A tip that may help you connect the Uair more often; Go into the controls for your name and turn off tap jump. May or may not be your problem, but I find that not having to even worry about accidentally doing a mid-air jump makes use of Uair simpler and easier to connect.Idk i hardly ever use his Uair. most of the time its easily dodged. Everyone sees it coming, im never able to connect it. I connect the Dair like 30 times more often then i do the U air. If ur gonna use any sort of aerial to hit people who are above u. The Bair is a much better choice. They tend to dodge it less, just because there its harder to tell when ur going to use it.
Additionally, you could try using the C-stick to Uair, leaving your DI control seperate. Sometimes makes things simpler. A lot of people c-stick by default, I don't, but occasionally I use it when I feel like it for one reason or another.