Yup, forget about Crow, flaperons, etc.

You simply DO NOT need it with this plane.

What you DO need is a decent computer controlled TX and receiver, to get Expo and adjustable throws.

Beefing up the landing gear area as indicated above is always a great idea. But you don't want to rely upon this alone.

Even a beefed up landing gear will EASILY rip out on a U-Can-Do.

It is a much better idea to first improve the pilot, so as not to have hard landings with this plane.

In your shoes, if it is possible, I'd go for a different tail dragger and wring that out first, then move onto the UCD.

If that is NOT possible learn to fly the UCD at LOW rates for the first dozen flights or more.

You can practically lawn dart a trainer plane ( which I see newbies doing all the time ) but the UCD needs to touch down just "kissing" the ground to keep it intact.

Fortunately doing so is easy to do once you are familiar with the plane, as it is capable of floating in at VERY low speeds.

The problem is that novices don't quite know how to gauge the stall speed with the UCD, and 9 times out of 10 end up pancaking them into the ground when they stall about 8 feet or more over the ground.

I rarely see people driving UCD's into the ground as they do trainers, but I always see them dropping them in a stall breaking off the landing gear... and if there is a wind the problem is worst...

A small headwind will keep the plane flying, even in REVERSE! But if the wind cuts out quickly the plane plops down HARD.

One good point is that the tail of the UCD is long enough that yaw during takeoff is not a big factor.