The Akro has about the same wing area as my Midwest ME-109 with fixed flaps. I managed everything but the full overhead stuff and I never did that with any plane because I'd just lose my own orientation. The best trick is to keep the wind at your back (sorta' off your left shoulder) as you enter the maneuver to keep the lines tight on the downwind side of the circle.
One thing about working flaps: some folks think that if a little flap defection is good, more is better. The truth is opposite. too much flap deflection can actually adversely affect the pitch moment of the plane. I went the "too much route" on my first flapped plane and the darn thing kept nosing into the ground when I pulled "up" elevator to take off. An old timer suggested even less deflection than the plans called for and it pulled corners on rails after.
In real life, fighter pilots used to pull in a touch of flap to keep the nose deflected down to get a better strafe angle for a pass while holding the same altitude AGL
BTW, do us all a favor and put a nice finish on that gem and get us some good pics "before" the first flight!
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P.S. Any comments to my comments are certainly appreciated, I've been away a long time and have a bunch of re-learning to do m'self.