RE: Bad day at the field...
I don't really think you're ever going to get "casual flying" out of the spacewalker. It's a little too aerobatic and heavy to just poke around. You want to poke around at 1/4 throttle all day, get a Rascal. You want a nice sport model that's very capable but not very relaxed, keep that spacewalker.
BTW, I met a guy this weekend who has owned both the GP 1/4 scale SW arf and the seagull model. He said they fly completly different, like a whole different airplane. So take it for what it's worth......
Andy