ORIGINAL: cjmdjm
With all my practice on the Ember, I was actually able to fly the Alpha without much trouble. Except for one thing. On landing, I always broke the front landing gear off. Even though my landings usually looked quite smooth, the front landing gear would still break. I would fix it, and go fly again. Of course, with the exception of the first time, this can be explained by my shoddy repair work.
I learned on an Alpha 60, and the nose gear was/is the weak link on the plane. Of course once I was able to consistently land on the main gear and then lower the nose it was much less of an issue......still it's a weak link, though. I ended up going with an aftermarket nose gear that was a bit heavier duty, with a stronger pivot assembly and steering arm. It's worth the trouble.
If you're landing at idle speed and still seeing excessive roll out then I suspect that you're either idling to fast or perhaps you are a bit nose heavy on your CG. I cut power to idle on final as soon as it's obvious that I'll make the threshold without needing to add any power. Landing roll is rather minimal. The plane floats in and stops very quickly. (Not every time, of course......I've still got a lot to learn. [8D])
I hope you're enjoying the Alpha. I certainly have enjoyed mine. Good luck.