I have no way of knowing where my CG was set, the plane went in a few months back. I did have the receiver battery all the way up against the firewall, and the receiver was just behind the landing gear plate. The main reason for the softness of the Genesis rudder around center is the shape of the vertical stab. Rather than having a normal airfoil shape, it is shaped like a teardrop, which makes slight rudder inputs relatively ineffective because the rudder is being partially blanked out by the leading edge. Like I said before, a few design issues with the plane, but it's very capable as long as you don't mind using a mix or two. I tend to bad-mouth the Genesis, probably more than I should considering I flew it very well (took 3rd at the Cajun Nats in Intermediate last year versus a field of 13, many of whom had already pointed out of the class). Hope you can get yours flying as good as mine did.