OK, just about a year ago, bought a nexstar...have flown it exactly 4 times...gave up and switched to helies (blade cp...might still get a raptor)

I could fly the plane, that wasnt the problem, was told by 3 different people i could solo as soon as a check pilot was around...the problem is, the 2 places i have to fly are pretty unorganized.

One isnt even a "club" (which is nice, no dues) just an active naval airport that lets us fly off the taxiways on the weekends. That was a great place as far as the generosity of the people that are there..but getting someone to buddy cord me and check me out was a pain. After a couple of months of going out just to watch someone else fly and not get to fly at all, i gave up there. Then there is another feild about 30-45 min from my house, grass field, kinda nice. Same issue there though, i went out there about 6 times, only 2 times was someone else there, and only one of those was someone willing to buddy box me.

After being so aggrivated i just went out and got a stryker to fly around at the parks, and i can fly that thing like its nothing (i have probably flown well over 100 hrs on the sim just airplanes, another 100 easy in helis) ...

I was thinking about selling the nexstar and my almost completed BTE Venture 60 (saito 91 in it) to support my heli habit, but when the time came to start the process of selling them, i couldnt do it, not without giving it another chance. I wasted 60 bux on AMA last year since i didnt fly, so im kinda ticked i have to again, but such is life.

So starting this weekend im going to head back out to the airport to see if anyone is there and start mingling again and see if i have better luck. I would definatly rather fly there, if not for the lack of dues needed, for the asphault runway.

Also, the nexstar is getting upgraded right now, adding dual airlerons and flaps (i know it doesnt need it, but what the hell, i have a futaba 7C...cant let it go to waste on 4 channels ). Now i also have the 7C, so the buddy box problem isnt a problem anymore...i will bring it with me (for myself, and anyone else who needs it)

I'm really getting excited again, almost as excited as I was last year at this time when i picked up the nexstar. Im going to act like ive never flown a plane before and let whoever teaches me teach me like a newb...just to make the process smoother. I wish i knew more people around me...would like to really have some flying buddies like i have with the heli...but those guys are never going to fly a plane bigger than a park flyer (but that new mini ultra stick is sweet)..

eh, enough rambling, hopefully in a month or so ill be flying solo...finally...