ORIGINAL: Hawk131
The only thing I am pickey about is using things like gyros and other electronics to make it easier to fly. I want to do it with skill
Well since you object to "gyros and other electronics" that make it easier to fly - maybe you should study the aerodynamic concepts of static and dynamic stability before you dismiss such items. You should move your cg back a few inches - that would require much more skill. Or drastically reduce the size of your horizontal and vertical stabilizers - that would require more skill. Maybe you are just lucky that your planes have adequate stability included in their designs. Stabilizers (i.e. electronic, vertical, horizontal, etc.) are not auto pilots.
Kurt