Congratulations MiL! So glad your story had a happy ending too. Just take your time and get to know the plane..your doing very well with it. That strange feeling you have might be the fact of not having a total aerobatic plane before. Have you had a full blown aerobat, or is this your first? If you havent, that may very well be what your strangeness is. You might try just slowing it down for a bit. There's alot of power, and some....hehe..I'll try to say it so you can know....some stable instability. It's a happy medium is what it is. The plane will tumble all over the sky, ask me how I know. When slowed down decently though, it should respond well by simply obeying commands, without the strangeness. I think you experienced that upon landing. You might want to be careful on calm days, and keep a little power all the way to the runway for the first landings. It's easier to land into a decent breeze. Without the breeze I keep a click up on throttle until about a foot off ground. No prob there.
It is really pretty stable compared to some I've had, such as the Sukhoi SU26 I have, major handful there. The EXTRA is a breeze.
The thing will do it all though, just don't make it do it until your ready. You've made it....now it's a matter of fine tuning....the manual has some very good tips on trim/balance/set-up...use this and you will have a show stopper before you know it. It will make you look real good. Report back soon..let's here how your latest session went,,,,,, C-ya