I think that what you really have to worry about on a plane like this is a surprise snap roll if you pull back on the stick too much. If you are three mistakes high, no problem, it will recover almost immediately when you let go of the controls. Even if you are only one mistake high, it's no problem, just don't make a second mistake. The unintended snap roll is deadly when you are zero mistakes high and slowing down to make a landing.
If the plane is a little nose heavy and the elevator has limited travel, the plane will be a lot less likely to tip stall and snap roll on you. Use low rates for landing.
If you really want to get fancy, you can build the plane with flaps that lower and ailerons that reflex upwards when the flaps are lowered. In this configuration, the wing effectively has washout, which prevents tip stalls, and lots of drag, a good thing when you are trying to land a plane that is a lot cleaner aerodynamically than the typical trainer.