Long story short i felt the same way. Recently i picked up a megatech skyvector. Hoenstly its not a beginner plane. Its underpowered and doesnt seem happy to be in the air. I spent more time throwing sticks at it to get it out of trees than i did flying it. The radio gear led to alot of those treeings.

Although since i was actually able to fly it some i decided it was too much of a toy for me and thats why it stunk so bad. I then picked up a flying styro leonardo. It proved a big thing for me, flying a normal plane is way diffenrent than the skyvector and two i didnt learn as much at flying as i thought.

After some nasty foam altering crashes i finally can say i know how to fly parkflyers. Once i got the leonardo setup(from learnign the hard way) the thing is an absolute joy to fly. Its so stable, and fun. Not to mention the nose has broken off 3 times, wing snapped off once, busted prop, and broken rudder due to tailwheel mod, and the thing stil flys great.

My advice, more often than not its the gear your using, try something meant for a beginner but thast known for better quality. Eventually youll have sucess.