cant maintain formation

[Kenne]

waaaay ahead of ya
i have trim on my throt for elev and alerion. for yaw i use KB buttons.
i try to use 'x' when in lvl flight to avoid overuse of manual trim, as you say, it costs speed.
 does 'auto combat trim' help in a buff?

A suggestion if I may that you may or may not have tried or knew about - I've heard of other players in a similar boat as you with the 'shakes'.  They also preffer alternatives to playing fighters for the most part too.  Anywho:

For finite/delicate adjustments in your cource while autopiloting with say other buffs in a large formation, try to use manual trim and their buttons instead of the stick for minor-er cource adjustments.  The two hurdles immediatley is learning to constantly toggle auto/combat-trim on and off regularly and frequently and memorising the 6 trim buttons on the keyboard.  BUT, for the hastle of teaching an old dog a new trick, you can make _very_ delicate adjustments to cource without touching the stick.

Back to the original problem, rapid and frequent 'jerks' with the stick can cost ya speed. 

Good luck!

[Puma44]

Another thing to consider and a very basic concept of formation flying is wingman consideration.  From my experience, the vast majority of formation leads (in game)  have their throttle(s) at the forward stop during climb, and sometimes in cruise.  In that situation, you, as wingman can only stay in formation by judicious use of WEP (which it is not intended for).  After getting in position with WEP and disengaging it, any small variation in control input will cause the slightest amount of drag and cause the wingman to fall out of position.  

The few formation leads that are considerate of their wingmen, will never (except when "fight's on") have the throttle(s) at the forward or rear stops, thus always allowing the wingmen a power advantage to use in maintaining formation position.    

[lulu]

Did you considerer the possibility that your views are incorrects?
If so, You will fly along a different path respect to the path of the other players in missions, a path that is
more long then the other one.