When I first got the Dolphin it was in a cartwheeling accident, which separated the front half of the plane from the rear, just behind the canopy. My LHS offered to help me fix it since it was my first repair job. He made me feel like it would never be perfect, so he wouldn't listen to me say it was not perfectly straight. The rear of the plane is maybe 3 degrees off to the side, and 2 degrees down.

I have the plane trimmed so it flies pretty straight, though today I noticed that it looks kind of like it's crabbing when it flies. I know you can't see the plane to really tell, and I don't have a camera, but how much would this affect me performing pattern moves? I'm going to investigate some more this week, because I just realized that knife edges going one way might be turning up way toward the sky, and going the other way takes 100% of my rudder throw (again, this is just a hunch...)

What do you think, and what do you think I should do? I do have another plane (Super Decathlon) coming on Monday.

Thanks. I know this isn't the beginner's forum, but I'm concerned with the way it flies beyond beginner flying (obviously).

Thanks pros!