Hello from the new guy!

[BadAim]

One thing I'd recommend is to fly the hell out of one plane and really get the feel of it, buy a book on the plane and learn about it's inner workings, and how it was flown by the Original pilots, get so you can takeoff and land smoothly, climb at maximum rate, fly in formation, do aerobatics, etc., all while operating the engine controls and such by instinct. Studying the aircraft is helpful, and personal instruction great (sometimes a casual tip will turn out to be invaluable), but there is no substitute for sticktime.

It'll take some time, but you'll learn more faster and you'll be able to really get the basics down that way. Once your comfortable in "your" plane, then you can start expanding into other planes, and you'll find it's just a matter of small adjustments to adapt each planes "style" to yours. Before you know it you'll be hopping from plane to plane with wild abandon.