Second Parrot`s suggestion to let your instructor, or other club-recognized top pilot, maiden and trim your 4*. It`s worth it, believe me. The 4* series are great second planes and first tail draggers. I found with mine that they are floaters of the first order when it comes to landing. If you`re carrying much air speed at all on final, you`ll probably find that it`ll balloon with NOT MUCH ELEVATOR AT ALL. I lost mine to a bad battery[:@]. I personally prefer planes with a more deliberate sink rate on landing, but would/will I get another 4*? You bet! They are RC classics and everybody ought to have at least one somewhere along the way ( IMHO, of course ). Enjoy!!