I've been flying mine for about 2 years now using a ST .90 and MA 14x6 prop. As my flying site is over 4000 Ft over sea level this combo hardly hover the plane.

This is an excellent free style aerobatic airplane and it is wild in maneuvers like snaps and spins but i don't recomend using too much travel on elevator, in fact it is dificult to fly this airplane at the recomended high rates without using expos.

Just begin with the recomended throws in the elevator and move your CG back to the recomended point and you will find out why so little movement is needed. Two friends didn't follow the recomended throws and their airplanes have passed away.

After a while, i increased low rates to be an intermediate low/high and used about 35 degrees on high rates and 90% expo for hover and flat spins.

I didn't move or reinforced the landing gear support because i fly on asphalted runway and in fact no problems encountered 'till today.