mesaflyer youre right- found out the hard way that this plane was 1.5 oz tail heavy! my first takeoff was a nose up and white knuckled! i got it straightened out and actually flew it for three or four flights like this until i had help and a veteran flyer told me something was wrong with the plane. sure enough i bought- er um- invested- in a CG machine and it was way tail heavy. Just because the manual says its balanced at the factory doesnt mean crap. Think of the people building this thing in korea- u think they care about the balance?? were not trying to scare you in this hobby irrcanada- just letting you know that things HAVE to be right or it just wont work right!!