RE: Center of Gravity question.
It's not the engine. As someone else wrote, the Tower 61 and 75 weight almost the same.
The Big Stik 60 is known for being nose heavy. Mine was a tail dragger, with the battery pack as far back as we could push it, and it still needed tail weight.
Most of the other ARFs I've seen tend to be tail heavy.
Glad you got it balanced without too much hassle.