Ooops! Forgot about your density altitude out there in SLC.

Only reason I mentioned the limiter was to keep it legal if in fact you were over 0.9 T/W installed.

My field altitude here is only 800MSL. Once in a while in the summer the DA gets up to 2000 tops. I fly a full scale Bonanza, often near gross weight, so I pay attention to DenAlt.

I think at your DA out there, that rather long T.O. run may be something you have to put up with. Like I noted before, it takes a bit more of a run, than say a Bandit with flaps. Those elevons are short coupled, with a small moment arm. That, along with the fuel you are carrying, probably accounts for your problem.

Just be careful with getting the nose too high in the static position. I have had a couple of x-wind landings, carrying a bit too much power, where the nose hits, and then boings back up hard, into almost a cobra maneuver. You like to get the nose as low as you can to unload the wing lift.

Good luck with your flights---let me know how things go. I love those Spots.

Tom