All good suggestions, and thanks.
I substituted a set of flat fins with the same surface area as the original ring fin, adjusted the area down to compensate for air-flow reduction when the body tube passes through the ring fin, and washed it thru OR one more time -- by the simulator it should be totally stable (1.87 cal.) Having built, and flown this model, it was completely unstable, even dangerous, a real land shark. What else have I overlooked? For the test flight, I didn't have very large engines onboard (C6-7/B6-0 configuration), could it simply been underpowered?
Attached is a PDF of the replacement fin design as well as an .ORK file to run on OR.
Jay Edmondson