I started with a NextStar last January. It's a great plane and, in hind sight, I wish I would have had started with a trainer cord like they suggest. I spend a good 15 hours or so on the simulator that comes with it. It REALLY helps get use to the controls. Let me tell you, take some time to break in the engine thoroughly. All of my mishaps, were caused be dead sticks. Using all of the flight aids stall spoilers and air brakes cause for some hair raising trimming when you're a beginner flyer. It's really made to fly at about 1/2 throttle with all of that stuff. Using the flight correction system is also interesting. In the hands of an experience flyer, it is very forgiving. Set at 30% as recommended it puts the plane in a good straight and level flight pattern. But, it is actually kind of hard to turn because you are fighting the system to initiate a turn. It takes a lot of stick. It is one tough unit though!!! I wish I would have taken more time to hook up with an instructor and kept the plane in better shape. I have since moved the engine and radio to another plane but it sure did its job for me.
Good luck.........