RE: Biplane Flight Differences
Well when I was flying pylon and slope combat with Zagis and turbine powered Starfighter I also had a 1/4 scale Stampe.
Boy o boy that thing was fun to fly. Get the scale style take off right with the tail wheel up and just enough power to get her moving throgh the grass, 10 minutes of biplane stlye aerobatics again with just enough power to get her over the top and then a side slip approach with full rudder and crossed ailerons in to landing with the 4 st burbling away.
I guess the big difference for me was in getting the flight to be realistic. A slow roll with the Starfighter would be done at 150+ mph and the nose would not move if I got it right, with the Stampe I would be doing it at maybe 20 mph at 1/3 throttle and the nose would move lots as I tried to keep her flying along the same imaginary wire in the sky.
Great fun