Thanks guys, throttle starting quarter way was due to me turning on with throttle not at zero...I was also turning on my ESC first.

Luckily there was some other guys down at the park who helped me out....the cutting out was due to the prop I was using being too big (I learnt all about them today)...the model had an 11x7 on it....a 10x4 one of the guys loaned me fixed things right up.

alan0899 I was in fact referring to endpoint but called it subtrim at the time :-p cheers

My maiden flight went well till the landing....I came in too slow and she stalled and banked to one side and smash! She's almost all glued back together again...I'm so keen to have another go...I love this sport!

Thanks again for everyone's help!
Chris.