A lot better as in wider range of flight envelope in the pitch and a bit more control.
If I had to describe by feel what the problem is I would say the engine doesn't have enough power and/or the elevators and rudder don't have enough drag (more the elevator).
Once you get close to a stall it is really hard to recover, instead of the nose dropping it simply stops flying forward and falls from the sky. Nose too far down too fast and the same effect in reverse, the elevator can't overcome or combat the pitch.
Even though flaps appear to provide lift they exaggerate the lack of power/drag because of the slower airspeed. It is very difficult to land with full flaps and no power. The aircraft becomes unstable in an un-powered glide with flaps.
But I still really like the feel of the FDM within the flight envelope.