Mike, if it pulls to the canopy in the downline moving the CG forward will only make it worse.

Think about it this way, a nose heavy plane requires extra elevator to keep the nose from dropping right? So in your down lines, where gravity is not pressing on the top of the plane, that elevator is going to cause the plane to go to the canopy.

To adjust the pull to the canopy you should first get the CG where you want it. Not until the CG is set should you start messing with incidence. Reducing the main wing incidence (leading edge down) will reduce the pull to the canopy. However, keep in mind that the reduced incidence will also increase the pull to the belly in knife edge, so you need to strike a balance. Many of the FAI guys I've spoken with elect to trim for straighter knife edge flight and then if they have a down line pull to the canopy they either deal with it manually or mix a slight down elevator at low throttle. Personally I'm not crazy about the down mix with low throttle because as I slow down going across the top the plane wants to sink, however, many of the top names use this mix.

Keith B