Thanks for all of the advise guys, but I'm affraid that I didn't really do what you said. I went to fly about an hour after I posted the subject and the only responses I had recieved was the one from "the parrot". I got to the field thinking that I would ask a more experienced pilot to at least stand by my side as I flew it for the first time, but when I got there it was completly deserted. So I decided to attempt to do it myself. I'm only 15 years old and I paid for the plane with my own money so you have good reason to think that I'm nuts.
The weather wasn't so perfect either there was a varying wind of 5-10 mph and it was cloudy. I taxied out to the runway holding up elevator and got lined up on the runway. I only have one word to explain my take off, CRAZY! The plane swerved all over the runway for about the first 20' and then I pulled up elevator, and it rocketed off of the runway almost vertical. I dont know if it was just me, but it seemed that as soon as that plane was off the ground the wind speed almost doubled. That .46 AX has tons of power compared to that LA 40! The plane needed alot of up elevator trim to fly level, and a little right aileron. I only flew for about 5 mins because of the increasingly strong wind. So I decided to try some landing approaches. The first approach I made was almost perfect, considering the conditions, and I decided to take the oprotunity to land. When you said it is a floater, you were right! It came in and when it was about 3' above the ground, it almost stopped in midair and just floated on the stiff wind. Then it slowly sank down, tapped the runway, bounced up about a foot, and then finally settled down so gently on the ground. When I think back today about my flight I think to myself, "What were you thinking!". I'm quite sure that today was the most wind that I had ever flown in, and I did it on a brand new plane![&:] So thats my story of my first maiden flight. I should have taken your advice but I didn't want to get to the field and see that there was nobody there and just turn arround and go home. I guess I was just one of the lucky ones.
Jesse