Rudder/elevator/throttle only .15 size stick. Friend takes off, hands me the controller, walks away, comes back 5 minutes later and lands for me. Repete 3 or 4 times and I was on my own with take off and landings. No crashing involved. A couple days later I was flying the same friend's .25 size aileron sport plane. Still no crashing. It's not that hard with the right mind set. I personally was obsessed with flight way before taking the contols and knew quite a bit already so I'm sure that was a big factor.