I can relate to you now Quincy, I have a little over 50 cycles on my E7 and I would consider it dialed in tight. It flies amazing. It's lightning fast and seems like it makes a better pilot. I think a lot has to do with the confidence of it not failing in flight. I am not paranoid anymore, the last couple flight I brought it down to about 18 inches off the deck inverted. That's something I have never ever attempted with anything other than the sim!!!
My setup
Synergy E7 torque tube
Futaba Cgy 750
Bls175 x3 cyclic
Bls256 tail
Castle Creation 160hv
KDE700xf-495
13 tooth pinion
Rail 696 mains
Mavverick 96 tails
Glacier 4000mah 12s 30c