Believe it or not, I put the plane down in the weeds today. Missed the runway on the far side. Pilot error is mostly to blame, which includes some performance anxiety with everyone watching and telling me how to land, yelling out "Right Aileron, Left rudder..." I can land fine when no one's around[&o]

Anyway, I feel that having the switch between dual rates, along with the use of expo, in addition to a new sport low-wing/tail dragging plane, is just too much for me right now. Luckily the plane is fixable (boy those $100 sport ARF's can't take what the trainers can!) and the LHS proprietor is going to help me fix it for a 12 pk of Coronas (he said flying and looking good in about 2 hours, just needs some of the balsa running between the formers replaced - plane snapped in half just behind the cockpit).

I'm going to tone the throw down a bit, not use dual rates, and maybe only use a touch of expo, if any. I need to learn how to fly this plane, or learn how this plane flies, before I start playing with computer controls. Half of me feels lucky that it's only a few hours of work and a little covering replaced, the other half is disappointed the plane broke that easily.

Upshot is I found the right CG today and will be flying again tomorrow or Tuesday.