Great looking bird modestmagi.... Glad the build went well for you... when I was just starting out with 3d, I tried to hover for as long as I could as low as I could with at least a little bail out room.... Then I started trying to do Harrier's... They're not too bad, just make sure the plane is good and stalled and ballance the throttle with the elevator until you get the nose up and very slow forward movement...

Just burn lotsa fuel... You get the hang of it in no time!! Come to a ProBro... You'll have a blast and you'll get to hang with a bunch of like minded buddies...