I had some of the same thoughts when I watched the video.It's great that the "Test Pilot" has excellent skills but I would also like to see some action of a new plane on how stable it is in very slow and stalled flight and how well it lands even being slightly tail heavy. Are the CG marks you put on your planes set at Neutral or slightly nose heavy?
Wing surface area really looks small on that plane, but lasers are probably like that.