Congratulations and thanks for the information. I will definitely drop the idea of a Saito 72 as just being too much engine. Seems I remember reading an account by Chris about his old VK Camel as having too much engine and hard to get to land also.
I read on the other thread about your aileron setup and plan to try it that way too.
How much lead ballast did you end up with to balance the thing out? Also, how big a fuel tank does it have? Did it show any signs of getting tail heavy as the fuel was finally used up?
Again, a great day for you, Chris and the company. Hope there are tons of orders for this cool model (just tell Chris to get my shipped out first though...).