the high UC lowers the landing and take off speed......
comming in you have a high AoA and no speed, it touches wheels first, if the UC was short you would touch the tail first. ( ugly landing )
taking off the high AoA gets lift quicker. ever notice how a Magic is always the first plane to take off from your flight box and blow over when a gust comes.
the rudder has less effective % of area compaired to the last... expect it to track straight and you might loose the flat spins, the hang should be better.