Tony you should show up at a contest in your area. Once you watch the patterns being flown and you get your chance to fly the pattern, a whole new world of understanding how to trim a plane will open up for you. I started with an Ultrasport 40 not able to make it past 3 manuevers. The guys helped me trim my plane and next thing you know I was battling for first at many of the contests I flew that year.

Evan