Hi Bruce,
The plane was good in the air when i flew it, i know ive only been flying afew months now (5 in total) and when i flew the SUKHOI on its maiden i won't lie i was fighting it for about 5 seconds just after take off till i realized i had to be very VERY gentle on the sticks so i brought it around and landed it i did'nt take it up again. Im now just trying to get these throws right, with the info you and others have given im almost there.
Instead of using your radio to cut your throw down to 10%, it would be better to do it as much as possible through the mechanical linkage (go in on the servo arm and out on the control horn). If you use your radio - you're only using 10% of servo travel - that doesn't give you very good servo resolution at all. Its better for the servo to travel over as many gears as possible.
Better resolution gives you increased precision with your stick movements.
With this reply what do you mean by "do it as much as possible through the mechanical linkage (go in on the servo arm and out on the control horn)"? i have had people say to me "yeah do it the way your doing it by cuting down on the sevo, i would like to try it the way you say to do but am unsure how.
Thankyou
Happy Flying
Paul