Marc said:

>If you have not done so you should try stalling the plane. It is really hard. The low speed flight is awesome...

Also re: image in post #5, Larry Eddy

Those odd bumps on the outer LE of the wing are the LE droops of the "NASA Safe Airfoil", ref: Andy Lennon's book. Supposedly make the wing stall-proof, as Marc notes.

First time I've seen them on a commercial product, but it looks like someone at Hobbico did their homework as they are a good idea on a trainer.

Good comments on the autopilot, too. I have one on my photo-plane to level the wings during a photo run, but have it so that it can be switched off for "normal" flight. It bugs me to have a plane with a mind of it's own...

Added later: they even did a decent job on the Nexstar manual. It covers a lot of the fine details that an intro pilot would need to know.

--Bill