And your assessment of the handling pretty much mirrors the real one, at close to Ed's weight and power. My T/F plan Taurus weighs 5.5 lb and uses an LA.46. The ailerons are precise, both in terms of roll rate vs applied amount and in the very good damping, ie the roll stops immediately the ailerons are centered. Pitch control is soft, but, given the size of the elevators, very powerful. It will, under power almost loop in its own length. Unfortunately the spin is, as you have found out, a bit of a hit and miss affair. When it spins, the spin rate is quite quick, with the nose well down, and stops immediately when any of the controls, (you need elevator, rudder and aileron to initiate and maintain the spin) is centered. Rudder is the least effective of the controls, it will slip, and given full rudder at the right time, a good stall turn can be done, but you need a bit of slipstream to make it work properly. Of course, there was not a lot of 'rudder' maneuvers in the pattern back then either. You might have to work on the landing too, cause as the thing is really difficult to stall, and you can only spin it with a bit of power on, you can't actually get the thing too nose high on approach and landing, A bit too much power and it keeps flying, idle right down and as it slows the elevator will run out of authority, before it touches the ground. It takes a bit of practise to figure out that it isn't seeming to hover, with the nose way up, then you are probably flying too fast to land it. Of course, as soon as the nosewheel touches it just sticks to the ground, as intended for the 'Touch and Go'. Once the programme is sorted you will be able to do the full pattern, within the confines of a normal landing strip. The thing is almost '3D' in standard trim. Of course, at 7lb with a .60, all bets are off.
Evan.