I know what you mean. I flew Sportsman for a year and a half and was getting bored with it. I moved up to Intermediate this year and I'm enjoying it a whole lot. Not to say the Sportsman routine is easy, but the maneuvers in and of themselves are boring (straight flight out for example). And where I was typically in the top 2 or 3 in Sportsman, I'm pulling out 4ths and 5ths now in Intermediate. Now just need topractice more. Didnt get much practice over the winter (read: NONE). Been good for 3 weeks now. Hopefully I can keep it up through the summer and be ready for the fall contests.

And yeah, when Ichanged from my older style pattern planes (Dr Jekyll II, Typhoon 2+2) to the Focus II, it was like night and day.