So right now I am at less than half of that figure for wing loading...That should mean that it should require a lot less power to match their speeds.
As far as induced drag, it did seem that there was no real noticeable increase in speed with this plane in a steep dive. The best performance seemed to be when just a long wide turn, or shallow dive, before straightening out seemed to give the best results.
It seems to me the best approach would be to keep the AOA as low as possible and HP as high as you can...