RE: Is a lot of elevator needed to rotate, typical of heavier wingloading?
I''d add that the CG is obviously not too far forward. We rung it out a bit and it will do wild snap rolls and the lumcevak. Left spins are fairly typical spin rate but right spins really wind up. It recovers from spins about one spin later than most birds but does otherwise come out with neutral sticks.
Rolls were smoother with the incidence better set.
We again had a fair headwind so only the first flap position was used for landings. It requires a very fast idle or perhaps even slightly more to maintain landing glide slope. I''d prefer to never land it dead stick.