Matt,
I did try leveling of the plane and the wings are parallel. I did however put at least a 1 deg neg on the top wing. Nothing is off from the instructions of E-flite and surely not that far that it would be missed. At this point I'm of the belief that there is something very wrong with the design or at least with this particular kit.

The manual is based on the E-flite 15e motor and 4s lipo. The option for the 25 motor with 3s lipo is only mentioned as an option and not discussed as far as it is 7 ounces heaver than the 15e combo. I have tried both weight options and had to add LOTS of weight to the tail to get the 3.75 in CG. This still doesn't make much sense because my plane flies like it's tail heavy
I did discuss this with Horizon tech and their answer was " adjust you elevator linkage? (i currently have 1.25 inch throws as it is).
Thanks...Ron