yes. I agree that it gets boring after a while. You can only do so much with flying a pattern square and 8's and so on but that helps. Very soon you won't be THINKING about what stick movement should be next, you'd just be doing it. I remember when I started flying and the plane was coming at me, it always took me a few seconds to figure out hey, if I move the stick this way, the planes gonna go that way. Then I moved the sticks accordingly. If I did that during a troublesome moment, goodbye plane.
now, I don't think it takes me but a fraction to react.

I realize you're getting bored and trust me, with the Dolphin (I have the 4*, same plane), you won't get bored soon. But please take this as a suggest. Spend a couple of weeks learning the plane, flying it slowly, getting the feel of it. Maybe do the beginner stuff like 8's and pattern circles. Once you are really comfortable with it, move it up a notch and when you get comfortable again, move it up a notch again and so on.

Good Luck.

Also, just buy the guy what you lost. If the plane he gave you came with only servo, then give him a plane with only one servo. Get him a same engine if you can.......maybe even find a good used one.