Took me a year to hover on a full fuse plane, then I crashed it. Got a profile. In about 3 months I was down on the deck and doing tail touches. If I started with a profile I think I'd be much more further along than I am now. There's times in a hover with my mojo profile that I can put no inputs in for 2 seconds or so, the plane just locks in. My full fuse plane I was all over the sticks. Of course I'm probably a better pilot now, but I think the plane has a lot to do with it.

Edit: Just saw you have a ST51. I'm flying my Mojo with a ST51. Not ballistic power, but it's reliable and still will pull from a hover decently. At the end of this video you can see my mojo with the 51. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showa...mentid=1370198

Mike