congrats the NEXTAR is a really forgiving plane and a brease to fly did you have the AFS on? you should disable it it makes for bad habbits .there are alot of critics of this plane but for me it went really well, also after 5 flts or so I soloed .after some more practice and some hard landings I am sure, take the flaps and droops off you will be surprised how much faster and manuverable it is. this is a durable plane but it does have its limits. I have crashed, repaired, and recovered it a few times and its still flying stoked your having so much fun