Decided to go over the Twist top to bottom in the shop last night. I tweaked the CG back a touch, and increased all of the throws on the control surfaces by moving the control rods to the inner most on the control surfaces, and the outer most on the servo arms. I also cleared out my radio, and reprogrammed both high and low rates with new expo and dual rates.

I took the advice of you Michigan boys and on high rates went 140% travel with no negative expo. I will have to learn to fly the plane again, but I need the super fast reaction and the extreme throws to advance my hovering skills. I feel like I have platued the last 30 flights or so. I think this will help a lot. On low rates I bumped it up to 100% control throw from 50%, and 35% negative expo. This is what I was previously using on high rates. Since I never used low rates, I am very familar with this set up. I can always click to low rates while learning to fly on the no expo high rates when my nerves get frazzled, or at least for the first few landings.

The 13x4 prop is working great on the OS .61 FX for hot weather flying. I don't notice a huge difference. I have increased my RPM and airflow over the engine significantely. I think speed has increased a bit, and thrust has decreased slightly. Now I need 5/8 throttle to pull out of a hover instead of 1/2. Oh well, I guess i will just have to suffer through until fall!

Adam