I love these threads. It is nice to see people that have been in the hobby so long. This will be my 3rd year flying. My first plane was a Parkzone J-3 cub. I then bought a H-9 Arrow. I live out in the middle of nowhere Saskatchewan and don't have a club within 2 hours. I was taxing around the arrow on my farm and got going a little to fast to stop before the ditch so (gulp) punched it and off we went. I brought it back to about 1/3 throttle and tried to land it on the gravel road running by our farm. It took me just about the whole tank before i finally got the courage to land it. Smooth as butter however when i was taxing back to me caught a small rock and broke the 3 blade training prop. Put a 10X7 on it and away we go. the rest as they say is history. I am proud to say i am completely self taught, but i spent a LOT of time on that J-3 before i went to glow. The main reason i went to glow that 1st summer was i was tired of waiting on the wind to die right out. cheers

flyboy76