Living in California, working at home, and having a light schedule today I was able to go put in a couple of flights. (The cross wind got a bit too nasty to keep going) Less rudder, more aileron, and CG farther forward made a huge difference. The 45 down positive snap in advanced is much better. The avalanche with negative snap still needs work - it goes from decent air speed to almost stopped in the second it akes for the snap, and kind of wallows through. It tried keeping half throttle, and it was a little better. I've tried the "check-mark" approach, but the timing is pretty critical. I'll have to experiment some more with the throws and maybe move the CG even farther. I didn't check 45 or straight inverted -- but hope I don't need too much down at the bottom of the 6-sided outside!

Thanks for all the help.

Ken