Thank you for writing this. My brother and I tested the "let go of the sicks" theory with a couple of trainers. Even with a good bit of altitude, banking them 90 degrees in a turn and releasing the sticks puts them into what would become a death spiral if no other action was taken.

You say, "Don't bank them 90 degrees in a turn. After all, it is a trainer not a racer." I agree, but, over-controlling is exactly what most of us did the first time we touched a transmitter.

My first instructor and I talked about 'self-righting' characteristics of trainers. He told me the reality of what that means is much different than what is written in the ad copy. He always told me, "After every control input, you owe the plane some opposite input to bring it back to level." He told me a trainer that is flying straight and level will pretty much do that forever if you leave it alone but changing the attitude of the plane needs two inputs; one to make the change and one to stop it.