the last posted sentence above is the best advice,do not fly so far away,stay in fairley close and low,stay above trees or bamboo..actually you need to fly ahead of the model.you need to know where it is going and what you are going to do before it get's there.when i had not flown for a while i took out a como 25[probably considered an advanced trainer] and flew a few flights to see if i could still fly and more importantly land.then i did a maiden on a sport aire 40 [similar to a vk cherokee]that i built.it was trimmed fine but even though i had 30 years flying,because i had not flown for awhile i was uncomfortable as the plane was ahead of me most of the time.this was just do to lack of flying time on a consistant basis.practice practice makes perfect