OK, well, apparently I screwed up somewhere. I took the plane to the field today and got it ready. Double checked all my throws and controls. Engine ran perfectly. did the range check, all ok.
Started my takeoff roll, no flaps, started to rotate and the plane pitched to the left and made a really low left hand curve to the fence and crashed... I tried to aileron it back right when it happened but it didn't seem to have any effect on the bank. Crosswind of about 5 - 8 mph

Post mordem - , all control surfaces still worked and all operated in the proper direction and throw. CG of the plane was at ~68 mm and was double checked at the field.

Several of us at the field speculated that I must not have had enough airspeed when I attempted to take off in the crosswind. This plane has relatively small airfoils compared to the trainers I am used to flying.

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I put this wreck away, and got my sig Kadet Sr. out so that I could enjoy part of the morning anyway. This plane is 72 mhz and I usually have to share the 46 pin with another pilot at the field. He and I joke with one another and we enjoy watching each others planes. Anyway, I got the pin from him and fueled my sig, got her in the air and was flying for about 5 minutes when it suddenly started acting bad. I had control , then not, up, down, everywhere. Well, I don't need to explain what happened. The other fellow got his battery changed and brought his plane back out to the flightline.[&o]

We both brought the pieces of both wrecked planes back to the bench, packed up, and went home... He is having the new plane delivered to my house.

I'll order another 182 ARF and salvage the parts from this one. Any help, comments, suggestions would be welcome before I attempt to fly it again.

Thanks