I just got my Nexstar in the mail 2 days ago!! I put my plane together, charged it, checked and adjusted the plane to the best of my ability. She's sweet. Hopefully when you get your plane you will see how nice looking and delicate it really is. Then I'm sure you won't want to risk your new baby without an instructor. At least for the first few flights to bail you out if something were to go wrong. Not that anything ever goes wrong. Right?!?! Not to mention the good advice your instructor will have for you.

I can't wait to hear it fire up for the first time. And see it actually leave the ground in a controlled manner. I've been fighting the urge to go out and start it up. Cause starting it up would lead to just "taxiing around". And then taxing would go well so I'd be practicing a take off run or something, man I'd have it in the air in a matter a minutes. Wondering if I'll be able to get it back on the ground in one piece. Not worth it. Need a rookie buffer of some sort. Hey! An instructor!!

Instead, I've just been playing the hell out of the simulator. I'm thinking, "man, i'm really getting the hang of this. I've just greased like 10 landings in a row." Then I turn on the wind. LOL. New ball game. I've been practicing landing in winds of different speeds, crosswinds, and different gust levels. Figuring out what works, and what doesn't work. Such as practice manipulating the throttle and surface controls. Tons of fun.

I can't imagine trying to learn to fly without this simulator though. Only getting 10-60 minutes of flight time a day with an instructor. That would take forever to get comfortable with the whole reversal situation. It's a good way to get your practice in, no matter what the time of day,or what the weather looks like outside, or IF the instructor has the time to meet with you. With the simulator you get all the "dumb thumbs" worked out. Well... a lot of them anyways. And with out the pressure of wrecking your new investment. Or the pressure of wondering what that guy they call an instructor, watching your every move is thinking. Just sit back and learn from your mistakes. Consequence free!!! Wish it was a full verion of Realflight.