Dewey,
Having built several Pageboys I can relate my experience. All were built per Ken Willard’s original plans as published in MAN, i.e. single channel, same down thrust, incidence, etc. Ken didn’t state an all up weight in his article but the super-regen Otarion receiver and rubber band escapement was light weight even by today’s standards. He stated that the .010 was too powerful for the Pageboy so he suggested that the prop be installed backwards or else use the 3-bladed .020 prop to cut down the zip. Unfortunately the postage stamp sized Otarion was soon rendered useless (interference caused by the CB craze) and so I used the newer but HEAVER proportional super-het Ace Commander/Adams Baby actuator on the first one. The increased wing loading meant that it had to be flown with kid gloves to avoid a stall and the inevitable spin to terra firma. However with the .010 peaked and with a little altitude, a two turn spin (to build up airspeed) would allow it to loop, do consecutive rolls, etc. LOTS of fun back when most guys considered .010 R/C not just a novelty but impossible! Especially with rudder only. A real crowd pleaser. I was hooked.

Fast forward 40 years.

With today’s micro gear a Pageboy should come in at about 4.0 to 4.2 oz. At that weight you have a Tiger by the tail. I doubt that even Ken could fly it with the old rubber band escapement without restricting the .010. It will do consecutive loops while GAINING altitude right from launch. With proportional rudder it is (barely) controllable as long as you are one jump ahead of it. I guarantee a real blast just for the price of some balsa from the scrap box. Try one.

Oh, by the way Dewey, if you are thinking rudder only then needless to say the .020 would be way too much. I have never tried one with multi-channel. But that isn’t what it was designed for.
Al