Been practicing power loops for weeks and can finally do them consistently, but they still feel rough compared to the buttery smooth ones I see in videos. My 5-inch feels locked-in during normal flying but gets twitchy during the loop transitions.

Running default BF 4.5 PIDs. Should I be looking at D gains or is this more of a rates thing? The quad tracks fine everywhere else.

Flying a Nazgul5 with 2207 motors if that matters.

Try increasing your D gain by about 10% - smooth transitions during flow combos usually need more damping. If it still feels mushy during the loop transitions, check your filter settings too.

Had the exact same issue! The key is timing your throttle input during the loop - too early and you'll overshoot, too late and you crash. Practice the throttle timing in sim first.

If freestyle is your thing, definitely boost those D values for smoothness. You might need to retune P slightly after big D changes though. What's your current D gain at?