Ahh see, that's the thing, judicious use of throttle is always a benefit and if you're flying pattern it's another PRIMARY flight control which you must learn to use.

I can get through two sequences per flight, which is enough for me as a pratice pattern ship.

I should also point out that my battery pack is a 600mah NIMH so has even less wieght than a standard NiCd pack. even so she still came out pretty close.