Glad to hear your first flight went OK. I read your post yesterday but I forgot what the control throws were set at on my Giles. I checked them last night and theyre set at 3/4" Hi and 1/2"low with 25% and 15% expo for both aileron and elevator. I didn't check the rudder but I usually set it for as much throw as possible. I know this does not seem like a lot of throw (and its not for 3D flying) but as you found out this plane is very responsive. I usually fly on low rates and its very aerobatic. very crisp snaps,rolls, spins but again flat spins will not flatten out much unless you increase the elevator throws. As far as its stall, it will drop a wing when it stalls at low speed but not violently. It will land pretty slowly and is manageable in cross wind landings. One thing you should be aware of is high speed stalls. On high rates it will snap out of manuevers with too much elevator too quickly and it can happen fast. I tried doing consecutive snaps and it went into a spin. It took several feet to recover but thankfully I was a couple mistakes high. On the low rates it really doesnt have any bad tendencies and I'm having a blast with it! I forgot to check where my CG is but I 'll check it tonight. I'm quite sure its within what is recommeded in the manual.
I had my Giles since February and I don't think mine said version 2. Maybe they did address the issue of the fragile covering. If thats the case I'll definitely buy another.
Aenigma, you are right its always a good idea to add epoxy on glue joints on ARFs just to be on the safe side. But also I wouldn't trust EZ connectors on any control surface either. I think its safer to use clevises or Z-bends.
BTW it looks like the cowl on your plane matches the color better than the one I have. Maybe there is a 2nd version??