about the +10 vs the +12, make sure your servo links are all the way to the outside on the servo horn. I put mine in the center hole all the way to the outside and I get the full +12. If that's not it, that 's real confusing to me unless your radio settings of max pitch at 77% is doing that.

About the super skids, they are the problem. The super skids add a ton of weight
http://www.heli-max.net/mediawiki/in...for_the_CP/Pro

29g total. Believe me, I know =P I've been doing alot of testing as far as weight on this heli lately, and I am flying the dual tail which adds 13g and without the canopy which subracts 11.5g, so it's basically stock weight, but with a cg that is shifted more towards the back. I can't believe the difference in flight going from my stock 800 pack to my 1250mAh packs. The heli just has no climbout power. The difference in weight is 66.5g for the stock pack, and 102g for the 1250mAh pack, so that's only 35.5g difference, or just a scosh more than the super skids.

You can probably also make up for the weight difference if you go with a brushless setup. I saw a vid of a guy's who's AUW was right around 450g with the park 370 4100kv, and he could fly failry resposively even at that hudge weight. The AUW on my heli is 319g wwith everything except the canopy. The stock weight is supposedly 298g, but I don't know if I believe that one.