Have to agree with the previous replies and also commend you on your purchase! That is one fine airplane! Get an instructor to help you in the very least if you don't go out and get a good trainer plane first. The Cubs and Decathlons will bite you quickly on the take-off rolls and tip stall in a heartbeat if horsed off the ground before they are ready to fly. They fly beaufifully and land just as well but the take offs will humble you!