That's it in a nutshell.

Like you said, it takes time to bleed off the speed, quite hairy

I flew mine for the first time today, nice calm-ish conditions so was landing with pretty much no wind. I went round about 5 times before I was happy with the approach speed, pukka factor was high!

I brought her in with about 10 ft of runway left (we have a very small field), I had to turn sharply to avoid the Wheat.

This is certainly the most beautiful plane I've ever flown, looks wise she's a picture, it's truly pretty and she flies great as well, can't ask for more really.

I do need to change out my .70 4 stroke though, it really does not do her justice and makes take off on a small field a bit dodgy.