Originally Posted by elmshoot

"Nose heavy Airplanes might fly poorly, but tail heavy planes fly once"
So If I'm importing the plane Ill recommend the fwd CG to make sure there is a reasonable level of success to their airplanes first flight
Keep cranking the stab to make it all trim out with the elevator fared with the stab.
Only change one item per flight other wise you will be chasing your tail on these trims flight.
I've raked the main landing gear back about 15 degrees to add a little weight to the nose gear for taxi purposes.
I temporarily put a reverse rotation Saito 1.00 in my Intruder to build some air time on the engine. What a mess to get it flying straight I've given up and just clumsily add rudder as the need arises.
Sparky