Yeah Futaba is negative expo for softening the controls.

I did a lot of the repair work today, which was really nice (and fun!) The LHS got some of the broken pieces back in line and connected the front half of the plane back to the rear half, then I went in and filled the gaps, reinforced some of the members, etc. Tomorrow it looks like will be for recovering. I think it's going to look pretty good. It's unfortunate this happened so soon, but now it feels more like my own plane, and I'll probably be a little less shaky with it.

I guess I'm not too discouraged. The club president saw my face after the crash and reminded me I only have about 20 hours of stick time, total, and said this is part of the learning curve. I've progressed at a rate faster than anyone could have expected, so even though I've crashed a lot of planes already, it kind of is on pace with my progression.

Not getting too attached to your second plane is good advice, too. It's a tool, really, to learn how to fly low-wing, learn how to repair, and maybe start playing with things like dual rates and expo once you regain the hang of flying.

Should be ready to go for club night on Wednesday. I've got a lot of questions, especially about rudder use. I asked about what to do to get practice using the rudder. I was told to fly only with the rudder and the elevator, so that's what I was doing. But after my crash, the instructors said they don't use much rudder when they land. I think what they meant though is once they are in line with the runway, and that they don't use rudder to adjust for the crabbing effect, but they let the plane land a little sideways, where commercial pilots will rudder the nose straight just before touch down.

Well I need some sleep; it's been a LONG week of late nights building, early days flying (and crashing) and now repairing. I guess I also learned that sleep is important before a day of flying.