Bo,

Just had another thought while re-reading this thread. How much elevator throw do you have set up? If you're set at the minimum try adding a 1/4 in. more in both directions. I discovered this when learning myself. As I got more confident I started adding more control movements on everything. The one I really noticed was adding more elevator made MUCH easier to flare the plane at touch down. All of a sudden I was doing picture perfect landings.