RE: New Parkzone Super Decathalon
A few simple mods for you to make:
1) Replace the stock prop with the High Pitch prop from ParkZone. The plane will take-off and climb considerably better. The trade off is that you loose about 30-45 seconds of flight time.
2) Mount a tail wheel. Simplest way is to buy the replacement wheel for the Aerobird Challenger. The wire axle/mounting bracket has two loops. Using a needle nose plier straighten them out. Then, with the wheel up, bend them straight down. Insert the wires into the tail skid, into the space between the two fuselage halves (where the antenna comes out) Epoxy the two halves closed, sandwiching the tail wheel assembly. (Try not to get epoxy on the antenna wire in case you ever need to remove the receiver/speed control module).
3) Lay the antenna along the bottom of the fuselage and tape it down with clear packing tape. It keeps the antenna from dragging on the ground during take-offs and landings and prevents it from gatting caught and possibly breaking. If you don't coil the antenna on itself, but route it fairly straight, there is no noticeable loss of range.
4) Drip a little rubber cement into the slots where the landing gear attaches to the fuselage. The landing gear has a tendency to "walk out" of the fuselage on repeated landings. The rubber cement will keep it in place, allowing you to practice touch-and-go and landing.
Enjoy! This is a really nice plane. I'm impressed that you can fly it as your first plane since this is considered to be an intermediate plane, not a beginner plane.