I had a chance to fly it some more and I think it's just a matter of getting used to a new plane vs. my trainer. I did much better and by taking a longer landing pattern I was able to feather the elevator to slow it down better and keep the nose near level while bleeding off height vs. using my turns to loose altitude and increase landing speed. I also changed from a 11x6 to a 12x4 and that seems to help slow the approach speed as well, and gave me a bit more torque at slower speeds. You all were correct, it didn't climb dramatically when I went from 1/2 to full throttle, it responds much better than the trainer which would climb like the dickens. I did some high stalls and it's pretty predictable, with just a nose over without dropping a wing at very slow speeds similar to my trainer. Overall, I'm very happy with it. DG