Jack:
i have 45 degrees of travel with the HD dubro arms so that's not my problem

I think it was a combination of misaligned ailerons and not enough throttle input. I can't wait to find a day that's calm now.
Your review is spot on by the way. I think I did manage to get a friday night or monday morning plane though. The tail was misaligned and the extention going to my rudder was NOT plugged in properly. All in all though, a really well built plane. You can't beat it for the money

And I should also add that my CG came in right at the reccomended 4.6 or so. I don't really remember where but it wasn't as far back as yours is. Is your receiver or battery mounted in the forward compartment behind the tank? I'm curious to know why our CG's differ so much.
-Eric