That was my point about stick control. I said that I have to focus on not pushing or pulling aileron with elevator or elevator with aileron. It is even more noticeable with the rudder. I find it almost impossible, unless I focus on it, not to add throttle when adding rudder.

It's something that takes time to overcome, if ever. People like Dave Lockhart that seems to have total control on all of his sticks, even manages to work switches on his TX without losing what he is doing in the air. Makes me very envious of his abilities.

Yup, Gene.. practice practice practice. There's still a chance for us old fogies, I guess. To some it comes naturally. It does not for me, although I'm getting better at it, but it still has me thinking "Ok, loop coming up.. pull on the elevator and leave the aileron alone"....

AND, yes, to us beginners in Pattern, the sportsman level maneuvers are quite challenging. We can all do the maneuvers, some well, some not so well, but putting them all together in the "pattern" is what takes all that practice and focus. And, of course, no matter what you do, it all STARTS with stick control.

CGr.