Mark,

The looks of the plane are tricky. It looks pretty flat (even a little negative). But then I measured the wing incidence against the ground and was actually positive.
Besides adding the BVM upgrade, I did not touch anything on the gear.

On take off, it needs you to hold up elevator quite a bit to rotate. I might try taking off without flaps and see if it rotates easier. The other thing I might try is to reduce power on take off (sometimes too much power sinks the nose)

I'll report on the experiments next week.

By the way, I did 3 flights on the first day, so had time to actually enjoy it

Jack