Hey rcflyerdave, I used HS56's all round on the cyclic and the same as you on the tail, I had to put the servo's in backwards forwards, ball links inside and out. Whatever worked correctly! I spaced the aileron and elevator servo's to stop any rubbing and to assure that the control rods were perpendicular to the control horns and the control surface. The only issue I had with the 9C was getting the servos operating the right direction, make sure your swash plate is set on SR-3 and with my set up having the servo's the way they are, I only had to reverse aileron, throttle (I did rudder too only because I wanted the servo in a certain position) you may be different, the instructions tell you what the swash plate should do with the movements of the sticks on page 16 of the manual. I was not too worried about the 2nd or 3rd hole thing, just put the ball link in whatever hole it needs to be to assure that the control rod is as close to 90 degrees as possible. I have my Rx in the rear opening, the gyro on top of the tail, the speed controller where they say to put the battery and the batt in the front tray compartment only because I have neon lights around the heli that I like to show off! My heli is about 1.5 degrees tail heavy as apposed to nose, but I like it like that.
Hope that helps! Let us know if you need help with throttle/pitch curves/gyro setup.
Chris B