ORIGINAL: CGRetired

Bill, you can always tame down the controls a tad bit to reduce the snappy feeling until you get it to fly as you wish it to fly all the time. Once you get comfortable begin to dial in more control surface activity and fly it that way. Do it a little at a time and get used to the way it feels and performs with each change.

I don't mean fly it once, then change it, no, fly it for a week or so, then change it, and fly it again for a week or so. Once you get to the max changes, you will have developed the feel for how much stick movement does what and fly it with more dexterity.

Do you recall the first time you tried to qualify with the handgun you first shot in the Marines? The instructor probably told you to carress the trigger and keep your eyes on the front sight. Trigger squeeze and sight picture. Think of the controls the same way. Get used to very subtle inputs, rather than jerky or sudden inputs. Carress the controls and move them very evenly and smoothly. This is easiest done with some expo in your transmitter.. if you are using a computer radio, that is. Put in about 30% of expo and get used to how soft the feel is and how the aircraft responds to those very small and smooth inputs.

Once airborne, let the plane fly, and don't try to correct every motion the plane makes, and it will on it's own, as wind moves it around a bit. Just trust that you have the trim set right and let it fly. This will do two things: 1. It will reduce the amount of battery you are consuming with over-control of the plane. 2. You will realize that the plane will indeed fly itself in a straight line (when properly trimmed) and you don't have to react to everything the plane does, which often leads to over-correction and, your series of rolls, perhaps?

Try it.

CGr.