim situaiton.

You must always take off into the wind. Any other direction at this point provides no useful information.

I still don't know if you have a steerable wheel or a fixed wheel or a drag wire. From the site I presume it is just a wire

How are you charging the battery? Are you using the stock battery? I presume you are balancing he plane with the battery in it, correct?