I never thought Caps were unmanageable. Sure, you can firewall the throttle and slam the sticks around, if thats your thing. Not my thing. They fly great. They land great. Just depends on your expectations and your ability. A trainer is a handful for the inexperienced student. Perspective.
A suggestion:
Don't treat the throttle stick like a light switch. It's NOT supposed to be used like a switch where it's either ON or OFF. Not wide open or all the way down to idle. Vary the throttle and learn to fly your Cap - any plane for that matter - at different throttle settings. Just flicking the throttle to wide open on take off and then screaming around the sky at full throttle until the tank is dry gets really boring to me. Learn the slow flight characteristics of your planes. Ever notice how fast a Sig LT-40 Kadet will do an aileron roll at 1/4 throttle? Faster than most people would ever imagine if the control throws are cranked up a little bit.
FYI:
The Cap airplanes owe their lineage to the Piel Emeraude. The first Emeraudes were converted into the Cap-10 models during the early 1960's and the design progressed from sport aircraft, into the fully aerobatic Cap that we know today, over the next few decades. To the best of my knowledge, the Mexican Air Force still uses the Cap-10B as a military trainer. [sm=thumbs_up.gif]