I do not have a simulator, and all the guy's at my field have what i call, THE BIG STUFF, you know 540's with 10 hp hanging on the front, they say the same thing, practice. I do think it is a little to much nose heavy, since hurricane IKE is coming through this weekend i want get a chance to test out moving the c.g. back. as for the rudder servo, i am using a futaba s148, it so far seems to be doing the trick, I think!! What servo would you guy's recommend on this plane? All the other servos on the plane are s3004. My radio is a simple futaba sky sport 6 channel w/dual rates. I have all the surfaces set by the book. elevator and rudder at 70mm for max and the ailerons at 40mm is the max on high rate. I will keep you guy's posted on the results of moving the c.g. but it may be next weekend because of ike.

Thanks for everyone's advice.
Jay Martin