RE: When does the shakes finally go away?
If you get the shakes, practice more on the flight sim....if you don't have one.....definitely worth the investment. The reason you are nervous is because you have not developed confidence with your flying. I don't know if you have a Stick car...but its like learning to drive stick. At first you are nervous as hell, thinking about every move you make. Over time, it becomes second nature. You just switch grears with out thinking about it....it become automatic reaction. For example at first I had the worst time adapting to the airplane coming at me and having the plane turn because its everything is backwards. Well if you are not doing things automatically you have to think about which way you have to actually turn...that made me nervouse. Over time...(couple month of flying) it became automatic. When the plane is coming at me, I don't even think about it. I turn the plane in the direction i want it to turn. So over time, things will become automatic for you as well and then you will feel more comfortable and less shakey. The key is to get out there and FLY!!! If you crash, well....we all need to learn and that's part of learning.
Just go out have fun, and practice...it will become less stressfull and more and more fun over time. Its aGREAT feeling when you become on auto pilot and just enjoy flying with out getting nervious.
But with anything...as you learn more tricks you will be doing the more nervous at first and less when you get better.
Qwazzy.