Have an Aresti 40 with a Saito 72 up front.
15% S&W Fuel.

The plane is stock except for the lighter Dave Brown engine mount. Have a couple of questions:

Plane is balanced at 3-3/4" and does fly a bit nose heavy. When inverted I need about 1/2 stick down pressure on elevator low rates to keep the nose up. It really wants to come down in a hurry inverted. Plane has recommended throws all around.

Also, the plane seems to land very hot and takes awhile to bleed off it's speed.

Was thinking about adding tail weight or Downthrust in the engine mount???

Also, I don't have the cowl installed, will this help knife edge flight?

Thanks.