Garret,
I take off at full thrust, and climb out is at about 30 degree angle. Once I am airborn and up to speed, I can climb much steeper (using my inertia) but I have not yet tried any loops. Pretty soon though. I am cruising around at just under half stick, which corresponds to 105,000 rpm on my MW54 and that should be about 4 to 4.5 pounds of thrust. Thats pretty cool, not much thrust needed (less than I figured) to comfortably cruise around withought altitude loss. When I go to full power, the speed doesnt pick up much but I can really tell the difference for climbing and tight flat turns that are super. I have my low rate aileron set at the recommended 6mm throw, and high rates at 8 or 9mm. On low the handling is very smooth, at high rate I still think it is smooth and roll rate is much faster.

Andrew