Hahaha don't worry, it takes quite a bit to get me discouraged, especially with things that I'm really interested in. I've wanted a gas rc plane since as long as I can remember, and I one day hope to be flying some amazing planes doing amazing things. I'm sure being in the company of other rc'ers would help boost my confidence.

Yeah from looking at the electric plane, I only have rudder/elevator control, that does suck, and to further complicate things, the rudder control is on the right stick, which is where the aileron controls are on my plane, that will probably confuse me, but i figure flying around on a plastic airplane will at least get me accoustomed to the things I was not expecting, like for instance..

1. How fast these things really go, I was expecting( for some stupid reason) that since this was a trainer it would only go like 15mph.... bahaha was I wrong. How fast would this thing go with say no head wind anyone guess?

2. The amount of control you do have, from my pilot training experiences, slow turns, slow climbs, slow everything, the rc world while being much smaller is much faster paced, these things climb, bank, stall, get flipped over into trees, etc... much faster than a real plane.

3. How much wind can affect them.... Wasn't ready for that.. heh

And many other things I'm sure I will be learning soon. But it is great fun, and an excellent hobby. Hopefully I'll still be doing this when I'm married and much older, and not having to sell my stuff on ebay.