The 'Bear looks like she's ready to rawk-n-roll

As for overhand v's underhand launches, I just found it a bit too fat to hang on to for an overhand launch. And I ended up face-planting mine about 3 times before I switched to underhand, which I found heaps better for me.

A lil up-ele won't hurt - I'm pretty sure you need to set them up so that the ele is a frag up-ele from being dead flush with the rest of the rear stab. You'll soon know if you've got too much up-ele on - it'll climb like a missile. I was quite amazed regarding how a little movement of both the elevator and aileron control surfaces translates into a pretty big movement of the plane.

Your Dad was right too - that prop sure produces some serious thrust for such a little and light plane. Crank her up until you can feel it wants to really pull out of your hand, then let her rip. Careful on the sticks but - as I said, it's pretty lively even with small control surface movements. So be ready to catch any over-compensation...

Enjoy

BJ