Fly? I was just trying to keep it in the air!

Actually, it does fly very nicely. That canard lifting area must have helped since I overshot 3 landing approaches.

Lots of up elevator needed to get it into the air (nose heaviness) but it flew great. The OS 1.08 pulls it quite nicely. Half throttle for cruise.

I did a few rolls but no loops (probably not enough elevator left)

That's just about all this plane will do. I didn't connect the rudders but stall turns aren't in the book.

It seems to stall straight ahead, and will "porpoise" if up elevator is held.

I took out about half a pound of nose weight (I had added 2 1/2 pounds to get it to balance by the book)

The CG is now rearward about 3/4" and the manufacturer says the starting CG point is very "generous".