bob_nj,
I tryed to learn to hover with a steady throttle, but I didn't feel that I had enough control. I read somewhere about blipping the throttle, and I tryed that. My learning curve became much steeper after that. I can often bring my SDK down in a tailslide, then when it's about to fall out, a blip or two of the throttle, and it's back on track, but closer to the deck.
I think, that if the person does not want the plane to start TR'ing, a steady throttle is probably more assuring and demands less work on the ailerons to keep the plane from TR'ing. I on the other hand like to get my plane into TR'ing, and the flying the throttle thing will do that well.
Different folks, different strokes I guess, but go out and try the blipping, you may like it.

Cheech, thanks, I will go there and look for props. Which YS120 do you have? I have the YS120 that came after the YS120AC. I had read that the highest thrust prop for that engine (any YS120 actually) is the Zinger 16x6. How well does your 120 pull that apc17x6? I know the 17x6 is the best prop for Saito150/180.
If your 61 runs well (2 stroke right) also try a Zinger14x4. I had that on a Magnum61 on a Macs pipe, WooHoo.

DKjens