I have this plane, over 20 flights. First suggestion, use 5000mah all the way forward. Also max flaps on landings. Dont come down to hard on the retracts, they break internally very easily. You can go about 8 mins on the 5000 if you stay out of the throttle. Oh yeah get rid of the missile tubes. They mess up the planes performance. Bombs and tank are fine. The tubes are hurting you. REMEMBER FULL FLAP ON LANDINGS AND DONT DEAD STICK EASE OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND SHE WILL SINK NICE AND SMOOTH. GOODLUCK
Yes, use more flap. She holds her energy very well. It shocked me my first time landing as well. I have to say that your first landing looked better than mine. Good job my friend. Once you get her dialed in she is a dream to fly. Take one whole flight and just constantly do touch and goes. And slow low fly bys. This also helped me. Now i can land her with my eyes closed. Well not really with my eyes completely closed. I peak a little bit. Hahaha. LOL. I fell in love with this plane fast.