you will find the Episode to be very responsive airplane. The rudder is incrediably sensitive and effective and you will find you have to slow the rate of movement to avoid too much correction. I fly intermediate and the airplane flys much better than my abilities. The only other thing is on landing the step taper wings tend to give up flying quickly and suddenly if your approach to landing is too slow. Use some caution and come in a little hotter than you think you need too or put in a landing mix that throws a little spoileron (about 15 degrees) into your final approach to touchdown. That way you will be able to maintain a little throttle until you are completely down. Earl started using a pair of Nuance wings on his Episode and could not see any difference in the snap maneuvers. I modified my wings and added a false leading edge that straightened out the taper and it made landing a lot easier and more predictable with no loss in maneuver performance that I can see. Have fun.
Sheldon