Hey Mike (aka Minnflyer).

No apology necessary. The one bad thing about electronic correspondence is that it is impossible to read body language when conversing with another person. Obviously, I very much misjudged the good intention of your first reply to my thread. I just got the wrong impression from it.

I think it is best to put this thing behind us and do what all of us enjoy most- talking about this great hobby and helping one another.

And mvasapoli, thanks very much for your input. All your ideas are very sound. Unfortunately, only some of them will work with this particular plane because both elevator servos and the single rudder servo are mounted at the rear sides of the fuselage. Trust me on this though, one way or the other, I will get this sucker properly balanced.

Thanks again to everyone who responded to my question.

Jeff