I'm doing the same thing as CEH, parkflyer without an instructor. My first flight was going well, but the spinner slipped and the prop was hanging on the axel. Nevertheless i glided down and made an uneventful landing on the grass in front of the haystack. I admit that I had a little porpoising on takeoff, but I got the hang of it after a couple circuits. My excuse is that I live 85 miles from the nearest field (hence the username), so I will have to learn myself, but I think I handled my first solo fairly well.