But why was the thrust angle necessary? Regardless, it does fly nice, but it's not a dead true airplane, not by any stretch. My biggest complaint with the Kingcat's flight characteristics are in rolls. It doesn't roll dead true, not the one I flew, not the ones I've watched fly. But it's not designed to be a pattern ship either. The biggest issue with all that down thrust is the engine is going to get damaged if you have a gear failure or something like that.