Thanks Doug, may be simply not checking the balance correctly.
Oh, and I did try placing the battey with the connectors to the rear. Seems like in any position , the connector cable just barely reaches and is very hard fish it out and back to the battery. I am a bit nervous about installiing the canopy after the battery is connected even with the correct transmitter settings.
If anyone has a good pic with the canopy off and battery connected I would appreciate seeing that.

thanks very much
Bill