Actually I flew a Aquila today. Good day for it... Wind 50 deg off runway at 12 kts (x wind limit 15 kts), few thermals.
It steered rather strangely on the ground, weathercocked violently into wind on lift off, suffered greatly from big wings/gusty conditions, during landing it was very skittish & my right foot slid off the rudder pedal during x wind landing
. I also did not like the stick so far back into my crutch! It did not look cheap but felt rather cheap, despite the fact it was not! Maybe I am wrong comparing it to my Cirrus which I flew immediately afterwards, but the Cirrus felt beefy, the Aquila felt like a microlite! Moreover, I'm used to Bulldog which also feels beefy.
Rate of roll was rubbish.
OK, so running costs are half that of Cirrus & good old Bulldog, but................