The recommended CG is way too far back IMO, I didn't bother to fly the plane with it that far aft as I am sure it would not fly that well.
With the CG at the front of the tube or a little ahead it flies very good, no bad tendancies right out of the box without any adjustments.
ORIGINAL: cchariandy
But does flying that much more nose heavy (205mm to 175mm is a loooong way) make the pattern more difficult? I tried moving my CG fwd (like 10mm) to reduce KE coupling but then holding the elevator on 45s...and point rolling or snapping is now alot more difficult. After praticing P sched with my Temptation (still don't have the integral running) on the weekend I was pretty frustrated. I also found it much easier to flop stall turns with the fwd CG. I really hope the modern planes are more tolerant to the fwd CG.
Colin.