Tony,

Thanks for the great post. The only comment I would like to offer concerns the amount of up elevator in the turns. It would be hard to have the same input depending on wing design. A high lift wing may take a different elevator input as opposed to a thin less efficient wing. The ratio of lost lift during a turn will vary from wing to wing. I do agree with your comments. A well balanced plane does provide optimum glide and descent rates. It makes it much more easy to establish a stable approach without fighting the elevator to keep the plane level. Great input.

Jim