ccshawke, this plane flys awesome i have flow it for a person a couple of times,but what we did do is remove the front panels mounted to the landing gear it seams to slow it down to much on flying and landing.....its to bad they look good on though.. with that 3 blade prop it just seems to be fighting it self while flying... to slow it down on landings just drop the flaps and it lands as smooth as can be and works great for short take offs as well. as far as clean up well thats part of flying glow just carry denatured alcohol with you for clean up its cheap, just dont take the wifes what ever you do.
and as RCKen says its a good time for inspection as well!