Originally posted by Woodsy
Sounds like your climb outs are too steep for the speed and its almost stalling, try a long roll and feed in the elevator GENTLY just like a real plane.
your only getting away with the take offs because of the relativly high power to weight of a trainer and youve learnt a bad habit.
Perjar, I have the same plane as you, and I had (and occasionally have) the same problem. It is too much elevator as people have stated.
Woodsy, I defer to your expertise, but I can't see the "high power-to weight" ratio you mentioned. I fly off grass (sometimes cut short, usually not). The OS 40 LA barely has enough power. It takes so long to generate speed, that you must devote much attention to rudder control to keep the plane straight. By that time, you just want to get the thing off the grass and into the air, and so there is a tendency to yank back on the elevator.
I'm looking forward to my UltraStick 120 with Zenoah G23, so I can just go straight vertical if desired.