Does anyone else find that if they don't fly for a few weeks due to weather or other circumstances that they spend the first couple of flights re-learning what they learned before? Does this disappear with more experience?

The longest I've not flown was just under two weeks, And there
was no change for me when I did make it to the field..

I have not said anything, But while adjusting for more deflection
on control surfaces on my 4*60.. I needed an allen wrench so I
put my radio down to get the wrench a couple feet away(BONEHEAD
move) Well just as a got the wrench from the table and turned
back towards the 4* and my radio... I see my radio sliding off the
edge%$*#$*... It landed right on both sticks loosening the rt stick and
breaking some pieces off the Lt.... Man what a un-thinking dummy!!
Anyway the radio has been away for just over a week, So once I
get it back I'll be able to fly the 4* and Dazzler again... I'll see how
it goes than.. But two days ago I just had to take the Avistar out..
The blues was just too strong...

We don't fly all winter (late Nov - mid Apr.) & we don't seem to have trouble stepping right back into it.

Kinda depends on the person. I am nervous after a few weeks. But Iam not the best pilot in the world. I sure can build'em but cant fly too well. Oh well I just gotta get out more.

Mark Shuman

Early on (the first two to three years), I'd notice a decline in my abilities if I couldn't fly for two to three weeks, and I'd almost have to start from square one each spring. [&o]

Now I seem able to pick things up pretty quickly in the spring, and can go more than a month and get over the "edginess" within a flight or two.

I now use Real Flight during the winter months and that helps a great deal in keeping my fingers limber.
Dennis-

If I miss flying more than a week I start having withdrawal symptoms. I hear voices. My planes say to me "let's go fly..please, please, please." So of course I yield to them and head out to the field for a "fix." Flying these planes is not an addiction...it's an obsession. Addictions can be cured.

For me, I stay in practice using the simulator when not able to get to the field. It isn't the exact same thing, but it is very close. Yesterday, it was the first time I had flown since Memorial Day and to top it off, I was maidening my new Somethin Extra (kit). We had some wind, but it was pretty straight down the runway. First flight I was pretty nervous and a little apprehensive because of not knowing exactly how the plane would do. However, once in the air, it all came back and I had two very successful flights. Only took two clicks on the up elevator and the plane flew beautifully.

FUNNY YOU SAID THIS NOW. I WAS ON VACATION AND THE LAST TIME I FLEW WHS THREE WEEKS AGO AND I WILL BE AT THE FIELD TOMORROW SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

To get over jitters from missing flying time just fly whenever and wherever you can. The same as the way to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. It won't be long until you will feel comfy whenever you can get to the field.

I think the amount of time it takes to get the "edge" back depends on how "sharp" your "edge" was to begin with

After flying for a few decades the R/C flight response is pretty well burnt into the brain cells. I few for 35 years and then took a year off without any ill effects. It took a few weekends of flying and I was right back in the groove with constant maneuvers and 10 point landings.