Fournicator,
I totally agree with you! I love nothing more than strapping some keen bunny (tKf, Lister, countless friends and "neighbours") in the front seat and going off and looping and swooping without a thought to whether my loop was really circular, whether I was +ve on the up line and -ve on the down line or whether I was even near my start point.
It is no secret that I'd rather utilise my DA and do an aerobatic display for Joe and Joanne Public than compete seriously but it would be disingenuous of me to say that my comp background did not give me the confidence to rock up at an airshow and loop at 500'.
Doing comp style aeros has given me the opportunity and reason to go off and practice aerobatics - practice implies that you ought to get better... I can clearly recall the times in the early days that I've flicked out of a botched maneouver and spun and as I got better I can recall when I realised that I was flicking and countered with anti-spin controls so didn't fully flick and didn't let it degrade into a spin.
Helpmepse - I told you that getting into was the easy bit, getting out is the hard part!! I mean the hobby not the airframe.
Fournicator, when you decide to start comp flying do contact me and I'll try to help.
Stik