Thanks for the replies. Yeah the big thing that I have found flying the AXN foam plane is that it is so light that it gets tossed around pretty good in the wind. Feels like holding a sheet of metal roofing in heavy wind on a roof. Now that this nerve racking and dangerous.

I reinforced the wings and fuselage on this model with packing tape. That has seemed to help, however since I have started figuring things out, I have not had any hard crash landings. The first time I flew this I actually flew it right into the side of the house I am building. Good thing the siding is not on yet. LOL

I was wondering if I could get away with duct taping the entire plane like a skin on a cub or t crater. Oops sorry that is what we called them in Alaska, as they seemed to wreck a lot and leave people stranded in the bush. I almost bought one from a friend of mine for moose hunting but he had a prop strike landing on a remote field. BTW there is a guy outside of Chitina that has what looks like a T Craft that was held together mostly by duct tape. The guy offered a ride but there was no way I was going up in it.

Sorry for the rambling, anyways I am having a hard time finding the Ugly Stick plane mentioned. There is a Great Planes Big Stick. Is this the same thing? There is also an Eflite Ultra Stick that is electric.

I don't know why everyone thinks it is so hard to believe that I am learning to fly this model by myself. I learned to do plenty of things on my own, you just have to have some initiative, coordination, patience, and you can do most things if you stick to it. Didn't really care people acting like I was making things up about learning to fly a simple model airplane. I have done much more complicated things in my life. Now I am not going to say that I will be good at flying anytime soon. I have a long long ways till that happens. Sometimes when it gets windy it looks like I am a monkey trying to fly aerobatics, but that would just be me trying not to loose control of it as it flutters around in the wind like a leaf.

Thanks again for the replies.