Originally Posted by HighPlains

At this point (second airplane), one should decide what their goals are. Are you the type of flier that just wants to takeoff, fly around a racetrack pattern with the occasional loop or roll for 10 minutes and then arrive at a landing with just enough finesse that repairs are usually limited to a broken prop or broken landing gear mount. That puts you in the solid majority.

Or do you really want to learn how to fly? This takes a much longer time and most never achieve it for a variety of reasons. It takes quite a bit of time, good eyesight, and a fair amount of failure because you will have to push your limits. It will also require yourself to do a fair amount of experimentation with your airplanes in order to trim them out so that their response is consistent. This is actually half the battle, because while I can usually trim out other people's models in a couple of flights to where they fly better than any model they have flown, I will still be making changes 30 to 50 flights into a good airframe to correct small problems. While most people are solo'ed in a few dozen flights, I really think it takes several years of constant flying instruction to get people to the next level, but again, most fall out from wanting to improve long before they get there.

But first you need to learn the basics, loops, rolls, spins, and feel comfortable flying inverted for minutes at a time. And you have to do it with four basic controls at all times, because not a single manouver is done without at least three of the four control inputs being used. If you are really interested, pm me.