Bdavison:

Thanks for the explanation of idle up mode. I have definitely had trouble holding a constant altitude in fast forward flight. If I understand your explication correctly I will have about four degrees of positive pitch at midstick in idle up mode. Would this not mean that I would not have equal positive and negative pitch at full collective. I have read reviews and they always have an idle up setup that is like -10/0/+10. Not that I really need tons of negative pitch at this moment but I guess I am trying to peek over the mountain before I reach the top.

Set up tip:

To balance the blades I used a broken landing skid support and the silicon keepers to secure the blades. It seemed to work well.