Don,

When reaching later stages in construction, it turned out that changing the AoA of the top wing forces one to re-make the front struts much shorter than can be achieved (aluminum fittings screwed all the way-in but still distance is too large), so I opted out pending the 1st flight.

Indeed, with the stock decalage, the model needed some down-trim (approx. bottom surface of elevator flat with stab) but all in all the flight characteristics were docile, not much retrimming in flight.. So I let it be for the moment.