The best advice I can give is take that AFS system out and get a good instructor. The airplane is a great flying airplane and trainer but the AFS is not reliable. I have seen 3 Nextars hit the dirt under the supervision of our best instructors. My LHS has advised it customers that it will no longer carry the Nexstar because of the AFS system failures. Put a regular Futaba RX in the plane and get a real instructor to help you learn and you will be much more successful.