TomC: I considered moving the servos forward, but it would be a lot of work for very little gain. As far forward as I could move them would put the front of the group just about under the CG. Since the whole thing only weighs about 4-5 ounces, I'm not sure how much good that would do. And making all new control rods really doesn't really appeal to me. I guess everyone has one operation he hates the most in kit building and making control rods is the one I hate most.

planebuilder66: That is funny. I know you're thinking the same thing I did when I first googled "batteries" and Interstate Batteries was one of the choices. I immediately thought "automotive batteries". But I opened the site and found that they sell just about every kind of battery known to mankind. I'm not pushing themthis is my first order with thembut I thought I'd give them a try. If this doesn't work, maybe you have an old group 42 lying around that I could try. I'll bet that would bring the nose down.

Max