Ok, ok, everyone here is right! Thats why I love this place. Now dude, since you've already got it all figured out and are going to do it anyway let me offer a few suggestions. I'll tell you how to set the plane up as if I were flying a new Extra , the test flight.

1. Absolutely low rates all the way around. Look at what the manufacturer suggests. (especially the elevator).
2. Be sure the plane is nose heavy! When on balance measurement it should fall slightly foreward.
3. When you take off dont give it full throttle. You're going to go up against several things you've never experienced. One of them is "P" factor. No not the stuff thats going to go down your leg, its engine torque!
I remember the first time I took off with a tail dragger I gave it full throttle (to show off a little) and wound up cartwheeling it in the grass off the left side side of the runway. I had no idea what hade happened. As I walked back with broken pieces someone said: ""P" factor! ". Anyway, slow steady throttle and right rudder on takeoff.
4. I always intentionally put a little "up" trim in the elevator of new planes till I get a feel for what there going to do. Remember, this thing is going to go where you point it .. I mean when you get in the air its not going to fly level and flat like that trainer.
5. I got to go .. when you get ready to land, just land in the grass somewhere ..good luck, wish I could watch