mcarlson11,
From the sound of your first post it sounds like you are having troubles with the flying part. As mentioned above, are you using an instructor to help you in learning to fly? An instructor can help you get your plane set up properly so that it's ready to fly, and then they can help you to keep the plane "in the air". Learning to fly a plane isn't an easy task, and the majority of people who try to fly without proper instruction will crash their planes over and over again.

My advice would be to find an instructor to help you get going.

Hope this helps

Ken