Can't address your building issues, but if all you want to do is loops and rolls (i.e. positive G aerobatics), you don't need a flop tube.
I don't have a flop tube or other inverted systems and do what you describe all the time.
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Kyle Boatright
Marietta, GA
2001 RV-6 N46KB
2019(?) RV-10
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