The Nighthawk flies about like any high wing taildragger. My choice of putting the extra power of the FA91S in a 40 sized airframe had to do W/balance as much as power. My theory is that if the plane need nose ballast, the best way to add the weight is more reciprocating mass IE, a bigger engine.

I would think that any biplane would be a handfull on a day W/gusting, variable winds. Something scale in a low wing monoplane W/a wide landing gear stance & heavier wing loading might be a little easier to handle.