don't forget to TRIM THE DARN THING
once you are on speed and vertical speed for the conditions, you should be able to trim hands off.
in the sim it works better as there isn't the real wind vagueries
ONE OTHER THING...airplanes with underwing engines pitch up when you add power and pitch down when you reduce power...if you get into it, you might see that when you addpower (push forward on throttles/thrust levers) you need to push forward on the yoke a bit and vice versa