RE: phoenix decathlon
BTW, I wound up putting the battery in mine in a special box I built behind the wing TE in the top of the fuselage. I wanted a rear CG and that gave me one. So it's certainly NOT a nose-heavy slug.
And I set the throws almost exactly where the manual suggested. And I'm VERY GLAD that I set the dual rates so low rates were a shade less than suggested. I fly it mostly on low rates. They won't snap it, but the roll rate is good and high, and the elevator is about right, and the rudder maybe needs a bit less still. And when I want to do any snaping, I can hit elevator and aileron high rates and get a nice quick snap. Hit the rudder high rate and get an even quicker (but somewhat messy) snap that I'm not good enough to control. But I'm getting there.