Mark,

I've been hitting the books lately. I've just read Aerodynamics for
Naval Aviators (ASA). An excellent treatment of aerodynamics for the
aviator without the oversimplification one typcially sees in most
"learn to fly" books.

It has sections on static and dynamic stability that will help give
you a better grounding for exploring the questions you've asked. And
frankly, it's not bad reading. I was very surprised. Not nearly as
dessicated as I feared. A good addition to any pilot's personal
library.

BTW, it's easy to do the math to figure out what kind of loads you'll
need to produce on the tail to maintain pitch control. Use your weight
and balance calculations to exptrapolate approximations of the moment
arm between cg and center of lift, then match torques with the tail's
moment arm. Repeat this process for a load factor of two or three
(steep turns) and you'll find that you'll need to move a lot of mass
quickly and quite a distance to stay in trim. Just not very practical.
But interesting thoughts.

OC