I've been flying the Fokker a lot over the past couple of days. I live on a hill, so I have a great view of the area and a large "bowl" to fly in. There were a tense couple of minutes when I flew it so far away, that when I thought I had it turned toward myself to return, it was actually turned away, so then it became a featureless speck and then I could no longer tell which way it was headed. I maneuvered to kill its lateral motion, then had to wait.. and wait.. to see if it would expand beyond a point. Eventually, it did. Next time that happens I should remember that if I see it moving left or right, I would then know which direction it needs to turn a 90° to come toward me.
Landing is still a disaster as the wind is always blowing straight up the steep hill I live on. I'm down to my last propeller now, and that one is a 5.75" prop at this point, with all the tip-chipping and filing/balancing to compensate. Landing up a hill into a tailwind.. not fun, but a good skill to have if I master it
The few deg. of downthrust I gave to the power pod probably helped, but it isn't enough for that F-pack motor. Full throttle on that sucker just makes it go into an endless series of loop-the-loops, unless you counter it. I don't think it's reasonable to try to tune all that out with downthrust, though. The fact is it's an undercambered old lady with a 2:1 thrust ratio.