RE: How will it fly, what should I expect?
My biggest concern was stiffness and rigidity in the tail section. The INSIDE of the fuse is fiberglassed (3/4 oz) it also has Carbon Laminate 3/4" strips running length wise inside the fuse.
The tail is a sandwich. Center is 3/16" balsa, capped with 1" wide carbon Laminate and a layer of 3/4oz glass. Then as the glass was wet I added 1/32" balsa on either side and placed in a vacuum bag. After that dried, I inset 1/64" ply all around the outline of the tail on the centerline of the thickness. Then shaped, and airfoiled. It is about the stiffest tail I have ever made.
The wing is 52" with a chord of 9 3/4", it meets all other AMA rules for this class.