Yeah, I will be honest, it wasn't "instruction" like I thought. I will say I have been on the simulator a lot! I can fly the heck out of my computer lol. If I had realized how it was going, I would have bought the Sensei because I liked that plane more. I bought the Apprentice so we all had the same radio gear, but ended up not really mattering because we did not buddy box. Anyway, the general conclusion everyone came to was the plane had a problem. As I mentioned, I flew another member's Apprentice that same night and did take offs and landings on my own without any incident. I was told that he has seen issues with other planes that had the safe mode thing and he did not like them. Another member there said his first plane had it and he hated it. I think he said it was a Seqoia (spelling?). He kept it for a week then bought his current Carbon Z Cub. I told him that seemed like a big 'ol plane to learn on. He said he loved it as his trainer. I almost bought that plane as my first on his recommendation, but the cost was too prohibitive right now. They also questioned if the TX could be part of the culprit. It came with the GX5 I believe. I was told they have seen problems with that too. That is a reason I am going to get the GX6 as my TX now. Plus it has more functions that I like such as the timer, and mixing etc.