Yeah, Pat. You nailed that one. I've always felt the rudder was the most important control surface. Mostly because it was what was missing. Its proper use seperated fliers into camps, if you will. I'm really into the throttle these days, too. I was out doing 3D with a few guys tonight and there were thermals passing through, so the air was a bit bumpy. As I was doing torque rolls right on the deck, It struck me how throttle corrections really helped keep things in line under those conditions. I had to constantly back off the throttle to keep the plane from climbing as I would use blips of throttle to help the rudder correct as the airplane was getting knocked around. So to maitain a constant altitude and make a nice looking (axial if you will) TR the throttle was in constant motion, working with elevator and rudder inputs. Harriers were the same thing. I was doing low inverted harriers and sometimes a gust would just stop the plane and I would have to lower the nose to get penetration and come off the power to keep the airplane from flying. i have to brag.... I did this one harrier landing that was awesome! I flew by in a really slow, steep harrier and touched just the tail wheel down and it rolled smoothly for about 10 feet and then I flew smoothly off. It was the coolest.

Sorry. I'm done now.