Yes -that's one way to do it -
There are other setups -full scale-which were extremely good - for example-- various permutations of the Bucker Jungmann also the Jungmeister - --and they are not the same plane -
Airfoils are great examples of "it worked so it must be right" -
Problem is - if the wing loading is low enough - the airfoil means less and less -
bipes with 0-0 setups and absolutely equal foils work just great - with low loadings and high power setups.
The main compromise now is setting the plane up so that the pilot does not pull 10 g's before he knows it!
In some new monoplanes it is worse - I saw pics o Jurgis Karis' (sp),latest effort -- it looks like a huge radial with vectoring surfaces - -incredible example of with enough power anything will fly.
I would bet that takeofk is possible in 5 seconds from hitting the throttle