I'm not trying to be harsh here, but rather I am answering your question in all honesty so that you understand.

Normally this actually increases the learning curve for students. There are a couple of factors that contribute to this. The first, and foremost, of these is because you aren't sitting in your plane anymore. You have to realize that all of those hours you have in a full scale plane has given you a specific set of reference points for flying that plane, and those are that you are reacting to what you see from inside of the plane and what you feel while being inside of the plane. Now with an RC plane you are outside of the plane trying to react and control the plane from an entirely new set of reference points which you are not accustomed to. The problem is that you training is going to try to kick and and this can cause problems for the RC plane. Think of it this way. When you are sitting in the airplane and you move the stick to the right, the plane moves to the right. Pretty basic. Now stand on the ground and fly the plane away from you. You move the stick to the right and the plane still moves to the right. Still pretty basic. Now, turn that plane around and fly it towards you. You move the stick to the right and the plane is going to turn to it's right. HOWEVER, since the plane is coming towards you the plane is going to move to YOUR left. This is called stick reversal and all RC pilots have to overcome this, but it's harder for full scale pilots because they are having to work against all the training they have ever received.

Trust me that I'm not trying to be ugly here, but the second problem usually comes from what you have already said. Many full scale pilots feel since they can "fly the big ones" it's simple for them to fly a small toy. It's purely an attitude, but it's a killer one. I can't count how many times I've seen this reach up and bite a full scale pilot in the butt. Just treat the RC plane like any new airframe, or full scale skill, that you have ever learned and you'll be fine. Just remember that you'll simply need to learn that the RC plane is going to fly differently than full scale planes.

You do actually have on huge advantage over other students though. Since you are a full scale pilot you already understand the fundementals of flight and how an airplane works. This does help because you already know why, and how, certain things happen when a plane is flying.

Hope this helps

Ken
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