Ice, if you are comfortable flying an out of trim plane, go for it. Tripple check everything before take off. Do a range check. Use low rates. She will be up in the air at less than 1/2 throttle. Here is the only hard part - it may be out of trim. Fly the correction with the sticks, no need to get excited. Be smooth and go for some altitude. Throttle back to about 1/4. Set the trims as needed. From altitude, at 1/4 throttle you have plenty of time to do any adjustments needed and if it starts getting a little hairy, fly the correction again and gain back any altitude lost.

Fly it around for a bit at say above 100 ft. Bring it back to idle and get a feel for its great slow speed flight. Throw in a few loops and rolls and try a few imaginary landings with the runway about 25 ft. in the air.

I think you will like it.

Ed M.