Here is the video of my Firebird Scout flying over a snow-covered field. It likes to pitch up when going too fast or when going into a breeze so you simply reduce the throttle a bit to keep it from stalling. In a small field, I had good maneuverability with the Smart Trac mode disabled.

[link=http://www.gregcovey.com/rcu2/Scout.wmv]Firebird Scout Video[/link] (3.7meg)