Hi.

A friend of mine at work who is into R/C planes needed to make room in his garage for more planes and let me have his old Midstar .40 pretty cheap.

Now, I've been watching people fly these things and begging for one since I was little.

Airplanes in general have been a hobby of mine all my life and so has R/C. I've got a pretty good handle on how they both work, but not when combined.

How much trouble do you think I'll have learning to fly on the Midstar? Several people have suggested getting a trainer and moving the guts of the Midstar to a trainer first, but I can't really afford to do that.

I really don't want to destroy this plane my first time out... I know I WILL crash eventually, but I don't want the deck stacked too badly against me from the start.