I use a CH flight yoke and have no handling problems. I've heard of other people describing just the opposite problem--the elevator being too sensitive. I do find the CH yoke and rudders to be a lot better than the joystick I used to use. I have flown the L1011 almost exclusively for nearly a year and am not having any handling problems at all. CS trim has been notoriously twitchy in the past, but I don't find it to be so with the L1011. Maybe I've just learned to "blip" it. So, this is a sort of "different experience" in answer to your question. I remember doing a lot of "driving like you stole it" practice by hand before getting it right--just touch-and-goes over and over and practicing the automated system. But I'm always on my trim button on take-off and have no complaints. When it's your favorite airplane, it's always hard to know what is a real problem and what you've just gotten used to or adapted to through experience. But I love hand-flying the L1011!