tychoc, thanks for the info. i had to go to home depot anyway to get some more blue foam. perfect timing

BP_2, i opted out the aluminum tabs because moving the battery forward helps the plane a lot more than using the flaps themselves (plus, it adds weight, to the tail no less). using the little flaps does help keeping the plane going straight or maintain altitude, but it also induces a bit of drag. this is usually why a plane will turn really easy one way, but not so much the other way. if you get the plane flying straight with no flaps, trim nob, or right stick, the plane will control much better while flying. of course is can be much easier said than done sometimes.

diggs, do you remember where you saw the video of the AA doing backflips? i know the AA doesnt have enough power to do flips on its own, unless it had differant motors, or larger battery. but, i have been able to get it all the way around by flying in 5mph winds with the CG way back. i would give full throttle and it would nose straight up, then nose right back down and gain a lot of speed, then i'd go full throttle again and it would nose past verticle a bit. i did this till it went straight up and backwards. looked pretty cool. also managed a barrel roll in some winds too, but that wasnt intended also, if you chuck the AA as hard as you can into wind, or with the tail flaps up and full throttle, it just might do a flip then too

i attatched a pic for the throttle spring removal. when you take the back of the TX off, remember that there's 3 screws inside the battery compartment, and that the antenna has to be unscrewed.

nick