with the gear left down you get allot of drag after you pick up speed and you'll need allot of back trim to compensate, if you don't have any leaks with the gear up or down, no reason to not retract it, so...........positive rate, gear up...........

in response to 'going stealth' when you turn nose in the profile of the F-16 is very slim (even with your fat bird ) and can be quiet difficult to see, tip missiles not only help here but they also keep you from dragging a wing tip when taxing and it tips over (and it's gonna do that).

the biggest mistake i see people make who aren't familiar with the 16s do is they won't pull the nose up on landing, if you don't pull it up it won't slow down, the more you pull it up the slower she'll go, just use power to control rate of decent. don't worry about stalling it with the high AOA, it'll just drop the nose slightly and go back to flying if you get it too high. the biggest problem with the high AOA is dragging the tail cone and rubbing the paint off and eventually eating up the fiberglass.

myself i get all the stab travel i can without going crazy (don't use a 3" horn), just use a 1" horn and 100% ATV. with a flying stab you need allot more and the more you got the slower you can get on landing keeping the nose up. i pull full back stick till it rotates then let off as she climbs out.