Just one small word of warning with the buddy box...
When I was learning about 6 years ago off the umbillical cord, I was still terrible at landings.
I was coming in and my approach wasn't good, and somehow my instructor managed to step on the cord and pulled it out of the back of my transmitter! [sm=eek.gif] As I remember, I think I totalled that plane. But the instructor was actually a close friend of mine, so it wasn't akward or anything.

That seems so long ago, now... [&o]