RE: Prefered rolling direction;any tips on perfecting the other direction
While its ideal to learn both ways...I would suggest that you have tons of stuff to learn about positioning and such...It might be better to concentrate on your better direction until its mastered or almost...then when you have other things going right like timing and throttle and the proper inputs then play with the other roll direction way.
Overload is common and you can't fix it all at once....I would say the geometry and positioning of the maneuvers is #1 on the list...I would not worry about how smooth they are if the Geometry is not correct.
My biggest help to younger guys flying pattern is helping to get the geometry correct...I too struggle with it....But geometry is the biggest problem with 99% of the flying out there I see....
Once the geometry is good the smooth comes with practice and a good setup...but geometry is the biggest killer.....maybe its because I try to work hard on my geometry...I'm not the smoothest stick mixer...but I like to think I have good geometry.
This is my opinion and mine alone. Don't overload you practice with too much...pick a problem and work on it....Mark was having trouble rolling right so he's going to work on it....
If you are just learning to do slow rolls and 4 pts that look good...it doesn't really matter the L or R roll what matters is learning the postioning and geometry of the roll and the inputs....
Hope this explains it a little
I think both directions is good, but you have to be able to do one direction first.
Troy