My advice to you would be to take time before your next lesson to review the manuever and figure out whats supposed to go on aerodynamically throughout every manuever. Once you figure out whats happening, it makes it a lot easier to make small adjustments to make the manuevers work out for you.
Lets see can I give you and example from what I remember. I don't have time to really research anything. Please make corrections as neccessary.
Chandelles
The manuever begins by banking over 30 degrees and increasing power....slowly increasing pitch until you get to the 90 degree point in the turn. At this point you hold a constant pitch (you're gonna have to slowly increase back pressure to hold a constant pitch) and slowly begin taking out the back angle. The manuever essentially ends as slow flight in the clean configuration 180 degrees opposite of where the manuever begin.
Whats does this demonstrate? Lets say that you've gotten yourself in a box canyon. This manuevers gives you the best chance of escaping your predicament with the minimum turn radius and a maximum gain of altitude.
As you start the manuever, you're banking over to the maximum bank angle and slowly initiating the climb. You have no worries about stalling because you have plenty of airspeed. After passing through 90 degrees, airspeed is decreasing to the point where if you hold a constant bank angle, the aircraft will stall. If you increase pitch, the aircraft will stall. If you allow pitch to decrease, you wont be getting the optimal climb and the aircraft will run into the mountain. If you roll out the turn to early, you'll run into the mountain. Your best bet is to take out just enough bank angle that the aircraft is just above stall (for the given bank angle) and giving you the most optimal climb possible. This calls for slow decrease in bank angle and a slow increase in back pressure (to hold the constant pitch).
Remember these manuevers are all about finesse! Good luck!
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