I have followed this thread from the beginning and have learned a lot here. The articles by Mike McConville that Dauntae linked to are great. I had read them before and could not find them to post. My thanks to Dauntae for posting those links here. I know the "P" word was in there several times but not without some instruction as to what to practice.

Vittorio, I need to ask you if you have developed any kind of a routine at all on your G2 for say the first 1 - 2 minutes?

Something I do that I find helpfull at the field is to theme the day. I may have a plan to test several adjustments on the plane one day. Another day I may have a plan to work on what I feel is the weekest part of my flying. Another day I may just want to fly with the creative side of my brain, but that is the days plan. In an effort to continue to progress and grow my skills with some order, I use a standard 4 min drill for the first part of my flights. With this routine I can do a few things.

First, I can evaluate my plane to see how it is reacting to the same inputs I last used if I have made any changes. If I had made no changes, I can determine if something has gone wrong that was missed in preflight. (I landed 1 minute in today and found a stripping aileron servo at full throw was causing the difference from last flight to this. If it had stuck at full throw?????)

Second, if it is the first flight of the day, I can tell if I am up to speed with the task of 3D flying. We all have off days or may need more time to tune in to the conditions.

Third, I burn this sequence of stick moves into my thumbs brain. Like Pizza Ray's drill. When I can take off, Run my four minute program without large mistakes or feeling anything is wrong with the plane, I am free to work on whatever the days plan is.

Without this routine, I doubt seriously if I would have progressed as quickly and dementionally as I have. I made my routine up because I found myself getting into a rut and not flying some of the harder stuff in favor of the easy, fun stuff I had down pat. It started out as a 2 minute drill. Once I got that down and it was all fun and easy, I added another hard element to it.

Just a suggestion for you and your friends.