Had my first flights today. I met my instructor at the field at 9am, and he flight tested my plane, then we went up. As soon as he gave me control, the plane immediately dove straight down. He took control back and figured that he had forgotten to trim the buddy box, so we switched boxes and as soon as he had control, the plane again dove toward the ground. Switching boxes again, he saved it about 6 ft from the ground (Whew!) and landed it to check what was wrong. Even though he checked the servo reverse switches, he got the elevator wrong. You might be thinking that I need a new instructor! But he has been flying for 50 years and has trained most of the pilots in our area. After that it was smooth sailing and I was getting the hang of it. The field started to get a little crowded, so we sat and watched, then after everyone else had a flight, we went up again. It was a good day!