The experiences of both Bobby G and ehwatezedoing are very similar to my experiences flying the DC-3.
Ailerons can be used for directional control. I've seen this demonstrated on landing with the tail up and the rudder neutral - the aircraft was moved left and right using only aileron inputs.
The aircraft can be very tail heavy especially with baggage behind the passengers. It wasn't unusual to have to trim to help reduce the forces to get the tail up. Tail not up by 60 knots was an abort.
It's a beautiful aircraft to fly but it needs to be treated with respect - these old aircraft can bite you hard!