All good advice. I know that 3D planes are a different animal. To the best of my recollection I did not have any throttle in the dive but I applied throttle when it leveled out. I am using the hardware that came with the ARF and I think the pushrods are way too flimsy. They can flex quite easily. Also I did have them connected to the horn on the closest hole to the control surface. (I caved in to that temptation I guess.) I was using an 11 X 4 prop. Hopefully I can repair this ok.
I will post some pictures later today.

DaveCFI