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Carl! I am sure you will like it. Have you found an Instructor or a Club? If so, did you get to fly it? Hope so with good results! IF you haven't flown it make sure you correctly break in the engine. I know there are people that say the engines don't need it. But, if you take the time to do it, it might save your plane from an unwanted dead stick. Go to your field and look directions, and imagine that you have a dead stick 50 feet in the air. The plane won't make it back to the runway, so, where are you landing? That will make you break in the engine on the ground. May save the plane and a pair of underwear......lol. Fly with what you break in the engine. I used to like Cool Power or Wild Cat, but not sure if they are around now. 15% is good enough, and never go backwards or lower in Nitro %. You can go up, but not down. Don't set too high of rates for the controls. Less is better, more is trouble. Same on the nose gear steering. For take off, you only need about 10 degrees left and right. But, may not be enough for turning on the runway. So, set it to a higher degree of 15-20 degrees left and right on the nose wheel and increase the rudder/nose wheel expo up to 50%. These may have to be tweaked to make your plane fly the best for you. And, if you don't like your instructor, change. It is not uncommon to do this, due to personalities, etc. And, hopefully, you won't get an Instructor on his last nerve of teaching with a product he despises.