Hi John
Everything posted so far has been good solid advice, I highly recommend increasing the throws on the Avistar if you are comfortable with it now. I have been away from the sport for awhile and started back in January of this year flying the Avistar. About six weeks ago I increased the throws to around 75 degrees of deflection (THIS IS A LOT !!!) and discovered a completely different airplane !!! The guys at our club could not believe this so called "advanced trainer" could rock like this !! I had it spinning through snap rolls last week faster the the guys could could count them. I would strongly advise not to jump to this extreme all at once, take the advice from the guys who posted earlier, increase the throws but take them up one notch at a time. You mentioned that it might be a few months before your second plane is ready. That will give you plenty of time to work with this much more responsive Avistar.

Just another two cents worth.
Dale