Hi there Sincraft,
I also am a beginner and this was my first season at flying R/C planes. I also built the CG Eagle II trainer. I flew on the G2 sim for the entire winter prior to my flying last spring, so fortunately I picked up flying faster. I still remember the first time my instructor gave me the controls ( what a adreline rush ), I also remember that I had to hand him over the controls once because I was trembling and felt weak due to so much concentration. I went thru 6 gallons of fuel in that trainer in 4 months ( I couldn't get enough flying in ) I would dedicate once a week just to practice lands, I'd have that plane landing like a scale plane, I would not except anything less. I'd practice figure eights, tail spins, stalls, inside and outside loops, knife edges ( at a severe sink rate ) and my favorite, flying inverted figure eights. After all these months of flying with no mishaps, I felt I had this flying hobby mastered. I took my plane up again and I was doing my regular flying routines when I was saying to myself this is to easy now, there's no challenge, and was starting to feel a little bored. Then there I was flying that trainer inverted like I thought I was flying my Cap 232 on the Sim when low and behold I was coming in inverted too low and had a brain cramp and just couldn't pull out of it and I heard that crunch of balsa. That sound and feeling I had at that moment was sickening. That accident took the wind right out of my sails! I haven't flown since, I couldn't believe how disappointed I was in myself. I know at least for myself that bordom and challenge come hand in hand. If I don't have a challenge I get bored and lose my interest in anything. With this hobby you have the oppurtunity to challenge yourself to the limits, you can fly your trainer in circles and land, or you can fly turbine powered jets at over 200 MPH. I happened to go to the TOC in Vegas last month (Oct) and was able to see world class pilots like Chip Hyde and Jason Shulman, to see a event like that will give anyone motivation. You will also realize as a beginner pilot that the stunts these guys pull off make it look so easy and you will need years of practice even to come close. Your only flying a trainer now, wait till you work your way up to more expensive planes and realize those accidents will cost you substancial money to fix and your now your concentration level just got real high. Look at these guys with beautiful aerobactic planes flying a few feet off the deck inverted, and doing blenders and coming out of it low to the deck. I know that I would like to come close to those skilled pilots and that's what keeps my interest in the hobby (besides I love building kits and seeing it fly) there's a long challenging road in front of you in this hobby,and it's up to you to see how far you can go.

Best if luck,

Pat