Brodak CL Basic Trainer 049

The plane is a trainer and I would bet without a doubt it's nose heavy intentionally. Put your finger on each side of the wing where the front leadout exits and pick the plane up. The plane will nose down and should nose down. Make certain that your tip weight is in place on the outboard wing. Don't balance the plane at first if the plane is nosing down holding it by your fingertips where I have mentioned. Fly it and see how it responds. Obviously, flying over grass is recommended.

            The important part is that your pushrod is installed in the hole which is closest to the center of the bellcrank.  I don't recall what control horn Brodak uses on the elevator, if it has multiple holes, you should locate the pushrod to the hole furthest away from the elevator for the first flight. This advice slows the movement of the controls down . If more elevator is needed, raise the pushrod in the control horn one hole at a time.  

       The next factor is your flying handle, your handle shouldn't be a large spaced handle. The distance the lines should be no greater than 3" apart and a 2.5" handle is even better.  Your prop choice for your first flight in my opinion would be your 6x3. Lean the engine out to the maximum on the ground and back the needle off until it starts to burble a bit at this point go slightly in a touch on the needle and launch.