Best advise I could give you after flying the sim, get one of your fields experts that is comfortable flying the faster planes to maiden it for you so you can see the speed of it, and maybe buddy box it for a few flights.

I still remember having someone maidening my Kougar. My first thoughts were, "Holy Bat ____, that thing is fast." And then after it was back on the ground, I cleaned it up and took it home were it is safe. And then I went back to flying my Kavalier.