Yep for sure, these machines don't generate much lift at low speed and low power settings...
When I'm joining a busy pattern in the Yak it is a pain in the ass, having to fly a standard approach with a 50mile final, with something that descends like an elevator with power coming off...if I'm followin a wee piper or cessa I would swerve left to right on final to keep the numbers in sight and not bother with flaps at all and not start descending from circuit height until onto finals.
fun n games!
Speaking of Vis, in those pics on this thread, I noticed how bloody bad the vis must be when on the ground in one of those Zivko products....with the mid wing, and long wide snout, there is just no vis, it looks like you cannot see anything bar a couple of small strips inboard of the leading edge left and right of the nose - crazy...even the Pitts has better vis I would imagine although I haven't sat in a 540 before.