gaRCfield,
I really am not trying to be overly harsh or hurtful here, because I really do wish to see you succeed. But in all honesty I think that you really need to slow down and work on your flying skills. While you do say that everybody makes a mistake and dumps a plane you are correct, but you have had 3 (if I remember correctly) crashes in the last month or so. That's not a "dumb thumbs" mistake, but rather that is trying to fly beyond your skills. Part of the problem with pilots that advance fast like you are is that they never really develop the skills that they will need for more precise flying. Many times pilots like this will crash a lot of planes and get frustrated and quit the hobby. In order to advance into the "fun" parts of this hobby you really need to spend time and perfect the "basics" of flying first. Many of the things you have said recently show that you still need to work on the basics. While it may be boring, trust me you will be rewarded in the long run if you take the time now.

You state above (and in other threads) that you don't want a "boring" plane. In my experience there is no such thing as a boring plane, but rather there are only boring pilots. I can't count how many times I have seen pilots think that they need to move up to another plane because their plane is boring, yet they are totally shocked when they are shown what their plane is truly capable of. Ask InsaneMoonDoggie about his 4-star last year. I went to a fly-in in Minnesota and since I couldn't take any planes with me I relied on others letting me fly their planes. Robbie (Insane) offered to let me fly his 4-star but apologized that it wasn't much of a plane and I would probably be bored with it. To make a long story short, I flew is plane and absolutely wrung it out and when I landed Robbie's jaw was on the ground. His only words were "Damn, I didn't know it could do all of that". Before that day Robbie was getting ready to sell his 4-star because it was "boring", but after that he started to explore what it could do and if I remember correctly he still has it and it is one of his favorite planes now. So what I am trying to say is that it's a pretty good probability that you haven't explored everything your planes can do. I've been flying for 12 years and I still have my trainer, and I still fly it all the time. It's an absolute blast to fly it and do aerobatics with it.

My best advice to you would be to back up and get either a new trainer or a good second plane (4-star or Tiger II) and fly it until the covering comes off of it. When you can consistently push those planes through a good set of advance aerobatics you might be ready. When you can do an entire tank of fuel shooting touch and goes and never have a bounced landing or a prop strike it you might be ready. When you can take off, roll inverted, fly the entire circuit of the field at 20', roll back and and land you might be ready.

Like I said, I really am not trying to hurt your feelings because I really do want to help. I've seen guys in the same boat as you more times than I can count. To be totally honest with you, I was the same way, and I payed for it with a LOT of crashed planes too!! But trust me there, the time you invest in getting the basics down will be rewarded later on in your flying career.

Hope this helps

Ken