Ken's right. It is much harder, requiring constant concentration to fly in a small area. Those straighten out & relax for a moment times are something that most of us who fly at a proper field take for granted but as soon as it is taken away from you, you realize very quickly how important it is & how much easier & more relaxing it makes flying. I'm no pro yet but I have come a long way in my flying & have become fairly proficient I believe for the short time I have been flying. Just soloed this last December. I generally have few problems these days when flying at the field that involve dumb-thumbs. I have on a few occasions flown my small electrics (Foamies) in much smaller areas like at the campground over a nice grassy area when there are no kids around playing on it. Man what a huge difference it is than flying at the field where I have all the room in the world to do whatever I want. I can get into trouble so quickly & easily when flying in that small of a space that it is truely a whole new ball game for me. It seems to require all of my attention span which is very limited!![&:] Hopefully someday I will get better at it, because I do like the little 3D Foamies, especially my AirfoilZ Yak & Edge 540!!
They are actually pretty big for Foamies with 40 inch airfoiled wings instead of those flat ones, they fly like a big plane!
If you don't mind building from a kit, you might take a look at Mountain Models. They have some pretty nice little electric kit planes that you might get away with flying at home in a smaller area. I'll put up a link to their site for ya. I had their "Switchback" & it was a pretty nice little plane until I crashed it.[:@] LOl.
http://www.mountainmodels.com/index.php
That is the link to their home page. This second link is to a model called the "Mini Flash". This is a nice little plane that will slow fly in a small area. These are nice, very complete kits that are quick easy builders. They come with the pushrods & wheels & pretty much everything needed but the electrics. They also have some package deals too. Just shop around their site to see if anything interests you. Good luck & I hope this helps.
http://www.mountainmodels.com/produc...roducts_id=227