Hey Ya'll You know its funny to read this thread because that was me a year ago but my first solo was terrible I was out there by myself dieng to fly so I got it running scared to death I taxied out gave it some juice and hogged that poor trainer off the ground in about ohhh 3 ' feet it went straight up about ohh three feet and slamed into its face broke it all to hell Man I was so relieved because then I was convinced "finaly" that I needed to have some patience and get some help from those old Gimps witch by the way now are some of the best Men I have ever met most of those old Gimps are good Christian Men that worked there whole life ,some in World Wars and they love to help anyone who wants to learn ( as long as you show some respect) Oh ya Now a year later I am Hooked I have a hanger full of broken airplanes and two or three good ones and a great winter project (Kangke Fun 50) so Go break your stuff Carl just swing wide around the prop ,and find you a good Gimp to help fix your Planes !Gitterdun!!!